OK, I’ll modify: there were no lions or tigers or bears. Instead we saw a Yelpicorn, a flying gorilla, lots of pandas and leopard prints, and dozens of girls wearing animal ears. Yelp’s latest event Thursday night was a benefit…
In Japan, there are no Japanese restaurants — not the kind where you’ll find the whole repertoire of tempura, sushi, udon and sukiyaki, anyway. Restaurants in Japan specialize in one kind of food, sometimes even variations on one dish, the…
Once upon a time, in the fabled land of Kakaako, there arose a storied tent … uh, warehouse … wherein twirled belly dancers fast and furious, where scents from hookah water pipes drifted over golden lamps, and where people dined…
It’s official: Food trucks are legal on city streets again.After a long winter of being chased off the streets by an obscure, outdated law, trucks on Tuesday got the green light to legally dish up their tacos, yakitori, whoopie pies…
Whole Ox deli, Eat the Street Japan, now an Off-Premise gastropub pops up at the Greenhouse: The latest from a whirlwind food week in Kakaako. Off-Premise: HUBurban ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 15 I'm highly liking this stretch…
Eat the Street came to life on a clear, breezy Friday night in Kakaako. Forty food trucks and street food booths augmented their lineups with one-time Japan-themed dishes, drawing eaters in the thousands. As always when the weather’s good, the…
Eat the Street is tonight, Honolulu, 40 trucks and street food vendors slinging everything from red bean malasadas and shiitake empanadas to furikake fries and sushi cupcakes. Tonight’s theme, one year after the triple disaster that crippled Tohoku, is Japan,…
Good news and more good news for food trucks this week: The Honolulu City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to lift the 15-minute stranglehold on doing business on city streets, and that change is fast-tracked for a final vote in…
People, we are close.It’s several months now since police started citing food trucks over an old law no one knew existed, a month since their warnings shut down Tacoako Tuesday, three weeks since prosecutors pegged the fate of Tiki Truck’s…
Have you been to Shirokiya lately? How many times have I been asking that? First they revamp the entire second floor into a Japanese food mecca and beer garden, then they convert half the first floor into a sweets plaza,…
Yes, we know Opal Thai moved out of its old food truck and into permanent new digs back in October. We’re just glad we finally got back there to check it out. Here’s our report. Opal Thai ◄ Back Next…
Saturday in Kakaako, I met a cow named Pickles and got to eat her cheese. How amazing is that? I haven’t eaten that close to the breathing source since I was 6 years old and met Lani Moo and ate…
I don’t want to jinx anything, but the road ahead is looking a lot better for Honolulu’s food trucks after yesterday at the City Council (knock wood).I know from your responses here, from dozens of retweets of my blog calling…
Dash Gastropub ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 When I made the reservation two weeks ago, there was no phone number. The Facebook page had barely more than an address and some food pics. And this was all…
I went to Tacoako Tuesday yesterday, half-knowing in my heart what I’d find, but still stunned at the sight when I got there: at 12:15 p.m., the entire block along Ilalo Street devoid of food trucks, and only two parked…
Dear Mrs. P., it goes against nothing in my grain to quash a story that’s not worth telling. But yours is.
Dishing up pies both savory and sweet, Honolulu’s newest food truck debuts tonight at Eat the Street Chocolate, from 4-9 p.m. at 805 Ala Moana Boulevard. For more information about this month’s food truck and street food event, see our…
Holy mole! Death by chocolate? S’more, please: It’s not us being this punny. All these are names of real chocolate dishes you’ll find this Friday at Eat the Street: Chocolate. To help you pace yourself through the inevitable cacao overload,…
When a bar opens boasting of good eats, I don’t care who’s throwing darts or who’s checking out the draft beers. I realize these diversions make people happy, but I’m happily planted at a table, ordering plate after plate and…
Eating Kalihi, part 2 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 25 It's on a golden street of faded low-rises, light industrial and old-time good eats, and until this year I never knew Chun Wah Kam was among them. That's…
Punahou Carnival is today and tomorrow, people, THE most buzzed-about carnival of the year, and for those non-veterans who haven’t mapped out their food priorities, we’ve got you covered. Just scroll down to the photo gallery below for best eats…
Cluck, yeah! Ten eaters help me power through most of the dishes on a chicken-centric menu. Yakitori Glad ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 25 When I saw this place, I almost canceled this review.I'd jumped too fast. Giddy…
I didn’t know what to expect when I previewed “Ingredients Hawaii,” Bob Bates’ new documentary about taking control of the food we eat. I knew it would be quality: Bates wrote and directed “Ingredients,” a look at eat-local efforts across…
One of five newcomers to tonight’s Eat the Street brings the most ancient of foods and a new twist on the luau theme. When you visit Da Falafel King, look for a side dish called luau pita chips. We have…
The year’s first Eat the Street happens tonight, with 41 food trucks and street food vendors slinging all kinds of good eats. This month’s theme is a luau (ETS is one year old!), so leave room for variations on kalua…
One year, already? Thirteen times we’ve eaten the street since that first gathering on a Friday night on Kapiolani. That was just three months after Melt and Gogi Korean Tacos, the first of the new breed of tweeting, Facebooking trucks,…
Q: How many yakitori shops does this town have?A: How many wings on a chicken?Hence my bursting excitement about the latest, Yakitori Glad, open on Kapahulu as of yesterday — and why I’m putting it out there as Nonstop’s latest…
Eating Kalihi, old-style ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 22 Down on the makai side of Nimitz, surrounded by industrial shops and cinder-block walkups, Alicia's Market is as old-school as they come. The neighborhood store opened in 1949, a…
No. 5: Shrinking portions. Chicken wings cut in half to make the plate look fuller. Shabushabu platters with only one shiitake mushroom. Four years into our shrunken economy, portion sizes have shrunk to match as restaurants struggle to keep cost-conscious…
I’ll just say it: Chances of scoring fresh durian on Oahu this winter are as remote as the Southeast Asian jungles they come from.It breaks my heart to drop this bombshell on you. It literally knocked the breath out of…
The first intel comes from an acquaintance I run into at a rum-tasting. I don’t really trust it: The only other time I’ve seen him is at a sake-tasting, and both times he’s been very, uh, happy.“Did you try the…
Eight a.m. Saturday morning? Brave the surging multitudes of grand-opening shoppers with their hundreds of cars, hundreds of shopping carts and thousands of fingers reaching for free samples?! No way!We choose the route of the sane: We pay a first…
The year’s final Eat the Street happens tomorrow, Friday night, at new digs at 805 Ala Moana Blvd. Why the temporary move? Ice skating, people, on faux ice, with accompanying skate rentals plus 37 food trucks and street food vendors!In…
Forty sake last night — slightly less than the 326 featured at September’s Joy of Sake — because after all, isn’t that the nature of an Aftertaste?Parties for people who don’t want the party to end: Joy of Sake schedules…
Finally! A new izakaya opens in town, and it’s one with deep cred. Yuzu is owned by Isamu and Moco Kubota, owners of Kaiwa at Waikiki Beach Walk and the former Okonomiyaki Kai and Hale Macrobiotic on Makaloa. One’s artistic…
Eat the Street: Black Saturday went live in Kakaako Saturday night despite forecasts of strong winds. Twenty-nine trucks and street food vendors were out with $5 pupu samplers, making this the first ETS built specifically for mega-grazing. Also tonight: Retail…
If you like concise shopping, 400 vendors in one room is a good thing — especially when 70 are selling food gifts. Islandwide Christmas Expo ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 What: Islandwide Christmas Crafts and Food ExpoWhen:…
Chicken tikka masala, vegetable curry, spicy eggplant: Exotic flavors of India make their debut at Eat the Street, courtesy of Kailua’s India Cafe. And just in case you’re still full from tomorrow’s Thanksgiving feasting, in keeping with this month’s ETS…
New izakaya, people! I’m excited about this one — when am I not? — but especially this one because its previous incarnations in this town have been solid and interesting.Yuzu opened in the bowels of the Ala Moana Hotel lobby…
To all held hostage by APEC:I know you’re out there. You who took care of all your Waikiki and Ala Moana errands last week, you who get on H-1 and pray no dignitary has just landed, you who are still…
