$15 happy hour: Dean and DeLuca
Prices have gone up since the menu was revamped. As of June 2019, it's more like $20 happy hour. What can you get for $15 at happy hour? Like, beyond edamame and fries? At Dean & DeLuca, you get more…
Mari Taketa
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Why I ate at Rangoon Burmese Kitchen three times in six days
Editor's note: The restaurant is no longer BYOB. There's a full bar with beer, wine and excellent cocktails. If it weren't for Hurricane Lane, I would have told you last week that Rangoon Burmese Kitchen, a new outpost of Moiliili's…
Eating is believing: Basalt’s $29 prime rib dinner
Editor's note: Basalt in late summer updated its menu: The $29 prime rib dinner is no more. Instead, that 12-ounce prime rib is now an entree choice in a $43 three-course Sunset Special dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. daily.…
Here’s all the ways we aloha poke
You just don't get it, Aloha Poke Co. I mean, it's fine for you to sit there in Chicago and with no connection to Hawaii, open a poke shop, and then another and another until you have 15 poke shops…
Natt-yo average natto encore: July 25 dinner at Shokudo
Last Tuesday at Shokudo, in celebration of Japan's official Natto Day on July 10, natto fiends feasted on eight dishes dripping with the slimy fermented beans. Natto cheese and crackers. Natto gyoza. Natto dashimaki egg roll stuffed with unagi. Natto…
Kampai! The Sake Shop Is Back in Business
The new spot in Kaka‘ako has 100-plus sakes, Japanese beers and whiskeys—and parking.
Coming July 10: Natt-yo average natto feast
Get ready to twirl your chopsticks, natto lovers, Hawaii's annual midsummer Natto Day dinner is coming up — on July 10, the same auspicious day when natto-loving Japan celebrates the stinky-slimy fermented bean! This one is definitely natt-yo average feast.…
Natto to da Max all-natto feast coming up 4/17
Note: This dinner is now sold out. Even with natto, Japan's famously slimy, stinky fermented bean, some things must be seen to be believed. Like bone-in beef burgundy simmered in a red wine-natto sauce. Or a play on crab rangoon,…
So this happened at Piggy Smalls Sunday night. Here’s what Obama ate
Staff at Piggy Smalls, sister restaurant to Chinatown's Pig and the Lady, is still picking their jaws up off the floor after Sunday night's command performance dinner. The guests: former President Barack Obama, an old friend from Punahou, some staffers…
Agu Ramen’s doing plate lunches in Kalihi
Agu, the chain of six ramen shops in Hawaii and six more in Texas, now has a seventh Hawaii slurp spot — and this one's serving up plate lunches. Agu Express opened in Kalihi last week with the chain's full…
5 Hidden Waikīkī Restaurants You Need to Try
Look between the tourist hot spots and chain restaurants to find these five hidden gems.
2018 Hale ‘Aina Awards: Behind the Scenes of Hawai‘i’s Top Restaurants
Take a closer look into a few of the winning restaurants and meet some of the people who make Hawai‘i’s dining so amazing.
Meet the New Leaders of Four Hale ‘Aina Award-Winning Restaurants
Get to know the talented chefs behind some of your favorite dishes.
Offal-ly good: Chris Cosentino cooking with Ed Kenney 11/5
Six years ago, when I organized a seven-course snout-to-tail pigfest in Manoa, meals using whole animals were a rarity in America. As in, so rare that chefs capable of breaking down and preparing all parts of a pig were known by…
Drink Local Guide: Where to Get Locally Crafted Beer, Wine and Spirits in Hawai‘i
It’s not just a craft-beer boom anymore: Hawai‘i produces our own wine, vodka, gin, mead and more right here in the Islands. Find out who’s behind it and where to get it.
Drink Local Guide: Where to Get Locally Crafted Spirits in Hawai‘i
Just about every kind of spirit, from rhum agricole to traditional shochu, can be found crafted in the islands.
Drink Local Guide: Here’s What Local Pros are Pairing
Three pros give us the scoop on their favorite local drink pairings.
Drink Local Guide: Where to Get Locally Made Wine and Mead in Hawai‘i
Two wineries on the slopes of Hawai‘i volcanoes are producing small-batch estate wines that keep getting better with age. Plus, two local spots to try one of the oldest alcoholic beverages.
Drink Local Guide: Where to Get Locally Brewed Craft Beer in Honolulu
With a slate of thriving breweries, bustling neighborhood bars, and Island-made beer lining the shelves of local stores, craft beer lovers in Hawai‘i have never had it better.
Drink Local Guide: 10 Locally Brewed Beers to Try Right Now
From two styles of IPA to a Thai peanut ale, these locally brewed beers should be on your must-drink list.
‘Family Ingredients’ Hawaii soul food TV series starts tonight
Not quite a year ago I was in Hanoi, Vietnam with the Le family of the Pig and the Lady. Ten days after they opened Piggy Smalls, Pig's little brother restaurant at Ward Centre, Andrew Le, the chef, had flown…
Fresh, fried, silky, sweet: 7-course artisan tofu dinner 10/12
The question came up at the last Natto Day dinner: What about a Tofu Day dinner? For one thing, we had no idea there was a Tofu Day. But true to the Japanese tradition of punny food days, 10 sounds…
ABC Stores Ventures into Upscale Dining with Dukes Lane Market & Eatery
When a retail giant like ABC Stores gets into the restaurant business, there’s more to the story than meets the palate.
These 3 Upscale Food Courts Are Worth the Trip to Waikīkī
Waikīkī gets a triple dose of elevated street fare.
53 Ways to Eat Around the World Without Leaving Hawai‘i
You don’t have to book a flight to explore international flavors. We tracked down 53 of the tastiest dishes in Hawai‘i that hail from cuisines all over the globe.
Ready, set, slime! Natto feast coming July 9
Natto fans, your time has come: the one night of the year when you can indulge your love of the slimy bean without getting stink eye.** On July 9, you’re invited to join fellow natto lovers at a Midsummer…
Will Hawai‘i’s Thriving Dining Scene Bring Michelin Ratings to Our Restaurants?
The famed Michelin Restaurant Guide doesn’t send its inspectors to Hawai‘i. Yet the Islands’ dining scene is attracting a growing number of Michelin-starred chefs and restaurants—and we’re all reaping the benefits. Could there be a starry future for Hawai‘i?
Gourmet Getaways: These Two Beachy Restaurants Are Worth the Long Drive
Roy’s Beach House and Fish House at Ko Olina offer relaxed, indulgent experiences out of town.
Natto again! Look who’s cooking an all-natto feast March 18
Update: The natto dinner is sold out. So natto, Japan’s famously stinky-slimy fermented beans, they get a bad rap. But here’s the thing: Natto can go haute. In fact, thanks to the fervent appetites of Hawaii’s natto worshippers, over the…
9 Ways to Get More Mochi in Your Life, Just in Time for Girls’ Day
Girls’ Day is March 3. What better excuse to buy mochi for your favorite girls and, well, everyone?
Chef texts: What’s cooking in 2017?
What will be on our plates this year? What food trends are coming? We texted some local chefs and found agreement on several trends, disagreement about poke and hope for marijuana edibles and saimin. Read on for more of their…
Hot new restaurants coming in 2017
You thought 2016 was a smoking hot year for restaurant openings? Well, 2017 is looking no less stellar. From local star chef-driven places to national and international chains, here are the spots that have us drooling already. Bethel Union What:…
Meet the Power Couple Behind 3 Popular Honolulu Gastropubs
The owners behind Real, Brew’d and Palate, Lisa Kim and Troy Terorotua, have spent the past five years perfecting their formula.
A5 wagyu, ikura, ceviche: Food at Friday’s Joy of Sake
Sake and food go together like yin and yang, heaven and earth, ebony and ivory — all the good pairings that add up to more than the sum of their parts. You think I’m overstating it? My eureka moment at…
We did the slime: Midsummer Natto Day Feast
The smell hit you when you opened the door: a wave of ferment, a miasma of promise. Inside Tokkuri Tei on Kapahulu, over 100 people were scooping up natto lasagna, natto gazpacho, natto caprese salad with mozzarella cheese, natto cone…
Did you smell it coming? Natto Day feast on July 10
Dear Honolulu, Here’s an invite and a warning: The 5th annual Midsummer Natto Day Feast is coming, and you’re all invited! You’re invited, that is, if you love natto. Because the feast at Tokkuri Tei on Sunday, July 10 will…
This Saturday: Tasting the Philippines of 1898
I know almost nothing about Filipino food. Nothing beyond adobo, sari sari and a thrillingly sour deconstructed sinigang that Sheldon Simeon made at Vintage Cave, where a tamarind broth poured tableside dissolved the bed of chicken fat powder under a…
Local boy on TV alert: Miles Endo in final 3 of ‘Ellen’s Design Challenge’
So I don’t normally watch HGTV, but a few weeks ago my friend Jan told me that Miles Endo, son of Hawaii taiko legend Kenny Endo, was killing it on “Ellen’s Design Challenge.” It turns out comedienne Ellen DeGeneres loves…
Did this: Something new Salt pau hana party
For a time last night Kakaako was the center of a budding universe, a once-dilapidated old block brought to gleaming new life under the bright lights of a Frolic party. Our Kakaako’s coming Salt complex — a longtime construction site…
Get a Bargain on Different Kinds of Fresh Tofu Straight From Aloha Tofu’s Factory
Customers line up for mousse, soy milk and fresh, hot blocks of tofu.
