Honolulu’s biggest ever food truck rally rolls tonight, and it’s all about Japan.Thirty-two trucks and booths will converge on the massive open lot at South Street and Halekauwila for the third Eat the Street rally. More than half are pushing out new dishes created for Japan. Hank’s Haute Dogs is donating 100 percent of sales to relief and recovery work…
Korean miso stew, French pastries in Tokyo, and honey: Three foodie films made the roster for the Hawaii International Film Festival’s weeklong Spring Showcase, which runs April 1-7 at Dole Cannery, and Nonstop scored preview DVDs. We’re stoked. Not only can we review the films (or two of them, at least; HIFF didn’t have the third sample DVD), we can…
As soon as I saw HIFF’s spring schedule, I knew I had to see “Patisserie Coin de Rue,” which centers on a brash, eager woman named Natsume, who leaves her father’s cake shop in Kagoshima for Tokyo in search of her boyfriend, Umi, who moved for a job at the prestigious Coin de Rue Patisserie.Upon her arrival, she learns that…
Whether you’re new to Eat the Street or a two-time veteran, we know you have questions, suggestions and concerns about the event, so we wanted to give you a chance to fire them off to Streetgrindz.com’s Poni Askew, the mastermind and organizer of Eat the Street.Here are Poni’s responses about the upcoming Eat the Street Japan — on Thursday, March…
Ever since the first time I saw Jason Tom perform at think: Hawaii, I’ve been intrigued with his talent. He bills himself as “the human beatbox,” producing a variety of sounds — creating entire songs, sometimes while he dances — using only his mouth and voice.How does he do it? I’ve long wondered how people learn to create so many…
I love you, durian.I love your fleshy pods of pale yellow goodness. I love you in the hottest kitchens of Vietnam, I love you in a car with the windows rolled up, I love you in windswept fields and on public street corners in front of strangers squealing their disgust.I love you even more because you’re gone. Your season is…
It was inevitable.My midweek jaunt to Kona was coming to an end.That meant is was back to work — not that I left that behind in Honolulu — household chores, morning traffic, crowded surf breaks, fast food and parking wars at Costco.The trip reminded me what I love about Hawaii — its laid-back feel, a sharing of cultures, a storied history…
Once again, the Twitter community rallied for a cause — this time, for the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Attendees enjoyed food, drinks, prizes, and live entertainment by Jason Tom, Emi Hart, Kamuela Kahoano and Willow Chang … and of course meeting each other IRL (In Real Life). Honolulu Twestival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 38 -Photo by Tracy…
One of the must-trys on my list of things to do in Kona was, literally, “Eat malassadas at Tex Drive In.”I had never been. And being such a malassada connoisseur — OK, not really, but I do love to eat them — I figured I had to try this popular Big Island version.Lucky for us, the restaurant opened a location in Kopiko…
The other day I listened to two Honolulu foodies argue about the pork chops at the Manago Hotel.One preferred them with gravy; the other declared that practically blasphemy.So I decided to try it for myself.Yesterday, en route to Honaunau, we stopped at the historic hotel in Captain Cook to try the famous pork chops and see what’s better — with or…
Have you ever heard of “threading?” It’s an ancient form of hair removal that’s popular in Middle Eastern countries and India (although many claim it originated in Turkey), whereas we have waxing and electrolysis here in Western countries. Crossover India celebrities like Aishwarya Rai (whom, I must say, has a crisp brow line), have helped make threading gain popularity in…
"Na Me’e Laua Na Paio" — When a sci-fi fan dressed like a superhero is murdered, Five-0 (Grace Park, left; Scott Caan, right) hits the convention scene in search of a villain. Meanwhile, McGarrett gets an unexpected visit from a CIA agent who shares his personal interest in tracking down the Yakuza who had his parents killed, on HAWAII FIVE-0,…
Waikiki Cocktail Scavenger Hunt ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 46 An industry bar crawl AND a scavenger hunt? With cocktails? The premise was fascinating enough that Nonstop’s Melissa Chang and I decided to head down to Nobu Waikiki on Sunday night and check it out. We found the back room crowded with teams of 4-6 people, all waiting…
This Wednesday, Alan Wong presents a six-course dinner from his new cookbook, The Blue Tomato. Plus video. Alan Wong’s, Honolulu.
Every week, our Nonstop writers/photographers/bloggers go out of their way to cover what’s happening in Honolulu, whether it’s attending events, parties or visiting new eateries. On some days, I have the luxury of having more content than I can properly promote on the site. Because of this, I feel readers often overlook galleries and blog posts that deserve a look….
The streets around Murphy’s Bar & Grill were packed with thousands of merrymakers dressed in green Thursday night for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party, the largest of its kind in the Pacific. While not quite as packed as last year, an impressive number of people from around the world crowded into the lower parts of Nuuanu Avenue, Marin…
I’m not often in the middle of conversations that include phrases like “the chocolate bacon community” and “I find I don’t care for lamb’s eyeballs.”I wish I were. It can get lonely obsessing about food: the qualities of a perfect bite, the ideal taste-service-ambience ratio, the raptures of things wrongly maligned (like my beautiful durian).Last night I was in perfect…
I was fortunate to get an invitation to a party at the Bayer Estate last night (thanks to Pam Davis!) to meet chefs Peter Foster and Kanani Lincoln of Memoirs, a private chef and catering company. Both men have extensive experience in different circles, even a contrast in work styles — “The yin and yang,” Foster laughs.Memoirs provides services for…
Veteran bartenders Fujiwara and Greenleaf have compiled 80 Island-style drink recipes in their new Cocktail Handbook, complete with video on how to make one of their drinks.
Last week, I attended the launch of “The Cocktail Handbook,” which was written by longtime Duke’s Waikiki bartenders Aimee Fujiwara and Jesse Greenleaf (with bonus recipes from notable bartenders around town). I was so smitten by their cocktails that I wanted to meet them and find out how the book came to be, and see if I could make any…
On your iPod you mix it up. You roll with the Rolling Stones, swing with Neil Diamond, and get down to Pearl Jam. But recently the playlist in your jewelry box has gone completely heavy metal. Restore your pop star status with the New Kids on the Rock – Pueo Jewels. Created by the same creative team that brought you…
It was an awesome Tuesday night: an hour alone with a new episode of must-Glee TV. And as you're humming Afternoon Delight (as sung by John Stamos and Lea Michelle) around the office, you’re actually waiting for tonight as J-Lo, Steven Tyler and Randy take on the top 13 on American Idol. It’s so inspirational your friends are planning something…
Have you ever had to keep a secret? Probably one of the hardest secrets to keep are not the forever secrets, but secrets that have an expiration date. For the past eight months, I’ve been carrying around a digital copy of Guy Kawasaki’s new book, “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions” on my iPad. The book is…
I didn’t want to blog about. I really didn’t.But Charlie Sheen — who was fired yesterday from CBS’ wildly popular “Two and a Half Men” — is making it hard for me to ignore him.First he made the rounds on TV morning talk shows, saying absurd things like he has Adonis DNA and he’s a “rock star form Mars” living with “goddesses”…
