January 2023: Our Top 3 Most-Viewed Posts About O‘ahu’s Food Scene
Comfort food, Chinese festival must-haves, O‘ahu’s expanding food scene: Roundups dominated the top of the list.
Chinese New Year
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Jan. 19–25, 2023
Go to a drive-in movie, watch a play written by Da Pidgin Guerrilla or attend a new keiki-friendly event with food trucks, hopscotch and face painting.
All the Food at This Weekend’s Chinese New Year Festivals in Chinatown
Two big festivals on Jan. 13 and 14 celebrate the coming Year of the Rabbit.
Where To Celebrate Chinese New Year in 2023
Kung Hee Fat Choy! Chinese New Year falls on Sunday, Jan. 22. Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with these festivities around O‘ahu.
Two-Minute Takeout: Golden Duck’s Jai for Chinese New Year 2022
Why is this vegetarian dish a must for Year of the Tiger feasts? And what do the different ingredients symbolize? Find out here.
Order These Chinese New Year Foods Online for Drive-Thru Pickup
Chinatown 808 is offering combo packages of jai, gau, jin dui and more from local restaurants—but you’ll need to order by Jan. 22.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for January 13–19, 2022
Visit wild birds, go hunting in a gallery, start to celebrate the tigers in your life and gather your bottles for a local teenager’s nonprofit.
8 Chinese New Year Foods and Where to Get Them in Honolulu’s Chinatown
So many tasty ways to ring in the Year of the Tiger.
A Dim Sum Crawl of Chinatown
Six stops on a Saturday morning to get all our dim sum faves in Honolulu’s Chinatown and we are stuffed.
Chinese New Year: Our 5 Tips for Watching Lion Dances in Honolulu
We asked a lion dancer for tips for families planning to watch a lion dance as we welcome the Year of the Tiger.
Our Guide: Mark Your Calendar for O‘ahu's Ethnic Festivals
Photo: By Greg Yamamoto There's no easier way to learn about Hawai‘i's various cultures than by going to an ethnic festival. You'll usually find live music and entertainment, new dishes at the various food booths, and cultural arts and crafts. Most…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Jan. 30, 2019
Photo: Courtesy of Punahou SchoolPunahou Carnival malassadas Punahou Carnival Spin on rides, nosh on carnival food and shop to your heart’s content this weekend at the Punahou Carnival. In addition to the farmer’s market and white elephant sales, there will…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-Jan. 23, 2019
Photo: Battleship Missouri Memorial Living History Day at the Battleship Missouri Memorial Celebrate a double anniversary for the world's last battleship by spending a day on the Mighty Mo. Living History Day will commemorate the Battleship Missouri's 75th birthday—it was…
Inside Look: 2019 New Year's ‘Ohana Festival
Photo: Courtesy of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Editor's Note: This blog was first published in 2018. But all the details and tips have been updated to reflect the 2019 festival. My daughters are going through holiday withdrawal. Sabrina,…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-February 14
Photo: Honolulu Museum of ArtRing in the Lunar New Year at the Honolulu Museum of Art this weekend. Expedition: Dinosaur A new dinosaur exhibit is opening at Bishop Museum this weekend. Keiki will come face-to-face with a dozen life-size animatronic creatures…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-January 31, 2018
Photo: ESPN 1420 Jersey Fun Run 2018 ESPN 1420 Jersey Fun Run & ‘Ohana Fest For the first time this year, the Jersey Fun Run will include an ‘Ohana Fest with sports activities including baseball, football, soccer and tennis, entertainment,…
Free Fun: 12 Educational and Cultural Activities
Courtesy of Waikīkī Aquarium Lucky we live Hawai‘i. We have the best beaches right on our doorstep and the warm weather to enjoy them. But, “I’m bored,” is something all parents get used to hearing, even in Honolulu. And, sometimes…
Chinee like me: The search for Hainanese chicken rice
Hainanese chicken rice at Flock & Fowl in Las Vegas, $8.99. Two years ago, I got hooked on chef Sheridan Su’s Hainanese chicken rice at Flock & Fowl in Las Vegas. I’d had it before in Asia, but none of…
Something new: Jing Du Noodle
Usually the best discoveries happen on the fly. I had gone to the big festival in Chinatown last Saturday with our Will Chen, Wang Chungs owner Danny Chang and good Chinee girl Jennifer Lieu to see if I could find things that…
Get ready for Chinese New Year 2016
The Year of the Monkey starts on February 8, as Chinese people around the world celebrate a new lunar new year. Here in Hawaii, we get a head start; this Saturday, January 30, Maunakea Street will shut down for a…
Chinee like me: Chinatown gau
This weekend is the big celebration: On Friday, February 13, you’ll see lions dancing through Chinatown for Choy Cheng; and on Saturday, February 14, Maunakea Street will be closed all day and night for the big street festival and parade.
Hawaii: In Real Life ~ Chinatown Express
It’s that time of year! Chinese New Year is February 19, where we will be welcoming in the year of the ram. If you are at the Chinatown festivities this weekend, you’re likely to get some gau, jai, and jin…
Who’s coming: Eat the Street Chinese New Year
Eat the Street is ringing in 2015 with new monthly themes and specialty food items. This month, the Kakaako street food fest celebrates the coming of Chinese New Year with every imaginable noodle dish served out of food stalls and…
Chinee like me: Narcissus for the new year
The Year of the Horse started on January 31, but traditionally, Chinese celebrate the new year for 14 days. The end of the lunar new year celebration is marked on the fifteenth day with a Lantern Festival. We don’t celebrate…
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