Loco Moco is a very popular Hawaiian dish that consists of white rice topped with a juicy hamburger patty seasoned and cooked to perfection, rich runny brown gravy and a sunny-side up fried egg on the top as the luscious touch. These few ingredients must be included in the dish for it to be named a traditional Loco Moco, no other variations are considered traditional and the stacking of the dish must be in this order.
It's definitely comfort food that nourishes the body, mind and spirit all at the same time, it is therefore also a popular dish for breakfast after a night out.
The history is that this dish was first created at the Lincoln Grill restaurants in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1949 by its owners, Richard Inouye and his wife, Nancy. This upon request of teenagers from the Lincoln Wreckers Sports club looking for an inexpensive, quickly prepared dish. The egg was only added later. It was named after one of their members, George Okimoto, whose nickname was "Crazy”. He was studying Spanish and suggested using Loco, which is Spanish for crazy. They then added “Moco" which sounded good with Loco.
