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Elena’s Restaurant legacy is amazing adobo omelet

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(Star-Advertiser video by Craig T. Kojima, ckojima@staradvertiser.com)
Elena's Restaurant, advertised as "the home of the finest Filipino foods," started out 44 years ago with only six stools at a counter in a small snack shop in Waipahu.
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Elena’s food truck at Alakea and King streets in downtown Honolulu.

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Richard Butuyan cooks in the Elena’s truck at Alakea and King streets in downtown Honolulu.

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An omelet filled with pork adobo and fried rice is the signature dish of Elena’s Restaurant in Waipahu. Other favorites are the Lechon Special, top, and pancit.

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Adrian Cedillo, left, wife Mellissa Cedillo and Mellissa’s brother, Richard Butuyan.