If you ever hear Hawai‘i residents in a restaurant tell their server that their food “broke da mouth” (pronounced brok dah mout), don’t worry. They didn’t chip a tooth or hurt their jaw. They are simply using a local expression that means their food was really delicious! Literally, they are saying that the food was so good that they wanted to devour it all at once. This term comes from Hawai‘i Pidgin English, a dialect that combines words and phrases from the numerous different cultures and languages that populate the Islands. So fear not, you will be extremely happy to experience a “broke da mouth” meal!