We Rounded Up Your Top 5 Dim Sum, Manapua and Oxtail Soup on O‘ahu
We asked, and you voted—see how your faves stacked up in these hotly contested reader polls of 2022.
Your Top 5: Oxtail Soup

Photo: Mari Taketa
Published: Jan. 27, 2022
When it came to O‘ahu’s second, third, fourth and fifth favorite spots for this collagen-rich classic, voting was scattered: No. 5 got just 5.8% of votes, while No. 2 got 8.4%. But the winner? A clear and overwhelming 32%.
Your Top 5: Manapua

Photo: Mari Taketa
Published: April 12, 2022
Two tiny titans of Chinatown shared a lead that swung back and forth amid heated voting. In the end, the winner claimed the title by a surprisingly wide margin.
Your Top 5: Dim Sum

Dim sum at Yung Yee Kee. Photo: Gregg Hoshida
Published: Aug. 16, 2022
In our most closely contested poll to date, literally one vote separated third place from fourth—and O‘ahu’s No. 1 pick came in a mere 15 votes ahead of No. 2.