Tsukada Nojo, an established Japanese chain of nabe restaurants and noodle shops soft-opened their first Hawaii location near the convention center in early March with an emphasis on a rustic, group-friendly eating experience. Nojo in Japanese means farmer and thusly…
Note: Updated Dec. 4, 2018 On a recent trip to Tokyo I ate yakitori to my heart’s content. Juicy thighs, crispy charred skin, toothsome cartilage, all skewered and grilled over slow-burning charcoal. But yakitori is more than just chicken on…
From Dorito-crusted fried chicken wings with friends to an over-the-top evening on the windward side with your sweetheart, here’s a list of not-so-typical Valentine’s Day options as diverse as the types of love worth celebrating. “Pal”-entine’s Dinner 5:30 p.m. Piggy…
In the interest of time, I’m splitting my Sapporo restaurants into two posts and I believe these are more miscellaneous spots, whereas the ones I’m profiling tomorrow are close to JR Sapporo Station. When you travel with Pali Kaaihue —…
The gourmet market chain has unique-to-Hawai‘i products and deals that may surprise you.
Chef Peter Merriman opens a new restaurant concept at Salt geared toward locals.
Back in January, we announced Moku Kitchen was coming to SALT at Our Kakaako. In February we threw our epic Something New SALT party with a taste of what was coming to the complex between Keawe and Coral streets. Finally,…
Editor’s note: It’s been a couple years since we ran Will Chen’s Our Top 5: Happy hours, and a lot’s changed since then. So here’s Happy hours 2.0, a whole reboot of the original with Maka Kahawai’s picks for everything…
The visiting Taiwan chefs with Flora Lu (left). Last night, the United Chinese Society had a very special benefit event at Jade Dynasty, and I had the good fortune to get an invitation from Flora Lu. For the second year,…
This new pub offers 100 all-American craft beers on tap. Oh, and some food, too.
From left: Jin Ahn, Chung Chow and Gerald San Jose. I’d been following New York’s noreetuh restaurant and its owner-chef, Chung Chow, on instagram for a while, so when I had a small break in filming for Search Hawaii TV,…
Note: The restaurant now serves brunch Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Just over a year has passed since James Beard-nominated chef Ed Kenney opened Mud Hen Water, the third restaurant of his four restaurants in Kaimuki…
The seven editorial and reader picks for the hottest entertainment and best fitness favorites from our Best of Honolulu 2016 issue.
Starting in August, the old Hee Hing Restaurant space on Kapahulu will become a craft beer pub with a huge selection of local and mainland beers. Growler USA’s 100-plus beers on tap will include an impressive 29 local kegs. Those…
I always do my homework before I travel. While researching where to eat in Las Vegas before my last trip, one fairly new restaurant kept popping up on list after list — Vegas’ Hottest Restaurants, Best Vegas Restaurants, Best New…
A sampling of what’s new and worthwhile at the new Japanese food court in the expanded ‘Ewa Wing of Ala Moana Center.
Many people mourned the loss of South King Lounge, located in the same complex as longtime karaoke bar Anyplace Lounge. The owners were denied visa renewal, leaving them to re-restart their lives in Tokyo. The old space is home to…
The mouthwatering scent of garlic and roasting meat were in the air at Eat the Street’s annual Garlic fest, featuring street food vendors from all over the Island serving up dishes with the pungent herb like the special garlic adobo…
This restaurant has since closed. You’ve probably been wondering about that weirdly named new restaurant on Keeaumoku Street. Chick & Meck? What does that mean? Well, the chicken part is pretty self-explanatory: They serve chicken. The “meck” is shortened slang…
There’s more than just Korean fried chicken on the menu at this new restaurant on Ke‘eaumoku Street.
This restaurant has since closed. This blog post on Million Pocha has taken a long time to come to fruition … so long, in fact, that it’s not quite something new, but enough people know about it that it’s not…
It’s been a few months in the making, but 12th Avenue Grill’s Kevin Hanney is ready to unveil his new bar and dining concept tomorrow in the former Salt-turned-Hale-Ohuna space on Waialae Avenue. He refers to it as “12th Avenue…
Avenue’s Bar + Eatery hopes to fare better than Hale Ōhuna, which closed in this same space after three months.
I know almost nothing about Filipino food. Nothing beyond adobo, sari sari and a thrillingly sour deconstructed sinigang that Sheldon Simeon made at Vintage Cave, where a tamarind broth poured tableside dissolved the bed of chicken fat powder under a…
