October 2022: Our Top 3 Most Viewed Posts About O‘ahu’s Food Scene
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Ultimate Guide to O‘ahu’s 11 Best Musubi Shops
Whether it’s Spam with ume and shiso, mentaiko mayo or even cheeseburger, these are the shops we go to when we’re craving a musubi.
Roll With It: Thai Street Food at Kaka‘ako’s Elephant Shack
An unlikely mini-chain from O‘ahu’s North Shore has rolled into the heart of the industrial district.
Ranking the Six Spam Musubis in Potama’s Sampler Pack
You‘d be amazed at what goes on between the nori sheets at Waikīkī’s Spam musubi specialist.
Palama Supermarket Is Leveling Up Its Korean Sushi Roll Game
The local chain has all kinds of exciting new stuff rolled up inside rice and nori.
When Rice = Comfort Food: 6 Steaming Bowls from Around the World
Where to find warm, comforting rice porridge from China, Japan, the Philippines, Spain and more, all in Honolulu.
Tenten Japanese Tempura Is Your New Must-Try Pop-Up—But Only for a Month
The new pop-up serves delicate seafood and veg tempura in the style of Waikīkī Yokocho’s shuttered Kaneko Hannosuke.
All the eats at Saturday's Rice Fest
Sponsored Get your chopsticks ready: The 10th annual Rice Festival is coming to Ward Village this Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 from 3 to 9 p.m. The green lawns of Victoria Ward Park will play host to live entertainment, local products…
If you love rice, this Factory’s for you
If you’ve been to Japan, you know that the rice they serve — even the musubis at convenience stores — is far superior to any rice you eat in Hawaii. Once you know the difference, it’s hard to come home…
Korea comes to Chinatown: Topped restaurant
An astute downtownie might have noticed that the latest restaurant openings in Chinatown have been on and around Bethel Street, on the outer fringe of the 36-acre district. Korean newcomer Topped is different. It will have you venturing into the…
Something new: Encore Saloon
When you think of Encore Saloon, you imagine a bar full of dusty people on a dusty street in a western boom town. Not so fast, pardner. Turns out Encore was the name of the original establishment in this spot…
Hidden gem: Teishoku
Tucked in a corner of Kam Shopping Center. I haven’t felt this young in a while. That was my first thought the first time I ate at Teishoku, a Japanese restaurant that opened in July at the Kamehameha Shopping Center…
Rice Fest 2015
The 6th Annual Rice Fest took over the Office Depot parking lot in the Ward area Saturday, for a free one-day event exploring the many different uses of rice and the cultures that use it. The fest included food vendors,…
Rice Fest Hawaii 2014
Rice lovers gathered Sunday at Ward Centers for Rice Fest Hawaii 2014. The annual event featured all kinds of rice dishes, local musicians and a Spam musubi eating contest. An attempt was also made to create the world’s largest loco…
Joy of Sake: The how-to guide
How will you tackle 370 junmai, ginjo and daiginjo sakes along with bites from 19 restaurants? That’s the conundrum that awaits at Friday night’s Joy of Sake.From past experience attending this event, I’ve gleaned some info to help you strategize.…
Party pics: The Rice and Surf Series
Local artist Kris Goto held a private reception for her Rice and Surf series Saturday night at Zenworx in Our Kaka’ako. Goto worked nonstop over a period of two weeks to produce 20 unique art pieces. The reception was hosted…
Did this: Rice Fest 2013
The 4th annual Rice Fest, held in the parking lot across from Consolidated Ward 16 Theatres, was a free, fun food festival celebrating one of Hawaii’s staples — rice. Hundreds of people showed up, despite the hot sun, to visit…
New eats: Rinka
Jiro dreams of sushi; I dream of succulent slices of sashimi, ribbons of pork in shabu shabu, and the satisfying pop of ikura over sushi rice. On March 1, a new Japanese restaurant opened in the Ala Moana neighborhood behind…
Rice is nice
It’s no secret: I love rice.I can eat it plain, topped with furikake, paired with Spam and nori, smothered in brown gravy, and even with garlic salt.It’s the first thing I like to eat when I come home after a…
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