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It’s a different culinary melting pot at this Market City eatery.
Garg is back across the street from the Halekulani, this time with his own seafood-focused restaurant.
O’ahu’s only sherbet truck parks in Waikīkī during the week and roams the island on weekends.
The new outlet opens Jan. 20 and the next is coming to Waimānalo.
Raise your hand if you’ve been asked this question. This classic is a personal guide to everything from crack seed to loco moco.
Melissa Chang and Frolic reader Chad Yamamoto go head to head with their favorite baked manapua in Honolulu.
Head after hours to this Young Street market for daily specials of tender ‘ahi belly nitsuke, torched dynamite and buttery sashimi.
At $130, it’s on par with other locally owned sushi omakase—with caviar and truffles to boot.
Choose your menu, choose your truffle quantity and let the shaving begin.
Find kadayif pancakes with date syrup, cilbir poached eggs, shakshuka and more at this indoor-outdoor eatery.
Pua Cake Studio’s gorgeous cakes and cupcakes are as delicious as they look.
Why is this vegetarian dish a must for Year of the Tiger feasts? And what do the different ingredients symbolize? Find out here.
More than coffee and French pastries, Café Kopi has laksa that Southeast Asian expats are calling legit.
A new chef is dishing up killer char siu and lobster e-mein.
So you’ve tried plate lunch, loco moco and shave ice. That was just the beginning—there’s so much more to Hawai‘i’s food scene.
From pipikaula to chicken long rice, Kalo puts Hawaiian food—and some of Chai's signature dishes—within reach of visitors.
Don’t go expecting Garibaldi’s signature thick-crust pizzas. These are thin-crust pies inspired by the Big Apple.
Slimy neba neba, garlicky torched scallops and poke with freshly prepared kim chee bring life to this corner of King Street.
A new chef has expanded the Latin-focused menu with new and heartier fare.
Many people know Off The Wall Craft Beer & Wine for its innovative self-service tap walls, offering more than a dozen rotating beers, three ciders and ales, and selected wines and kombucha. Just in time for restaurants reopening for dine-in,…
Ed Morita prepping a dish. This and his headshot are by Darryl Watanabe. One of our original bloggers, pastry chef Ed Morita, passed away early today. If you've been around Hawaii's food scene and/or social media scene a while, you've probably at…
A Maui entrepreneur’s pandemic pivot turns a sweet hobby into a success.
Sometimes the best discoveries are the most random ones.
You’ll find plenty of vegetarian options as well as a housemade baklava.
It takes a lot of guts to open a new concept restaurant in Hawaii, and in a pandemic, to boot. But sometime in August, restaurateurs Thomas Ray and Hideo Simon plan to open Heiho House, a gastropub-style izakaya with a creative approach to…
Atsushi Kumagai’s sushi bar is open for takeout and dining in at lunchtime.
Sometimes the best discoveries are the most random ones. I'd been scrolling through Facebook and saw my classmate, Wina Silva, on a breakfast date with her boyfriend, raving about the food at a newish restaurant called Guieb Cafe. My other classmates…
Cafe Miro had been a staple in Kaimuki for 25 years under the helm of owner-chef Shigeru Kobayashi, with solid French-style cuisine and prices that were affordable enough to make it a regular spot for neighborhood diners. We wondered what the…
If you thought your favorite crack seed flavors peaked with the lemon peel gummy bear craze, they're about to level up for summer. Sweet Creams — the guys who introduced Hawaii to roll-up ice cream — are crafting new ice…
If you're a regular traveler to Tokyo, you're probably familiar with Ogo Ono-loa in Akasaka, a hidden gem for local expats and Japanese who love Hawaii. Aiea boy Ryoji Soranaka cooks local comfort dishes like loco moco and poke to give people…
Editor's note: Melissa Chang manages the social media for Oahu's Farm Lover's Markets. She decided to write this post after what happened in the confusion surrounding new coronavirus regulations, when police shut down the Sunday Kailua farmers market. You'll find…
Wow, laulau! Now that Oahu Grill is open in Kaimuki, East Honolulu residents have two reasons to be happy that they don't have to make a special trip to Kalihi or a long trek to Kaneohe to get good Hawaiian food…
Several years ago, I blogged about a sushi bar hidden inside hostess bar Club Evergreen. Well, our site was redeveloped and the many details of that blog are gone (thank you, Richard), but so is Evergreen. Like many hostess bars,…
"Uncle" Kon Ping Young's last day with his Kaimuki Crack Seed Store was Dec. 31, but yesterday, new owners reopened the iconic neighborhood snack shop without skipping a beat. Young didn't announce his retirement until it was time, nor did he put…
A new pasta restaurant opens today in the former Bread + Butter location, which was previously Angelo Pietro. Coincidence? Maybe. Delicious? Definitely. If you're familiar with the restaurant business, you know that Diamond Dining, which owns Shokudo, Buho and the previous Bread…
If you've been dying to try Sushi Sho but couldn't afford it or get a reservation, you can get a taste via their new bara chirashi lunch set. And get this: it's only $35. Starting Tuesday, you can get this…
We don't usually write about dinners after the fact, but this one is different — it was an amazing dining experience that you'll get to have in a similar way, sometime in the future. Ward Village recently named Senia restaurant's…
Snow crab combo. Photo courtesy of Karai Crab.Karai Crab, the popular crab boil restaurant adjacent to The Willows since 2012, reopens today in the former Cafe Sistina space on King Street. The new location is 2,700 square feet — twice the size…
Everyone knows Hank's Haute Dogs for their gourmet hot dogs — it's right there in the name. But every so often, Henry "Hank" Adaniya introduces new items to change it up. Nashville hot chicken sandwich, $7.95. Last week, Adaniya's old…
Update 10/26/19: The $55 family boards mentioned below are no longer available; the restaurant says they were an introductory special. Everything is now a la carte — steak for $68, pork dishes for $55 and the whole fish at market…