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Coming 7/10: Natto Day takeout dine-around

Just when it seemed all hope of Hawaii's annual midsummer Natto Day feast celebrating Japan's infamous stinky bean was lost, a text message saved the day. It was from Scott Pang and Greg Sekiya, creators of the local Facebook natto…

Summer slime: Natto Day feast coming 7/10

Note: The July 10 natto dinner is sold out! So we've added an identical encore feast on Sunday, July 14, 2019. For tickets to More Summer Slime: 7/14 Natto Feast encore, order online at Eventbrite. There is slime, and there…

Natto again! All-natto dinner coming April 17

Note: The April 17 natto dinner sold out in record time. So we've added a second natto dinner with an identical menu at Zigu on TUESDAY, APRIL 23 at 6 p.m. Scroll down for the ticket link! Break out the…

Natt-yo average natto encore: July 25 dinner at Shokudo

Last Tuesday at Shokudo, in celebration of Japan's official Natto Day on July 10, natto fiends feasted on eight dishes dripping with the slimy fermented beans. Natto cheese and crackers. Natto gyoza. Natto dashimaki egg roll stuffed with unagi. Natto…

Coming July 10: Natt-yo average natto feast

Get ready to twirl your chopsticks, natto lovers, Hawaii's annual midsummer Natto Day dinner is coming up — on July 10, the same auspicious day when natto-loving Japan celebrates the stinky-slimy fermented bean! This one is definitely natt-yo average feast.…

Natto to da Max all-natto feast coming up 4/17

Note: This dinner is now sold out. Even with natto, Japan's famously slimy, stinky fermented bean, some things must be seen to be believed. Like bone-in beef burgundy simmered in a red wine-natto sauce. Or a play on crab rangoon,…

Ready, set, slime! Natto feast coming July 9

  Natto fans, your time has come: the one night of the year when you can indulge your love of the slimy bean without getting stink eye.** On July 9, you’re invited to join fellow natto lovers at a Midsummer…

Natto again! Look who’s cooking an all-natto feast March 18

Update: The natto dinner is sold out. So natto, Japan’s famously stinky-slimy fermented beans, they get a bad rap. But here’s the thing: Natto can go haute. In fact, thanks to the fervent appetites of Hawaii’s natto worshippers, over the…

We did the slime: Midsummer Natto Day Feast

The smell hit you when you opened the door: a wave of ferment, a miasma of promise. Inside Tokkuri Tei on Kapahulu, over 100 people were scooping up natto lasagna, natto gazpacho, natto caprese salad with mozzarella cheese, natto cone…

That’s natto my Tokyo Hot Dog!

I finally made it to the new Shirokiya Japan Village Walk, just to meet one of the owners of Tokyo Hot Dog, Akihiro Hironishi. Thomas and Maka already got a taste when they previewed the whole food court, but I wanted…

Did you smell it coming? Natto Day feast on July 10

Dear Honolulu, Here’s an invite and a warning: The 5th annual Midsummer Natto Day Feast is coming, and you’re all invited! You’re invited, that is, if you love natto. Because the feast at Tokkuri Tei on Sunday, July 10 will…

Oh yes we did: Midsummer Natto Feast

All 32 pounds courtesy of Aloha Tofu, all non-GMO Full house for Sunday night’s Midsummer Natto Feast, now a four-year-old tradition in Honolulu. Thanks to the ravenous appetites of Hawaii’s Facebook natto lovers group, we’ve had izakaya-style natto, global natto,…

Natto again! Midsummer feast coming July 12

UPDATE: The July 12 natto feast is now sold out. One thing I’ve come to learn about Hawaii’s Facebook natto lovers group: They really love natto. This is a group who posts pictures of all the natto they eat: natto…