January 2023: Our Top 3 Most-Viewed Posts About O‘ahu’s Food Scene
Comfort food, Chinese festival must-haves, O‘ahu’s expanding food scene: Roundups dominated the top of the list.
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Food and dining managing editor is the longest title Mari Taketa has ever held. A 10-year veteran of traditional journalism, in a past life she traded her job as editor of Hawai‘i Business for nonprofit adoption work in Ho Chi Minh City; she regards her current food writing and editing as a step toward nirvana. Mari runs Frolic Hawai‘i, HONOLULU Magazine’s digital food blog. Coming after a stint at McKinley High School’s Daily Pinion, journalism degrees from Northwestern and Columbia universities and jobs at The Associated Press’ Tokyo bureau and Hawai‘i Business, Frolic is her professional excuse to indulge her food passions. She is also excited by travel and periodically attempts to learn new languages.
Comfort food, Chinese festival must-haves, O‘ahu’s expanding food scene: Roundups dominated the top of the list.
14 (more) new O‘ahu restaurants, dessert and snack shops, plus a craft beer tasting room to add to your list.
We found ‘ono oxtail soup on the same menu as divine soufflé pancakes—in Waikīkī, of all places.
Sweet spots in Honolulu where you can indulge in doughnuts, ube tiramisu, gelato and soft serve without the guilt.
Who’s opening, who’s expanding and who just opened on O‘ahu’s food and drink scene.
No matter how you eat it, there’s something comforting about cubes of fish mixed with sea salt, limu, ‘inamona or green onions.
Tis the season for parties, potlucks and sky-high ‘ahi prices, but why not try a tasty, less-expensive alternative?
Wow, Honolulu REALLY loves manapua!
Jonny Kimbro, a former chef at Senia and The Pig & The Lady, makes chewy chocolate chip cookies that are a must.
A brunch buffet, Korean-Italian fusion and groceries are coming to the heart of Downtown Honolulu.
How a musubi roundup, a humble diner and an unlikely date-night destination ended up on our homepage.
Updates on seven that have found new homes since much of Koreamoku closed.
Monday’s announcement that the K-pop band will enlist in the military means ARMYs will need every bit of sustenance.
This coffee shop has one of the city’s best chocolate chip cookies and loaded toasts that are a slice above.
A new hidden spot, a PSA update on favorite small eateries, and a bun-to-bun showdown.
A James Beard Award nominee is popping up with Mexican-flavored Sloppy Papis and Chicken Tsukune Katsu sandwiches Tuesday in Mō‘ili‘ili.
Updates on Fancy Fresh, Honolulu Bistro, Nana Ai Katsu, Niu Soft Serve, Ocean Taste and more.
Up first: Updates on Atsushi, Bo’s Kitchen, Fat Cheeks, Little G Cafe, Mam’s Tuck Shop, ‘Ohana Poke House and Waffle & Berry.
Now in the Ala Moana Hotel, one of Honolulu’s OG gastropubs is back with cocktails, beer, food and soon, weekend brunch.
We had no idea how much you wanted to know where to find the city’s best meat jun, local beer and lemon meringue pies.
This year‘s Restaurateurs of the Year, Olay Somsanith and Macy Khounkeo, share tastes of a long-overlooked cuisine.
Coco Puffs, of course. But mushroom chicken? Miso butterfish? Find out what’s hot at each of the four locations.
Find 13 of our editors’ favorites, plus 36 winners and finalists voted on by readers.
From best Korean fried chicken to banh mi, the best way to get into pickleball to best beach blanket, we pulled together the top food, fitness, shopping, services and family-friendly picks.
Kamukura Ramen, bakery treats and mass upheaval for some of Honolulu’s smallest food businesses at Moanalua 99.
Did you guess POG? Haupia? Li hing mui? Read on for the Top 5.
Think you know? The rankings switch up at each of the four locations.
Our writers select the dishes and drinks around Honolulu and beyond that we crave.
An unlikely mini-chain from O‘ahu’s North Shore has rolled into the heart of the industrial district.
Seriously, how DO you feel about these cookies? Plus groundbreaking news and a charming food truck story.
From Kalihi to Kāhala to Kāne‘ohe, a record 12 eateries will prepare one-day-only natto creations featuring Japan’s famously slimy bean.
Congrats to America’s Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific!
Bonbon Appétit: Koho Bonbons are more than just eye candy.
Inside the heart of Koreamoku.
A Puerto Rican food truck, a roundup of new openings and where a dining editor really likes to eat.
Karma came to a tiny Okinawan hole-in-the-wall.
Craft ice cream, smash burgers, ramen and a Japanese sando shop: What’s coming to the island’s food scene.
A new truffle restaurant is coming, and Gina’s BBQ is opening a second location after 31 years.
Find them inside a luxury car showroom on Friday and Saturday nights, by reservation only.