La Cucina

Ask Frolic: Double date night

Ever since I started posting my eating adventures on Instagram, people around town have been asking me for restaurant recommendations for all kinds of occasions. I figure some of the information might be useful for others, so we decided to…

New eats: La Cucina

How a straight-up restaurant review morphed into Nonstop’s latest open-invite dinner:April 2012. La Cucina opens in the lobby of Imperial Plaza on Cooke Street, the first solo venture of longtime Mediterraneo chef Don Truong. Pastas made fresh in-house daily. Housemade…

Mangiamo! Nonstop dinner next Tuesday

Pasta lovers of Honolulu, you know the feeling. Where’s the good spaghetti for under $17 a plate? I’m not talking about overboiled strands in runny marinara, or luxurious heaps of frutti di mare or top-of-the-line uni spaghetti. Just a good…