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- noun A
Hawaiian noodle soup garnished withgreen onions .
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Examples
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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
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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
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These camped-out Hawaiians, eating Zippy's specials and saimin and Cheez Doodles, guzzling Big Gulps, said they worshiped the land.
Beard 2010
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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
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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.
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From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco.
Aloha Aloha! Day Five e d b m 2005
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From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco.
Archive 2005-10-01 e d b m 2005
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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
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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
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When I sat down with my bowl of saimin I got out my insulin pen and got ready to inject a bolus.
chained_bear commented on the word saimin
Name comes from the Chinese words for thin noodles xì miàn, according to Wikipedia. But the dish is unique to Hawaii.
April 18, 2009