Ploughman's lunch a character comment that "A rural labourer who sits on the ditch-side with his bread and cheese and an onion has more enjoyment out of it than any Lucullus". The "Oxford English Dictionary" notes the first recorded use of the phrase "ploughman's lunch" as 1837, from the book "Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott" by John G. Lockhart, but this stray early use may have meant merely the sum of its parts, "a lunch for a ploughman". While farm labourers usually carried their food with them to eat in the fields, similar food was for a long time
Plate lunch in California in 1999. L&L founder Eddie Flores rebranded it "L&L Hawaiian Barbecue", explaining that "When we went to the mainland, the name 'Hawaiian' is a draw, because everyone just fantasized, everyone wants to come to Hawaii." Overwhelmingly popular plate lunch entrées reflect Asian influence. Of Japanese origin is chicken "katsu", fried boneless chicken breaded with Japanese bread crumbs, and beef "teriyaki" (often shortened to "teri beef"). A common side-dish with plate lunches is fried noodles, often either "chow mein", "chow fun" or "saimin" noodles. Entrées of Hawaiian origin include "kalua" pork (also called "kalua pig") and "lau lau" (pork