Thomas Ho

Chef shuffle: 53 By The Sea

Does it seem like a lot of chefs are shuffling in and out of Oahu’s food scene lately? There’s Wade Ueoka of Alan Wong’s, who left for Tsunami; pastry chef Elizabeth Dippong joining Chef Mavro; Cafe Julia losing its whole…

Cat Chat 18: Have wine, will eat

You put a glass of wine and a plate of braised lamb shank in front of me, well, neither will last very long.So when Hoku’s, the award-winning restaurant at The Kahala Hotel and Resort, invited me to sample its wine…