: an Asian dish served as an appetizer or main course and consisting of a variety of foods (such as egg rolls, spareribs, and fried shrimp)
pupu platter
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South Asian and Chinese dishes like pupu platters and Peking duck.
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John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
Consider the pupu platter California’s tiki bars and tiki drinks have gone in and out of style for decades.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The Benedetts will also offer plate lunches, poke, pupu platters as well as several vegetarian and vegan options.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
They’ll be paired with food items that include lobster mango fritters, kalua pork tostones, Hawaiian lamb chops pupu and shrimp and scallop spring rolls.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
The easy critique is to label Naugles a culinary retcon that deserves to stay in the graveyard of bad restaurant ideas, like Sambo's and pupu platters.
—Gustavo Arellano, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
Their pupu platter of average big men didn’t help either.
—Matt Dollinger, SI.com, 21 June 2017
Pull up a mondo pupu platter ($19.95) and light the torches at Boise’s only tiki bar.
—Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 1 June 2017
Cheese balls or a flaming pupu platter are probably O.K.
—Michael Cieply, New York Times, 1 July 2016
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John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2024
Consider the pupu platter California’s tiki bars and tiki drinks have gone in and out of style for decades.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The Benedetts will also offer plate lunches, poke, pupu platters as well as several vegetarian and vegan options.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
They’ll be paired with food items that include lobster mango fritters, kalua pork tostones, Hawaiian lamb chops pupu and shrimp and scallop spring rolls.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
The easy critique is to label Naugles a culinary retcon that deserves to stay in the graveyard of bad restaurant ideas, like Sambo's and pupu platters.
—Gustavo Arellano, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
Their pupu platter of average big men didn’t help either.
—Matt Dollinger, SI.com, 21 June 2017
Pull up a mondo pupu platter ($19.95) and light the torches at Boise’s only tiki bar.
—Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 1 June 2017
Cheese balls or a flaming pupu platter are probably O.K.
—Michael Cieply, New York Times, 1 July 2016
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“Pupu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pupu. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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