Our Go-To: Bubbling Hot Pots in Honolulu
The Frolic team’s favorite spots for comforting vats of deliciousness.
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What $10 Gets You: Ala Moana Center
It's lunchtime and you're hungry. What are your options?
Where to find crack seed on Oahu
We're lucky that in Hawaii, drug stores, convenience stores and supermarkets sell crack seed. But the best kind come from crack seed stores and hole-in-the-wall mom-and-pop shops. If they let you sample, bonus. And if they sell Icee with li…
January 2020: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features The Sour Poi Awards Looking back on the offbeat, obscure and outrageous news of 2019. by robbie dingeman 50 Ways to Volunteer From drop-in workdays that take just a few hours to opportunities…
The best things we ate in Hawaii this year
Collectively, the Frolic team eats a LOT across Hawaii. As 2019 concludes, here's a look at the dishes that stayed on our brains and kept us coming back for more. Adobo turkey tails at Lineage Salty, tangy, and just a…
Frolic team picks: Best new Hawaii restaurants of 2019
Where did this year go? It seems like yesterday we were just relishing the best meals we had in 2018 and boop! Christmas already came and went. Hello, 2020. Once again we scrolled through our camera rolls, reflected on a…
Editor’s Page: There’s Something About a Team
The holidays are a time of indulgence. So please indulge me.
December 2019: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Will Hawai‘i Make Waves at the Olympics? The countdown has begun for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ new surfing competition. What does this mean for Hawai‘i’s top surfers? What are their odds? Here’s what we…
Here are Honolulu's OTHER fried chicken sandwiches
So it's not like Popeyes invented the chicken sandwich. Remember? Here's where you can get good to great versions in Honolulu at local spots that aren't national or global chains. See also: Is Popeyes chicken sandwich worth all the hype? Artizen…
November 2019: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Saviors of the Lost Arts While hula and lei making thrive, other ancient Hawaiian traditions are disappearing. Meet four practitioners who are fighting to keep their arts alive. by jayna omaye The Doctor…
Iyasume Makes Up to 23 Kinds of Spam Musubi
Did you even know the world needed 23 kinds of Spam musubi?
Dean and DeLuca Waikiki improves luxe happy hour, adds daily brunch
I first visited Dean & DeLuca at The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki with Frolic editor Mari Taketa to check out the happy hour scene. At the time, D&D’s second-floor wine bar was a hidden gem, proof that an oasis in Waikiki does…
Our Go-To Eats: Hawai‘i Foods of Summer
Grilled kalbi, fresh lychee ice cream, mango all kine ways—these are the Frolic team's flavors of summer.
September 2019: Table of Contents
Features Fall’s Story Line Take a page from this season’s runways and cozy up to bookish blazers, romantic flourishes and lapidary jewel hues. by STAcey Makiya and Brie Thalmann The 2019 Hale ‘Aina Awards For more than three decades,…
August 2019: Table of Contents
Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Hawai‘i Made We’re more than ‘ukulele, mac nuts and Kona coffee, although we love all three. Here’s a look at a few unusual industries making waves in the Islands, as well as some…
July 2019: Table of Contents
Video: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Flock Together On private lands across Hawai‘i, generations of families and ranchers have hosted and cared for the endangered nēnē, playing a key role in bringing our state bird back from the brink of…
Where locals eat in Waikiki
Cavina Quach is a kinesiology and rehabilitation science major who has a passion for health, food and traveling. Follow all her fitness and foodie adventures on Instagram at @liftingchopsticks. Waikiki is home to some of the…
June 2019: Table of Contents
This photo: Aaron K. Yoshino / Cover photo: Nolan Omura Features Paint the Town It’s not just about massive murals. Some Hawai‘i artists are going smaller scale with their street art. by james charisma For the Records The…
Eating is believing: $15 and $25 happy hour teishoku at Akira
Eating is believing is a series spotlighting great deals on incredible food. What: Happy hour teishoku dinnersWhere: Akira Japanese RestaurantWhen: Monday to Saturday 4 - 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 - 10 p.m.Price: $15 with one entree and $25 with two entreesCompare: Some…
Yakitori Glad morphs into a quirky ramen bar at lunch
When it comes to quirk and charm, Yakitori Glad gives Carp Dori a run for its money in our tiny yakitori scene. Glad's mascot is a shaka-throwing rooster in an aloha shirt, every item on the menu is $3.90 and each…
Editor’s Page: And So It Grows
My admiration for farmers stems from decades of backyard fails.
Hot slurps: Best soupy bowls for cold nights
Since when is March so cold? When there's snow on the volcanoes and it's chilly all over, there's no better way to warm up than from the inside out. Here are some of our team's fave comfort meals in a bowl. Mama…
Hot in Waikiki: Seoul Tofu House
This cold weather has had everyone looking for the hottest food they can find, so it's good timing for Seoul Tofu House, which just opened in the Laylow Waikiki. Their specialty is soondubu, or Korean soft tofu stew, which is…
How to spend an afternoon eating Maui
I can see why people fall in love with Maui at first sight. I got it when we were making our descent into Kahului Airport. The coast came into view, clouds parted over the West Maui Mountains and rolling expanses of green filled our windows. Wheels…
