Perhaps it was inevitable that the butcher and baker would fall in love at a restaurant. The butcher, Jason Chow, and the baker, Harley Tunac, met at Āina, a now-shuttered Hawaiian restaurant in San Francisco. Chow was dining solo to…
Thanks to flashier newcomers on the sushi scene, I hadn’t been to Sushi Sasabune in a long time. But I’ve returned to old favorites during the pandemic, including the omakase stalwart, which opened 23 years ago and was likely the…
Since its opening in 1997, the O.G. omakase restaurant never offered takeout. Until now.
Uncommon sur-pie-ses from Breadshop, HB Baking and The Pig & The Lady.
Dinner and a movie out? Thanks to the Hawaii International Film Festival, the old tradition is back. This week is the last week of HIFF’s drive-in movies at Ala Moana Center and Windward Mall. For the movies at Ala Moana,…
Ribs at Chinese roast meat counters in Honolulu are tucked away in a corner to make room for hanging burnished ducks and crackly-skinned roast pork. It’s time for these quiet stunners to take centerstage: They are meaty and hefty, roasted…
Grab takeout from these 7 favorite restaurants and eateries at Ala Moana Center for movie meals and snacks.
The group’s online marketplace sells varieties adapted to the pests and diseases of Hawai‘i’s unique growing conditions.
More than any other restaurants, these two shaped modern Hawai‘i cuisine.
In craft brewing, Beer Lab feels like what the Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine movement was to Hawai‘i’s culinary world almost 30 years ago.
Find these unsung stars at Honolulu’s roast meat counters and restaurants.
Things will look a bit different this year, but we don’t need big parties to have fun this spooky season.
Find ta‘ape, a cheap and sustainable fish, on Honolulu menus this week as part of a new campaign to “eat ‘em to beat ‘em.”
Jason Chow and Harley Tunac, a butcher and baker couple, return home to fill a void in butchery and baking.
A chirashi sushi bowl for every mood.
If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen—but grab a bottle of hot sauce on your way out.
No matter how you slice it, there’s a pie for everyone. Here are our team’s favorite dine-in and takeout pizza options on O‘ahu.
Experts tell us how to bolster our food security and commit to locally grown for our future.
We sought out the best of everything—from local sake to seafood boil, bank to barbershop—and expanded our list with a finalist in every category chosen by our readers.
But you missed the camel milk chocolate.
Sheltering at home has me leaning hard into Chinese comfort foods, which necessitates frequent trips into Chinatown. And I can never step foot in Chinatown without submitting to Nam Fong’s siren call. I tell myself I will head straight from…
47 editorial and reader picks for the tastiest food and beverage in town.
When the emergency order shut down dining rooms, these new restaurants—months in the planning—decided to open anyway.
Pono Provisions’ “Hawaiian Meats CSA” offers an exciting variety of local meats, plus pork cheeks, lard and guava smoked barbacoa.
Lifting the lid on a pastry box delivers a joy that Charlie Bucket’s golden ticket can’t match. Each week a boxed assortment of pastries is released by MW and Senia, and in limited amounts. I’ve taken to checking MW’s emails every Monday and Senia’s Instagram…
Glistening roast ducks and spareribs like pork candy.
The 22 editorial and reader picks for the chic-est shopping in the city.
Brandon Lee, sous chef of MW, makes scoops in classic flavors.
Sale Pepe Pizzeria e Cucina in Lahaina is a somewhat hidden gem on one of the busiest tourist stretches of Maui. It’s one of my favorite Italian restaurants in Hawai‘i, for pizza and especially its pasta. I not the only one…
Perhaps, when the pandemic hit, you turned to local produce and meats. And perhaps you even started a garden of your own. But where did you buy your seeds? The UH Seed Lab and the Hawai‘i Seed Growers Network “are…
Looking for more activities to do at home or just searching for that extra oomph of flavor to add to your sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, burgers … we could go on. Our team has very strong opinions about locally pickled goods and their own pickling hacks.
Besides making a great pau hana, what do beer and salami have in common? If you know one fermentation, you know them all. Such was the thinking that led to Beer Lab’s house-made salami, the newest addition to its Department of…
New bars include hibiscus, coffee crunch and coconut banana.
When one door shuts, the outdoors open. Here are some of our favorite restaurants in Honolulu for dining alfresco.
It’s the newest addition to the brewery’s menu.
When one door shuts, the outdoors open. Here are some of our favorite restaurants in Honolulu for dining alfresco.
When one door shuts, the outdoors open. Here are some of our favorite restaurants around the island for dining alfresco.
First it was hula and Hawaiian music, then garlic shrimp, loco moco and Island pancake restaurants—Japan’s fascination with all things Hawai‘i goes back decades.
And how he responds to comments such as “I’m sorry France is invaded by Africans.”
