These 11 Hawai‘i Chefs and Restaurants are the 2023 James Beard Awards Semifinalists
Here are all the Hawai‘i James Beard Awards 2023 semifinalists.
MW Restaurant
Best Restaurants in Honolulu
Here are HONOLULU Dining Editor Martha Cheng’s picks for the top eateries on O‘ahu.
Best Restaurants in Honolulu
Here are HONOLULU Dining Editor Martha Cheng’s picks for the top eateries on O‘ahu.
Sushi Alert: Atsushi from ‘Ohana Hale Marketplace Is Doing Weekly Omakase Pop-Ups
Find them inside a luxury car showroom on Friday and Saturday nights, by reservation only.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Events-June 18, 2020
Photo Courtesy of: Dave and Buster Play Games In An Indoor Arcade The arcade at Dave & Buster’s re-opens this Friday at noon! Not all of the games will be on, but customers can make special requests for their favorite machines—if social distancing is practiced. There…
Awesome eats on Tuesday: MW Restaurant
Honolulu’s award-winning MW Restaurant is coming to downtown next Tuesday for a special Awesome eats lunchtime pop-up benefiting the Friends of the Missing Child Center-Hawaii. Chefs Michelle Karr-Ueoka and Wade Ueoka have crafted a special brown bag lunch of a…
Enter to win tickets to MW Restaurant and Friends Reunited 2016
(click to enlarge) This Sunday, Nov. 27, chefs Michelle and Wade Ueoka will welcome yet another spectacular roster of chefs they’ve worked with over the years to their restaurant for the second annual MW and Friends Reunited grazing event. With…
Our Top 5: Pumpkin spice treats that aren’t latte
Thank goodness for the Alley. Their pumpkin crunch square is not only one of Honolulu’s iconic desserts, it’s also waiting for me in the dessert case all year round. Not so with five of the six pumpkin spice treats on…
Top 5 things to do this weekend
Loosen those belts, folks, you’re in for a weekend full of food, film and laughs: burgers at MW, Italiano street eats, belly laughs at the Hawaii Sketch Comedy Fest and films at both HIFF and the Filipino Film Festival (with…
Did this: Wahine basketball Hoopla fundraiser
Entering Wednesday night’s Wahine basketball Hoopla fundraiser at Hukilau restaurant, you instantly felt like part of the team. There were high-fives, a tunnel of cheers and coach Laura Beeman, who’s led a successful program for the past three years, waiting…
Something new: Artizen by MW at HiSAM
We were first in line when the brand-new Artizen Restaurant by MW debuted in the Hawaii State Art Museum today. Aside from knowing that MW is a James Beard-nominated restaurant, two years old already in its spot across Nordstrom on…
Downtown dining just got better: MW’s coming
Downtown foodies, take heart: Come Dec. 1st, James Beard-nominated MW Restaurant is opening a casual eatery called Artizen at the Hawaii State Art Museum. You know the space. The HiSAM museum cafe in the former Richards Street YMCA thrived under…
Party pics: Taste of Korea 2015
Lovers of Korean culture and food gathered Friday night for the Taste of Korea 2015 at the Japanese Cultural Center. The event featured Korean dishes from MW Restaurant, Sorabol, Lucky Belly, Waipuna Sushi, Haili’s Hawaii Food, Ohana Bento and Sushi…
Where should your out-of-town guests eat?
Hi Uncle Ron! Remember me greeting Aunty Sue and the cousins at the airport every summer? This time of year, many of you have visiting family and friends, and you want to impress them with the food Oahu has to…
Our Top 5: Other kine shave ice
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…
Top 5 things to do this weekend
We’re closing out May with a delicious bang and greeting June with some wine. There’s a great lineup of events every day this weekend! Art + Flea: Jurassic Village Thursday, May 28 5 p.m. Over 60 independent artists, vintage collectors,…
Ladies vs Gents: Whose cuisine will reign supreme?
So MW Restaurant is putting together a benefit dinner with a male vs. female lineup of culinary superstars. Which is heart-stopping enough (I know who I’m putting my money on), but I wanted to know more. “It all started because…
MW’s secret menu
Everyone likes to be in the know, and it’s fun to be able to order stuff that’s not listed on the menu, right? How many times have you gone to Starbucks to order a Captain Crunch, or proudly told the…
Dive in: MW’s Chocolate Cafe popup
Not Reese’s: Frozen Waialua chocolate peanut butter cup with chocolate mousse. — Photo by Olivier Koning “We’re gonna do a vertical tasting of different chocolates,” MW Restaurant’s Michelle Karr-Ueoka was saying. That was it. Vertical tasting of anything, I’m in.…
Tasting new desserts at MW Restaurant
It’s no secret that one of my favorite things to do is stalk Michelle Karr-Ueoka of MW Restaurant. I love her desserts so much, I once snuck under the ropes when I saw her serving pineapple shave ice in the…
Emma Wo’s Top 5 holiday indulgences
It may be hard to imagine, but Emma Wo, one of the island’s top runway models and the new Miss Hawaii USA 2015, has a raging sweet tooth. The self-proclaimed foodie says despite the perception that models are obsessed with…
Course Correction 3: Making waves
This is Part 3 of a series about how I found my way back into the kitchen after a near career-ending injury. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2. While having lunch at the Highway Inn bar with chef Mike Kealoha,…
What to do: Fourth of July
Whether you plan to just fire up the grill, go watch fireworks or hit the clubs, here’s a guide for celebrating the long Fourth of July weekend around the island.Fireworks showsAla Moana CenterIndependence Day festivities start early on July 3…
An early taste: MW Restaurant
In preparation for its official opening, MW Restaurant — with married chefs Wade Ueoka and Michelle Karr-Ueoka at the helm — invited friends and family for a look and taste of what’s on the menu at the Kapiolani Boulevard eatery,…
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The home base for the 2022 Hale ‘Aina Restaurateurs of the Year is a hidden paradise that serves up the best Lao and Thai food in Honolulu.