Islander Sake’s Omakase Sushi Restaurant Opens This Week in Chinatown
Plus, more news from the state’s only sake brewery: It’s moving to Hawai‘i Island.
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17 New & Coming Restaurants to Watch for on O‘ahu: February 2022
Poke bowls, mochi doughnuts, Philly cheesesteaks and xiao long bao!
Upstairs Hawai‘i Pairs Two of Japan’s Best Under One Roof
It’s the only spot to get Sushi Sho’s glistening bara chirashi bowl and back it up with Hachibei’s jidori chicken and a hefty sake list.
Islander Sake Pairs a Premium Sushi Omakase with Fresh Sake Brewed in the Next Room
It’s the ultimate sushi-and-sake experience in Hawai‘i.
Rum, Whiskey, Shochu, Vodka and More: O‘ahu Distillery Roundup
From Kunia to the Ko‘olau, Wahiawā to Hawai‘i Kai, the island has more spirits than you might think.
A Year Later, Islander Sake Brewery Is Serving Up Nine Sakes
Islander Sake opened the day the city shut down. On its one-year anniversary, things are looking up.
Farmer's market finds: amazake smoothies, luxe breakfasts at Kakaako
Farmer's markets are breeding grounds for food innovation and have given rise to some of Hawaii's most successful concepts and restaurants. Frolic's farmer's market finds series shines a light on interesting, unique and ono discoveries. The Kakaako Farmers Market has evolved…
Kaka‘ako’s Islander Sake Brewery Has Opened Its Sake Bar
Honolulu now has a place to drink fresh, locally made sake with homey food pairings.
Islander Sake Is Making Hawai‘i's First Sake in Three Decades
Here's a look at the brand new Kakaako brewery and its junmai ginjo, nigori and amazake.
Kampai! The Sake Shop Is Back in Business
The new spot in Kaka‘ako has 100-plus sakes, Japanese beers and whiskeys—and parking.
Dinner at Bloomingdale’s: Forty Carrots starts monthly Salon Series
Jon Matsubara is a culinary Jedi Master in the kitchen of Forty Carrots at Bloomingdale’s Ala Moana. He is able to transport you back in time to dishes of your past, except reinvented with new combinations of ingredients you’ve probably…
A5 wagyu, ikura, ceviche: Food at Friday’s Joy of Sake
Sake and food go together like yin and yang, heaven and earth, ebony and ivory — all the good pairings that add up to more than the sum of their parts. You think I’m overstating it? My eureka moment at…
Top 5 things to do this weekend
This weekend, show a bit of your artistic side with thought-provoking design in Our Kakaako, BYOB to Box Jelly’s 5th birthday, witness the “Birth of Sake,” celebrate everything ocean-related at Turtle Bay and find your next art piece at Giant…
Modern kaiseki this Sunday at Hale Ohuna
Denise Luke and Lee Anne Wong of Hale Ohuna have been busy prepping for a special kaiseki this coming Sunday, featuring hand-picked sake pairings from award-winning Kikusui Brewery — three of which you can’t even get. When brewer Richard Priest got…
Touring the Hitachino Nest beer brewery
Deb’s route took us north toward the coast, to Hitachinaka. Yes, Hitachi brand is the primary employer in this area, so pretty much everything bears its name. These towns are cute, but really small, so it was appropriate that I…
Less is more at Gokoku Sushi
When Gokoku Sushi opened in grand style at Koko Marina Center a year ago, it was all set to bring upscale Japanese dining to Hawaii Kai. The problem was, the upscale prices matched the real estate market projections for East…
Something new: Hale Ohuna
After months of anticipation, I heard a rumor that Lee Anne Wong’s long-awaited sake, shochu and whiskey bar and restaurant was soft opening over a week ago. Fanboy that I am, I gathered a few friends with the intent of…
Party pics: Joy of Sake 2015
Sake lovers came out in full force Friday night for Joy of Sake 2015 at the Hawaii Convention Center. This annual event is the largest public sake-tasting celebration outside Japan, pairing premium sake with exquisite dishes from some of Hawaii’s…
The food you’ll eat: Joy of Sake
It calls itself The World’s Best Sake Celebration, so you already know the sakes will be stellar. At next Friday’s Joy of Sake, you’ll find 391 of them — more sake than you’ve ever seen in your life — but…
Sipping toward the Joy of Sake: Kickoff party
Photo by Eric Baranda. Kampai! Get ready for the largest, most extensive sake-tasting event in the country — the largest in the world outside Japan — as the Joy of Sake kicks off ticket sales for its annual event happening…
Party pics: Yelp’s Red and White Social
Yelp elite gathered Monday evening for a wine and sake tasting party at Kaka’ako Wine Loft and Sake Collection. Fans of red wine were encouraged to wear red, while fans of white wine or sake wore white. Five wines were…
Dowtown Uncorked: YWCA Oahu fundraiser
Last Friday, wine lovers converged for Downtown Uncorked: in Full Bloom at Cafe Julia. Tickets were reasonably priced — $30 — for wine tasting, sake, live music, culinary treats and an opportunity to bid on seasonal wines. There were easily more…
Hoku’s fall harvest sake dinner
I got an invitation this week from Hue Oldham, the public relations manager at the Kahala Resort, to check out their annual fall harvest dinner at Hoku’s — which was great, since I had not dined at Hoku’s in years.…
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.…
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