Week 2 EOC - Favorite Fast Food

Growing up in Hawaii, there weren’t fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Burger King or Jack in the Box, until I was about 10 or 11 years old. Meals were shared around the table at home as a family, and going out to eat was a special occasion, experienced maybe twice a year. If we went to the beaches or parks, we packed our own picnic lunch so we wouldn’t have to buy anything from beach vendors. We did, however have walk up restaurants, considered to be convenient for ‘take out’ or dining in. A local favorite was, and still is; Zippy’s, which specializes in island style meals, known as ‘plate lunches’. A typical plate lunch consists of 2 scoops of rice, a scoop of macaroni salad, and a choice of teriyaki steak, chicken or pork, or hamburger steak with gravy, beef stew or curry, chili, or chicken katsu. The price for a hearty meal like that back then, was about $2.99. Now, they are about $8.99. The equivalent to Zippy’s here in Las Vegas, is

L & L’s Hawaiian BarBQue, found at a variety of locations, serving the many Hawaiians who have relocated to Las Vegas, the ‘9th Island'. L & L is okay...but it's not Zippy's!