Definitions

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  • noun A Hawaiian noodle soup garnished with green onions.

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Examples

  • The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu.

    Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011

  • The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu.

    Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011

  • These camped-out Hawaiians, eating Zippy's specials and saimin and Cheez Doodles, guzzling Big Gulps, said they worshiped the land.

    Beard 2010

  • I drove into downtown Las Vegas and headed straight for the California Hotel and Casino, where I ordered a bowl of saimin (Hawaiian noodles) with haupia (coconut pudding) to go along with the Ross MacDonald book I was reading.

    May 2006 2006

  • I drove into downtown Las Vegas and headed straight for the California Hotel and Casino, where I ordered a bowl of saimin (Hawaiian noodles) with haupia (coconut pudding) to go along with the Ross MacDonald book I was reading.

    Notes from the Underground 2006

  • From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco.

    Aloha Aloha! Day Five e d b m 2005

  • From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco.

    Archive 2005-10-01 e d b m 2005

  • He walked up Kapahulu Avenue and stopped at Zippy's where he had a bowl of saimin and worked on the description of the two girls.

    Joe Burke's Last Stand John Moncure Wetterau

  • The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Gil Asakawa 2011

  • When I sat down with my bowl of saimin I got out my insulin pen and got ready to inject a bolus.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

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  • Name comes from the Chinese words for thin noodles xì miàn, according to Wikipedia. But the dish is unique to Hawaii.

    April 18, 2009