Oahu Eating in Hawaii archive
Local super chef Alan Wong has long been known as a serious mango maniac. But like all good locals, he's also a mango snob. That means mangoes must be in season, must be from Hawaii, and must be insanely luscious…
Image by Alan Light via FlickrA new menu at Orchids in the Halekulani Hotel is always a good thing for Hawaii eating. The hotel restaurant in Waikiki has long been among my favorite settings on Oahu, if not all of…
This is the only Japanese style fish auction in the U.S. It's also the premier national market for ahi (most of what you eat in NYC and LA comes from here) as well as swordfish. You can even bid…
Wish she would post more often. Monthly is not enough as the reviews are better than most and often off-beat. Check out this piece on the nouveau Indian cuisine of the Halekulani Hotel's Vikram Garg.…
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Heckathorn is out and about, eating at a quartet of newbies. He only really likes Wolfgang's, the steakhouse from the former head waiter at legendary NYC chop shop Peter Luger. It does sound fascinating and I'd love to eat there.…
Fans of the Side Street Inn near Ala Moana Shopping Center have long bemoaned the lack of parking and cruddy location. Thankfully, chef-owner Colin Nishida is opening a second location with better parking (and probably better decor) in the bustling…
Here's a look at the latest special menu from the reigning master of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, Alan Wong. The theme is learning the difference between locally grown foods and local food styles and...non-local things. Am sure the grinds will be…
Have been meaning to hit this place, Gazen. It's a Japanese-style izakaya in a wierd location off Kapiolani Boulevard. Honolulu in particular has a ton of good restaurants like this. Metromix team takes it apart. Lots of pics. Enjoy.…
The happy hungry people over at WOW Grinds Hawaii have done another of their blind tests and come up with a Kim Chee winner -- Fort Street Sundries and Snacks, on Oahu. Says the crew: "We did weighted scoring again…
Alan Wong loves his Mama. No better way to show it than a special Next Generation Dinner at his King Street restaurant. Each NGD menu is unique and specially crafted for the occasion. In this case, the dishes echo the…
Love the "Tasty Island" almost as much as I love sweet treats. Pomai's blog is chock full of great pics and good advice on where to eat local. Her post on Bunmeido is awesome, with many pics like these. Of…
Hawaiirama sure knows how to pick'em. I posted yesterday about bedbugsat the posh Halekulani. The hotel said it took care of them plus its bedbitten guest in April. Now it looks like this grand dame hotel is going to take…
Some serious shrimp eating going on. These folks prefer Romy's to Giovanni's. Your opinion?…
First in a series. This is Giovanni's, the original shrimp truck. Enjoy! And what's your favorite North Shore shrimp truck and why? Do tell!…
Another Microsoft Mobile Post, this time from Downtown Kaimuki. When you see the Microsoft icon, you know I'm posted on the go. I'm biased on this one. SuperPho is a hole-in-the-wall eatery located five minutes from my house in…
My friend John Heckathorn, editor of Hawaii Magazine, dropped a bombshell culinary scoop in his Sunday Honolulu Star-Bulletin gossip column when he disclosed that Chef Jon Matsubara and Pastry Chef Mark Okumura had left Stage Restaurant. When it opened to…
A live Microsoft Mobile Post post coming at you. Microsoft is graciously sponsoring Hawaiirama in exchange for some relevant posts (none of which are about software). So I am blogging at you from Kapahulu, sitting on the bench outside…
I'm posting from Shokudo, a Japanese restaurant right next to Ala Moana Shopping Center and five minutes from Waikiki. This mobile post, typed on the go from my laptop whilst I polish off a platter of ahi tatami atop…
I'm mobile posting from the Side Street Inn, a favorite sports bar / dive bar that is the closest thing to Momofuku Noodle Bar that Honolulu has. Food. Reminder -- this post is sponsored by Microsoft and I put…
A short report from Honolulu's Nightlife Diaries this time. I just had to reveal the best new thing from Chinatown... Thirtyninehotel has revamped their Happy Hour!…
Ono Kine visits Downtown @ HiSAM, Ed Kenney's latest venture. Great pics. Gives you a real flavor of the place.…
LAT visits Chinatown and declares it now hip. A decent read with decent coverage. They missed, however, the newer restaurants and many of the good hangouts. No reference to Mei Sum for Dim Sum or Hank's for piano bar's or…
(Sorry -- loaded this post up on Saturday to MT but only now getting it up and live. Was a bit too Microsoft Mobile for my own good. Wink, wink. And am only now catching up.) So a lot…
Hi, Christa reporting again with some highlights from my last weekly photo update on supercw.com: More discovering, this time at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. The new Doraku Sushi and their beautiful authentic Japanese tea houses…
Holy cow, that was fast. Cassis, the (slightly) more casual restaurant in Downtown Honolulu owned and masterminded by Chef Mavro (the James Beard Award Winner) has shuttered after less than a year. And I didn't even get to eat there!…
This is why I never trust the big travel magazines, particularly for shorter articles. In "100 Tastes to Try in '07", foodie Bible Food & Wine posts the Tsukiji Fish Market at Ala Moana as Number 59 and has this…
(Note to readers: Microsoft has generously agreed to sponsor Hawaiirama and as part of the deal I am doing a few mobile posts for our friends in Redmond. You will begin to see the occasional “live on location” audios,…
After some chef turnover and menu instability, Alan Wong's slightly more casual offshoot The Pineapple Room is returning to its signature monthly tasting events. This one looks extremely intriguing, with a chef I do not know, Robert Urquidi. Here's the…
Last week I finally got to eat at the Beachhouse. My friend John Heckathorn had told me I had to eat there. He is a picky eater, and he was right. First, let's talk about the hotel. I had…
Tasty Island is one of my favorite local food blogs. I only wish they would post more. Here they pull a fully contrarian review, dressing down the Rainbow Drive In surf diner for sub-par loco moco (a Hawaii staple,, a…
Hello again. Christa here reporting on some highlights from Honolulu's Nightlife Diaries. Another long photo update brings you shots from the First Friday Art Walk in Chinatown vs. Chinese New Year celebrations:…
Two of my good foodie friends, Lesa Griffith (who blogs here for the Honolulu Academy of Arts) and Dave Choo, have recommended Taormina as solid. Dave said it was good and I trust his judgement. Lesa used to work as…
Hello hello. Christa from SuperCW reporting from the world of nightlife diaries. I'm going to be doing some nightlife posting on Hawaiirama. Here's a few photos highlights. Last week I checked back in on the new Rum Fire bar at…
Chow.com has a great interview with Hank Adaniya, the founder of Hank's Haute Dogs in Kakaako and formerly a restaurateur par excellence in Chitown. Takeaway -- it's really, really hard to run a quality small restaurant in Hawaii because suppliers…
Ate there last night with two friends. Not going to tell you why -- will leave it up to an upcoming review in a local publication, in which I was a participant. But leave it at this. Do not eat…
Restaurant reveiwer Wanda Adams susses out a newish (or at least unheralded until now) Chinese joint in Waikiki. The verdict? It's all good, if you dig garlic. Highlight - wontons in spicy garlic and chili. BEIJING CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Advertiser…
Honolulu Advertiser food queen Wanda Adams is stoked on the Fat Greek, a new casual nabe spot in Kaimuki next to City Mill. We were less stoked. Fish was not as fresh as Olive Tree. Sauces were not as flavorful.…
Bad boy chef Anthony Bourdain airdropped into Honolulu to tape a segment of "No Reservations." The Honolulu Star-Bulletin's Betty Shimabukuro gots the goods and chatted with Big Tony as he chowed down on Colin Nishida's choice grinds at Side Street…
John reviewed five places for this issue (whew!), all Japanese. The buffets (no, John, no!) he kinda sorta liked. Thankfully, he was into Kaiwa, a restaurant I'd been hearing very good things about. The other place he likes, Shigezo, is…
This is why I love Mixed Plate Special. Video food reviews. I know the Advertiser is doing video but they are mostly little snippets with no soul. The MPS crew is funky, irreverent and a lot of fun. I disagree…
Back for more tidbits. Gail over at Hawaii Diner gives us a solid roundup of where she took out-of-town guests to eat including unexpected (Bobo's BBQ in Kaawa), the worse than expected (Elua) and the so-bad-but-still-gotta-do-it (Buzz's Steakhouse in Kailua).…
In my first year living in Hawaii, I was working as a staff writer for Hawaii Business Magazine (making something like $20,000 per year) in 1994. Part of that gig was trips to the Neighbor Islands to cover business out…
Oh, gotta love the hoi polloi over at TA for their wacky restaurant rankings. Compadre's Bar and Grill ranked 4th on the island of Oahu, beating out La Mer (the peerless and pricey French classic at the Halekulani) and Alan…
After a Honolulu Advertiser article trumpeted breakfast at the Diamond Head Market & Grill on Monsarrat (the place does make really killer high-end plate lunch fare), I took the missus and kids down for some pancakes on a recent weekend,…
This is a really killer event that features some of small restaurant chefs from around Oahu (Downtown, 12 Ave. Grill, India Cafe, Mi Casa) but turns out dynamite food and for a good cause, Slow Food Oahu. The local alt…
Continuing on the Hawaii high-end hot dog meme, my friend Lesa Griffith at the Honolulu Advertiser comes out with a review of Hank's Haute Dogs (which I blogged about earlier) but adds a mouth-watering review of a second gourmet dog…
I blogged it two days ago. Here's the pic. Image via Halekulani Corp.…
Yes, the upscale cupcake madness has landed in Hawaii, too. Fortunately, I should say. My pal Tushar Dubey is one of the purveyors of the sweet, kine stuff. Two years ago he and his lovely wife Anna opened Hokulani Bake…
Apparently James Gandolfini was in Hawaii last week, in Honolulu, to be precise. Accompanying him was his lovely girlfriend Lin. Gandolfini, natch, dined on pork chops at Epic, a newish restaurant in Chinatown in Honolulu on the island of Oahu.…
Apparently not. The latest Nobu, located at the newly hipified (as opposed to hippified) Waikiki Parc, has been hopping. My friends who have eaten there have said that the food is excellent, albeit a bit dated (meaning, we've have the…
