Sponsored The next time your out-of-town guests want to go to a luau, you don’t have to trek to the North Shore or to Kapolei. ‘Aha ‘Aina, a Royal Hawaiian Luau, is the perfect opportunity to treat visiting family and friends to an authentic luau without leaving town. ‘Aha ‘Aina is not just about the food — it’s an enriching…
Check out the Honolulu Police Department’s take on the lip sync challenge that includes hula, fire dancing, lion dancing, drumming, confused tourists and Chinatown neighbors.
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The mainland poke craze has morphed Hawaii’s iconic dish into a DIY salad bar creation — that’s now boomeranged back to the islands. Mainland poke chains have opened on Oahu with customizable choices that go well beyond shoyu ahi and furikake salmon. But is this stuff really poke? We decided to check out the DIY options at Poke Bar at…
The pallets of bottled water set up by store cash registers and long gas lines at Costco tell the story. Hawai‘i is preparing for a potential hurricane. Forecasters say O‘ahu may start feeling effects Friday, so now is a good time to teach your kids how to be prepared. Several online resources make severe weather learning fun. Take some time to…
What I found at … is a series that tests and vets intriguing store-bought foodie finds. It’s the mainland and global parallel to KaSnack attack!, our series reviewing made-in-Hawaii snacks. What: Museum of Ice Cream ice cream Where: Ice cream section at Target Cost: $6.49 a pint Q: Do these pints live up to the hype of the wildly popular Museum…
Dude, you made that? follows the cooking adventures of two hungry millennials. Chicken is huge in Korea and it’s prepared in a variety of ways. In this video we’re focused on spicy stir-fried chicken (a.k.a. dak-gal-bi) and incorporating that onto a pizza. We’ve never seen the two together, so we had to ask ourselves, why not? Watch as we attempt to satisfy…
Editor’s note: This restaurant has closed. “Get the Dutch Baby. Make sure you get the Dutch Baby.” That was the response when I told fellow foodies I was going to YIELD for the first time. The Chinatown spot opened this summer and has been trending because of their all-day brunch menu. Walk past Fete on Nuuanu Avenue and you’ll find YIELD. Just…
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Local girl Lia Mausolf is a student at the University of San Diego. This summer’s been jam-packed with a marketing internship at Frolic Hawaii during the week and hanging out with friends and adventuring around Oahu on the weekends. A foodie at heart, Mausolf loves to pair her favorite activities around the island with the foods she’s missed while she’s…
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 from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. Pretty impressive, actually, considering you started in 2016. It’s even OK for you to…
ONO (One Night Only) is a new dining series presented by Hawaii Gas in partnership with Frolic Hawaii. Each ONO event will explore local chefs’ cultural roots and the food that is meaningful to them. We’ll share the stories about the food with you, our Frolic readers, and then you’ll experience the meal for yourself … hot off the stove!…
The okazuya’s still in its original location — they just expanded into the space next door.Nuuanu Okazuya is happy proof that okazuyas are not dying off — at least not yet. This neighborhood Japanese-style deli just expanded into the space next door. Now they have a dining room with tables, so you can sit down and enjoy your okazu grinds on the…
Summers in Japan are brutal: 100-degree heatwaves coupled with 99 percent humidity. Luckily, kakigori or delicate shaved ice topped with fruit purees, espuma foam and other delights offers a reprieve, if only for a few melting moments. The Japan Kakigori Association designates July 25 as Kakigori Day because 7-2-5, which can creatively be pronounced as “na-tsu-go,” sounds like “natsu-gori” or summer ice,…
As she runs for a second term we take a closer look at a politician who’s more interesting now than she’s ever been.
Local girl Lia Mausolf is a student at the University of San Diego. This summer’s been jam-packed with a marketing internship at Frolic Hawaii during the week and hanging out with friends and adventuring around Oahu on the weekends. A foodie at heart, Mausolf loves to pair her favorite activities around the island with the foods she’s missed while she’s…
