Get ready for Chinese New Year 2016
The Year of the Monkey starts on February 8, as Chinese people around the world celebrate a new lunar new year. Here in Hawaii, we get a head start; this Saturday, January 30, Maunakea Street will shut down for a…
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Preview: MODERN Chef Takeover
If you’re going to have a chef take over your hotel kitchen, you might as well make it Will Chen. The MODERN Honolulu’s chef Keith Pajinag brought Will in to develop two items for the hotel’s poolside menu all weekend,…
Preview: Asian cinema night at Wang Chung’s
On any given night, Wang Chung’s karaoke bar is packed with locals and visitors looking for a fun time in Waikiki. But once in a while, owner Danny Chang changes things up with special theme nights — and tomorrow, you’re…
Preview: Ocean Vodka’s Ultimate Cocktail Showdown
If you’re headed to Maui this weekend, you may want to check out a fabulous event at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa with celebrity Hawaii chefs and an amazing array of new Ocean Vodka cocktails. Ocean Vodka’s Shay Smith…
Drool now: The food you’ll eat at Something New
The menus are in, dishes taste-tested, and the verdict as we knew it would be: Something New’s food is killer. As if there was ever a doubt. We threw Honolulu’s best and craziest chefs tough challenges. What would happen if…
Something New event: Lee Anne Wong’s ramen bar
Coming Wednesday, March 25: Frolic’s own Something New event, a food celebration with a twist. Honolulu’s nine craziest chefs will unleash their creativity in fun new ways, each challenged with a local ingredient that takes them out of their comfort…
Hawaii: In Real Life ~ Will Chen and HI Fresh Box
So many of us are busy working not just one, but sometimes two or three jobs. When do we have time to cook a nutritious hot meal that isn’t just spam, eggs and rice? Even if we get a Community…
Tasting weird Asian snacks
Will (left) and Marv with the entire collection of snacks that we tasted.As you know, I went to Taiwan, China, and Japan recently, and the trips were so close together that I was able to stockpile a nice collection of…
Chinee like me: Dim sum at Yee Hong Pavilion
Chinese New Year is on February 10, but Honolulu starts celebrating this weekend with lion dances, the big Choy Cheng event, Night in Chinatown, and the big Cultural Plaza festival. It is the one time of year that I eat…
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.