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- noun   A Hawaiian noodle soup garnished withgreen onions .
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Examples
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								The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu. Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011 
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								The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu. Gil Asakawa: Noodling on a Theme: A Colorado Ramen Roundup Gil Asakawa 2011 
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								These camped-out Hawaiians, eating Zippy's specials and saimin and Cheez Doodles, guzzling Big Gulps, said they worshiped the land. Beard 2010 
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								I drove into downtown Las Vegas and headed straight for the California Hotel and Casino, where I ordered a bowl of saimin (Hawaiian noodles) with haupia (coconut pudding) to go along with the Ross MacDonald book I was reading. May 2006 2006 
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								I drove into downtown Las Vegas and headed straight for the California Hotel and Casino, where I ordered a bowl of saimin (Hawaiian noodles) with haupia (coconut pudding) to go along with the Ross MacDonald book I was reading. 
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								From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco. Aloha Aloha! Day Five e d b m 2005 
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								From chili fries to katsu, saimin to gravied loco-moco. Archive 2005-10-01 e d b m 2005 
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								He walked up Kapahulu Avenue and stopped at Zippy's where he had a bowl of saimin and worked on the description of the two girls. Joe Burke's Last Stand John Moncure Wetterau 
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								The broth is perfect, the noodles perfect, the kamaboko fish cake slices add the right extra dimension, and -- bless 'em -- they top off the saimin with slices of Spam instead of chashu. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Gil Asakawa 2011 
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								When I sat down with my bowl of saimin I got out my insulin pen and got ready to inject a bolus. 
chained_bear commented on the word saimin
Name comes from the Chinese words for thin noodles xì miàn, according to Wikipedia. But the dish is unique to Hawaii.
April 18, 2009