Entries tagged 'local foods'
Hawaii Restaurants: Inside View of an Authentic Luau
Not the tourist kind. Jon Heckathorn takes you inside the prep work and the symbolism of a full-blown luau. Oh, and the food looks great....
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...
Hawaii Food: More Mango Madness on Maui
This is a typical Hawaii mango tree. It's located in Wailea, Maui. Notice the concentration of fruit. Things are different in Hawaii. :) :) :) Image via Wailea Daily Photo...
Hawaii Restaurants: New Eats in Makawao, Upcountry Maui
Maui Time Weekly puts forth a review of Cloud Nine Cafe, a seat-o-the-pants eatery in this erstwhile cowboy town located farm from the hotels (though you'll still rub elbows with the tourists). This is the first I've ever heard of...
Spam as Hawaii Comfort Food, Redux: IHT Runs it Again (Via AP)
And so it goes again. The Honolulu bureau of the Associate Press sent out over the wires yet another version of the "Hawaii Loves Spam" article. It's a nice read and made it all the way into the International Herald...
Hawaii Restaurants: Manapua Mojo from Honolulu Weekly
Kawehi Haug, often a cranky, contrarian voice in the Hawaii food scene, takes us on a tour of her fave manapua joints. For the unitiated, these are essentially Chinese-style bao buns but stuffed witha wider variety of localized fillings....
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...
Mickey D's Goes Coconuts -- Haupia Pie on the Way
First there was the McTeri Ribs and spam as a breakfast meat. Then we had the taro pie. Now its haupia (coconut cream) pie under the golden arches. Hilarious. And only in Hawaii....
Hawaii Eats: Ma'o Farms Goes to Town
Living just up the hill from Ed Kenney's restaurant Town definitely has its perks. We get down there all the time for lunch and either Ed or Dave, his partner, sticks their head out of the kitchen to say hello....
Hawaii Restaurants: Food Review Roundup
Am trying to continue to keep up with local food reviews. I know I like to read them so.... Long Awaited French Wine Bar (not very Hawaii, but hey!) Du Vin, From Owner of Indigo, Opens in Honolulu: Hawaii Diner...
The Next Generation Part 2: Whither HRC or Wither HRC?
This is a piece that was killed by the new online food publication, Chow. Bummer for me but hey, it happens. And more fodder for Hawaiirama! This is part 2. If you want to read part 1, click here....
Taste of the Range 2006: Stampede!
Truth be told, we got to this big foodie event on the Big Island a full hour late. A strange confluence (conflagration?) of events transpired to contribute to our tardy arrival, from a late depature from Honolulu due to a...
Hawaii Foods: Belgian Chocolate-Dipped Hawaii Apple Bananas - Delish!
Bananas are not just bananas. The varieties have very different sizes and textures. Williams are massive and creamy (you get them in mainland supermarkets). Cavendish is likewise tasty, big and creamy. In Hawaii, we eat and grow a lot...
