Fat Kid Friday is a video series spotlighting exuberant dishes across Oahu. Crazy, ginormous or over-the-top luxe, these are the broke-the-mouth dishes we push across the table and tell our friends, “Try this. TRY IT.” We head to Kalihi this…
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Features The Hōkūle‘a sailing vessel takes to the ocean. Photo: COURTESY OF POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY AND ‘ŌIWI TV/Kaipo Kī‘aha Spring Fashion: The New Retro Everything old is new again, with these chic 2017 fashions. by Stacey Makiya and Brie Thalmann Islanders…
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Fat Kid Friday is a video series spotlighting exuberant dishes across Oahu. Crazy, ginormous or over-the-top luxe, these are the broke-the-mouth dishes we push across the table and tell our friends, “Try this. TRY IT.” Burgers are like people –…
Here’s how to make the most of this Friday’s Joy of Sake event at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
What was the best thing you ate this year? Foodies always, we asked this question of a bunch of Frolickers and others who eat out all the time. The answers were often surprising, in many cases closer to home and…
Face it, when it comes to gift-giving, one size doesn’t fit all. What do you get for the pragmatic? The fashionista? The romantic? The geek? Fortunately, the Frolic team doesn’t have one-size-fits-all tastes, either. So to lighten your chores this…
With just two full days left on our trip, we had to pack in whatever else we had on our itinerary to be sure we ate, saw and experienced a good balance of what Singapore had to offer. The problem…
ON THE COVER: FOREVER MOVING LIKE THE OCEAN, YET, ROOTED IN RICH HISTORY, HAWAI‘I FASHION DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM ITS PEOPLE, CULTURE AND NATURAL BEAUTY Mauka: TOP AND PENCIL SKIRT, CUSTOM DESIGNS BY ALLISON IZU SONG. MEREDITH HANH TATUM RING, $97, SPIKE RING, $74, RICHES KĀHALA, KĀHALA MALL,…
Oh, the power of social media. I follow a blogger named SingaporeanEats on Instagram and am always drooling over her food finds in The Lion City. So of course, as I was planning this trip, I pinged her to see…
Our hood is a series spotlighting the neighborhoods the Frolic team calls home. Up first: favorite foods of Mari Taketa’s Liliha. Here’s my hood, Liliha. It’s an old, evolving hood that runs mauka-makai along Liliha Street just above Chinatown. At…
I really should walk around my neighborhood more often. There are so many eateries in the two-mile radius near Ala Moana, it’s easy to miss little gems, and by the time I “discover” them, they’ve already been open two years. One…
When summer temps break records and it’s too hot to go barefoot on the beach, our thoughts turn to shave ice. That’s just Hawaii. But choices for icy relief aren’t limited to the stuff in cones that we grew up…
En Hakkore Coffee Bar whips up amazing Korean shave ice.
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto at his Waikiki venue. If you owned a chain of restaurants in foodie destinations around the world, where would you want to celebrate your birthday? For “Iron Chef” Masaharu Morimoto, the obvious choice is Honolulu. Actually,…
We know the deal. We love to eat well, but living in Hawaii is expensive and dining out adds up all too fast. Thus our new series — Grinding on a Budget — highlighting good food at better-than-good prices. Here’s…
Tokyo can be expensive, but there are many cheap, filling restaurants that are popular with the city’s denizens. I saw some great spots on this trip, but didn’t have enough time to go in. There was the ramen shop right…
March 25–29: Wear your favorite anime costume, hear inspiring speeches by some of Hawai'i’s community leaders and other events to check out.
Hole-in-the-wall general stores dishing up their own eats—even if it’s just one ‘ono item—are a beloved part of Island life. Here are a few of Hawai‘i’s best.
Hawai‘i’s general stores bring us what we want and sometimes need.
On the cover: You want it? A general store probably has it. Check out the full feature on page 54 in the magazine. Photos: Steve Czerniak Features Spring Fashion: Hello Dolly Get dolled up in spring’s hottest trends: bold stripes,…
On the Cover: Primal offering porchetta dinner served family-style at Hale ‘Aina Award-winning The Pig and the Lady restaurant. Photo: Steve Czerniak Features The Sour Poi Awards Celebrating the best of the worst of 2014—the strange, the stupid and…
Recently, we got our hands on some fried chicken and bribed chef Lee Anne Wong to sit down with us to talk about all things whiskey and chicken, her love for them both and just about everything else under the sun…
