Foodscene: June

June 7: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
Just so you know

June 9: One-Year Anniversary, Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha
Aina Haina Shopping Center
820-850 W. Hind Drive
From 10:30 a.m.
Buy a shave ice and HOPA will donate one to its “Share-HOPA-Forward” campaign

June 12: Joy of Sake – Aftertaste
Chai’s Island Bistro
Aloha Tower Marketplace, 1 Aloha Tower Drive
6 to 8 p.m.
$40 at www.joyofsake.com
Tastings of 40-plus premium sake plus appetizers and buffet by Chai’s

June 14: Garlic & Ginger Festival
Ward Warehouse, 1031 Auahi St.
4 to 10 p.m.
$3 admission
Ten restaurants including Prima, Side Street Inn, Poke Stop and the Grove; garlic ice cream; no-host bar; entertainment

June 16: Ewa Honganji Bon Dance
91-1133 Renton Road
7 to 10 p.m.
Old-style country eats. Oh, and bon dancing

June 17: Eat All Your Veggies Day
Celebrate!

June 18: International Sushi Day
A travesty. Blog post coming soon.

June 22: National Onion Rings Day
!!!

June 22-23: Wahiawa Honganji Bon Dance
1067 California Ave.
6 to 10 p.m.
Known for various flavors of andagi. And bon dancing

June 29: Eat the Street Garlic Fest
550 South St. at Halekauwila
5 to 9 p.m.
Trucks and street food vendors celebrate the redolent bulb

June 29-30: Honpa Honganji Bon Dance
1727 Pali Highway
6 to 10 p.m.
Additional parking across Pali Highway at Hongwanji Mission School and at Kawananakoa Middle School. Known for baked goods, hot plain and cinnamon andagi, fresh-picked and buttered corn. And bon dancing

June 30: National Ice Cream Soda Day
A sweet and nostalgic aloha to June