While there are nearly 10,000 7-Eleven stores across the U.S., and a strengthening international presence, there are local comfort foods and nostalgic 7-Eleven Hawaii offers exclusive products to Hawaii.
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If you aren’t a frequent visitor to 7-Eleven Hawai‘i, let me tell you a well-known secret. They have been killing it with their ready-to-eat food offerings. No longer are these just Spam musubi, hot dogs and manapua, but tasty newer bowls such as ramen, pho and saimin and trendy local items like Spanish rolls from Nanding’s Bakery and Pomai Kūlolo from Kapa‘a Quarry Road. Now this list includes dim sum from Yung Yee Kee.
I learned this from a post on Yung Yee Kee’s Instagram announcing a collaboration with 7-Eleven Hawai‘i. In short, some of the restaurant’s most popular dim sum items are being sold at 65 7-Eleven stores statewide. That is impressive, since as far as Honolulu’s dim sum restaurants go, Yung Yee Kee is the new kid on the block. As a big fan, I had to find out: Can these convenience store versions make the transition from yum cha to oh yeah?