Last week, The Manifest held one of their Tasting Session seminars with bar manager Justin Park. This one focused on whiskies from the Japanese distillery Nikka. I happened to see a posting on Instagram (if you want to find out about future tasting sessions, you should definitely be following them)... Read More

A couple weeks ago, we were invited to attend a media preview of Off the Wall Craft Desserts and Kitchen. (It’s located in the former Tsunami night club space on S. King Street.) OTW Craft is the brain child of Kyle Matsumoto (owner of Off The Wall Restaurant and Catering... Read More

Heard the sad news this week that Brasserie Du Vin in Chinatown is closing down. Owner Dave Stewart has been a fixture in Chinatown for decades with his multiple restaurants (the now-closed landmark Indigo, Du Vin, Bar 35, Bambu2 which is now Eleven44) and ushered in the current-day throng of... Read More

I should really title this “The Best Thing I’m Probably Gonna Eat All Year.” Top this, 2015! Over our New Year’s holiday, Shake and I ate at Hilo’s Moon and Turtle restaurant (formerly known as Full Moon Café) twice, once for dinner and once for lunch. On our lunch visit,... Read More

I haven’t done a “We Ate It” round-up in a long time! A lot of our eating out has been event-related and much of the rest has been at places we go to a lot…and, truth be told, I’ve slacked off on carrying my camera with me all the time.... Read More

This summer, food writer Martha Cheng tackled the task of rounding up seven of Honolulu’s top sweets slingers in a pop-up bakeshop event dubbed Baker Faire. I didn’t envy her the task—pastry chefs are as crazy as regular chefs, only they’re hopped up on sugar, too—but I was definitely glad... Read More

When your friend texts you and asks, “Can you come to dinner at Mavro tomorrow night?” the correct answer is always, “Yes!” Such was the case with us last week when we were fortunate enough to receive an invitation to sample Chef George Mavrothalassitis’ new Fall Menu. Mavro will be... Read More

Over Labor Day weekend, we were fortunate enough to be invited to attend the third annual Kā‘anapali Fresh festival. And, lucky me, this year I managed to get myself over to Maui before the media welcome dinner or any other festivities got under way! The media welcome dinner was held... Read More