Entries tagged 'hole-in-the-walls'
Hawaii Foodie Alert: Side Street Inn Opening New Spot
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...
Hawaii Eats: WOWGrinds Best Kim Chee
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...
Best Vietnamese Food in Honolulu -- Or Hawaii? SuperPho
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...
5 Hawaii Food Reviews: Finnish Tango, Doraku?
Belated food roundup. Honolulu Mag goes to Goran Streng's new smart and nicely priced joint, Tango.. Honolulu Weekly goes to Big Island for review of quasi-mex resto Pau (as in Pow!). On my plate does a Wailuku brekkie roundup of...
Dave Choo Gets A Blog: Hot Monkey Love For The Masses
My good friend Dave Choo has long been a sorta populist food critic in Hawaii (aside from being a talented writer and editor of a business magazine). His straight-shooting reviews are the anti-Frank Bruni of local foodie lit. So I...
Anthony Bourdain in the House: Does Honolulu Taping
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...
Charley's in Paia -- Upgraded Menu, Willie Would Be Happy
When I last ate at Charley's in Paia, the food pretty much sucked. It was drab, boring, and definitely not befitting this noted biker-hangout and secret celebrity gig spot. Maui Time Weekly revisits and sez food better. Duly noted. Next...
Maui Time Weekly - Best of Maui Issue 2007
I mentioned this briefly in a recent food news posting. Here's a bit more about the Best of Maui issue for 2007. Best Mai Tai goes to Mama's Fish House in Paia on the lovely, lush North Shore. I can...
Hawaii Celebrities: Harrison Ford's 65th Birthday in Hilo -- What to Feed Steve Speilberg and George Lucas for Dinner
Hilo, hole-in-the-wall, foodie Naung Mai restaurants Harrison Ford George Lucas Cate Blanchette Calista Flockhart Indiana Jones Big Island Hawaii Hawaiian
Haute Dog, Honolulu! A Five-Star Wiener Joint in Kakaako
Legendary Chicagoland restaurateur Hank Adaniya, the owner of the celeb chef factory and noted Mobil Five-Star Joint Trio, has returned to his dog eat dog roots -- in Honolulu, no less. Before his birth, Hank's mom and dad ran a...
Hawaii Restaurants: Choo's Chews Book Review: Sliced Pig Stomach! Yum!
I've long envied the life of my good friend Dave Choo. A multi-talented writer and editor who works at local magazine shop Pacific Basin Communications, Choo is an encyclopedia of local food insights. Dave has just published a bunch of...
Hawaii Restaurants: Book Excerpt, Dave Choo's Chewsy Views
I've long envied the life of my good friend Dave Choo. A multi-talented writer and editor who works at local magazine shop Pacific Basin Communications, Choo is an encyclopedia of local food insights. Dave has just published a bunch of...
Hawaii Restaurants: Book Excerpt from Dave Choo's Tome
I've long envied the life of my good friend Dave Choo. A multi-talented writer and editor who works at local magazine shop Pacific Basin Communications, Choo has somehow wangled gigs as a foodwriter for both Hawaii Business Magazine and the...
Hawaiirama Foodie Roundup
On Oahu, the Star-Bulletin samples Goldfish (name of restaurant) sushi fare and digs fancy rolls. This comes on the heels of a quick write up of R&P Cafe, an heir apparent to the recently closed palace of plate lunch paralysis,...
Ahi Plate Lunch Paralysis - So Ono, Take Two
A number of friends had recommended to me Kelvin Ro's Diamond Head Market & Grill to us when it opened in 2004 so we ponied up for a couple of plate lunches -- and were disappointed. The flavors had no...
Downhill Alert: Jimbo's Noodle Shop
We love Jimbo's as do a lot of other folks. It used to be our favorite place to get udon and other Japanese comfort foods. I was partial to the yakiudon with shrimp. But over the past six months the...
Big Island Restaurants: Manago Bay Hotel
This is an excerpt from a book by Jessica Ferracane, "50 Thrifty Big Island Restaurants". Foodies trolling for blue collar grubs should dig in. And a hat tip to the folks at Watermark Publishing who agreed to the excerpts....
Chef's Choice: Daryl Fujita, Orchid's at the Halekulani
Chef Darryl Fujita started out washing dishes at the Halekulani and quickly rose under the tutelage of Chef George Mavrothalassitis at La Mer. Fujita is now the chef of Orchid's and gaining considerable acclaim on his own right. Gourmet...
The Ultimate Sushi Hole-in-the-Wall: Dave Choo Reviews
Mitch's Sushi has won an undeground following among local foodies for its extremely fresh fish and extremely reasonable prices. The secret of the fresh fish? The proprietor's father is a major seafood wholesalers. The prices? This really is a hole-in-the-wall...
