I couldn't believe the Instagram message from Jennifer Hee, chef at Kaimuki's Juicy Brew: "Hi Mari! Chef Jon Matsubara will be popping up here next week. Vegan Feast!" Matsubara, you may recall, was the architect of the $65 Ultimate Loco…
If you think Foodland Farms Ala Moana is a standard higher-end supermarket, you've either never been or you need new glasses. It opened nearly two years ago as the biggest of Foodland's 33 stores, just two blocks from the state's…
Note: The April 17 natto dinner sold out in record time. So we've added a second natto dinner with an identical menu at Zigu on TUESDAY, APRIL 23 at 6 p.m. Scroll down for the ticket link! Break out the…
Films that make you laugh, cry and hungry for fried chicken, cheese and soba — there's a lot packed into the Hawaii International Film Festival's April 5-14 Spring Showcase. Think 30 movies from 13 countries, including hits from the film…
Maybe it was when Waipahu's 72-year-old Highway Inn opened up in Kakaako in 2013. Or when Liliha Bakery expanded to Nimitz Highway the following year. After that, especially in the last few months, things have snowballed: Longtime eateries we grew…
Honolulu’s mochi makers combine Japanese tradition with unique, only- in-Hawai‘i touches.
Welcome to the table, vegans and vegetarians: Honolulu’s eating scene has come around to the joys of meat-free dishes.
The exact moment Jon Matsubara became one of my favorite chefs was when he put a bowl of foie gras-topped short rib and micro watercress greens in front of me, poured in hot broth and called it pot-au-feu — French…
Remember Frolic’s Honolulu PokeFest? The four-hour smorgasbord that brought the 14 of your favorite poke makers across Oahu together at Ala Moana Center in late September? It was a blowout success, thanks to the rabid appetites of Hawaii poke fans.…
Pig and the Lady’s Andrew Le is cooking with Eddie Huang and Roy Choi.
After closing one restaurant, the Iron Chef opened two more at the ‘Alohilani Resort: Momosan Waikīkī and Morimoto Asia.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
The new spot in Kaka‘ako has 100-plus sakes, Japanese beers and whiskeys—and parking.
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.…
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,…
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, 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…
Look between the tourist hot spots and chain restaurants to find these five hidden gems.
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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…
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.
Three pros give us the scoop on their favorite local drink pairings.
Just about every kind of spirit, from rhum agricole to traditional shochu, can be found crafted in the islands.
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.
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.
From two styles of IPA to a Thai peanut ale, these locally brewed beers should be on your must-drink list.
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…
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…
When a retail giant like ABC Stores gets into the restaurant business, there’s more to the story than meets the palate.
Waikīkī gets a triple dose of elevated street fare.
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.
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…
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?
Roy’s Beach House and Fish House at Ko Olina offer relaxed, indulgent experiences out of town.
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…
