On a recent visit to Polipoli Farms in Waiehu, I spotted a 12-foot-tall bele bush, aka Tongan spinach. I didn’t have the ingredients for lau lau, so I decided to test-run the bele disguised as spinach in eggs Florentine the next morning. I tossed in the bele and five minutes later, the mass had cooked down to about three cups and resembled spinach in every way.