Chefs' guilty pleasures

Sam Choy

Sam Choy, who owns Sam Choy’s Breakfast, Lunch & Crab, keeps it reasonably lighter. He prefers the won ton min with extra vegetables ($6.20 for small bowl) or the fried saimin ($5.50) at Shige’s Saimin Stand in Wahiawä. It reminds him of his childhood, when his father made saimin for the family. Choy likes Shige’s because they make their own noodles fresh daily, and the flat noodles make it different and unique, which adds to its appeal.