Persimmons are starting to pop up in Chinatown and at farmers’ markets. These golden harbingers of fall are best eaten in persimmon pudding. Or if your fruits are very ripe, eat them with brandy and ice cream. Consider putting together a batch for the holidays as… [»Read]
Whether it’s Restaurant Week or not, the best haute-dining deal in town can be found Saturdays to Mondays at Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas in Restaurant Row. Those nights he serves his four-course Locally Grown Menu. It changes monthly and is just $35. This month you get… [»Read]
Restaurant Week is coming up Nov 16–22. If eating out is one of your recession victims, now’s your chance to try out spots like Azure, Nobu, 3660 on the Rise, 12th Avenue Grill at discounted prices. The event is a fundraiser to benefit the Culinary Institute of… [»Read]
Mercado de la Raza has homemade tamales available on most Saturday mornings through the end of 2009. Marta, the owner and cook, offers up green chile and cheese, beef, chicken, pork, corn stuffed and occasionally chicken mole. This small store has fresh salsas and… [»Read]
V-Lounge at 1344 Kona Street is now open for pizza starting at 5pm every day, with the exception of Sundays. Chef Alejandro Bricena is aiming and succeeding at making the most authentic Neapolitan pizza in our fair islands. The brick forno, affectionately known… [»Read]
Moiliili’s Kokua Market, one of the pioneers of natural foods in Hawaii, will celebrate its cooperative roots this month. In nineteenth-century England, cooperative stores helped empower factory workers in a time when they had few rights (they also couldn’t… [»Read]
Soul with Aloha Chef Sean Priester is dishing out healthy soul food at the Wednesday Blaisdell Farmers Market. Priester is one of a growing number of local chefs who are serious about local sourcing. Check it out! Paparazzi A new bar will open at the… [»Read]
Chef Mavro unveiled his restaurant’s fall menu earlier this week. Look forward to lobster paella with saffron puff rice, maitake mushroom indochine and more. 1969 S. King St., [chefmavro.com], 944-4717 News of a new frozen yogurt spot in a tropical climate… [»Read]
Bombay Indian Restaurant now has an incarnation of itself in downtown Honolulu. Bombay Express Curry in a Hurry adds variety to the joy of lunchtime for the working drones. A regular meal ($8) includes your choice of meat dish, accompanied by a veggie dish and either… [»Read]
Mobile malasadas Leonard’s beloved Malasadamobile will now be making regular appearances at Aloha Tower for one week every month. The first cycle will run Sunday, September 27 to Saturday, October 3, from 7am to 9pm. Look for the wagon at Irwin Park, at the front of the… [»Read]
Chinatown pioneer and restaurateur Dave Stewart is putting the finishing touches on the Bambu Martini Bar 2.0 on Bethel Street at the site of the now defunct rRed Elephant. Patterned on his Restaurant Row establishment Bambu, the new venue will open early,… [»Read]
Viva la dairy Viva Yogurt, located inside the 1132 Bishop building, had its grand opening with little more fanfare than a sandwich board on Fort Street Mall last Wednesday. Operating like a miniature version of the popular Yogurtland, patrons dispense their own yogurt,… [»Read]
Down on the bayou Charming Mr. Two Boots, Kevin Tate, will be teaching Cajun style to a few fortunate students. This Louisiana chef will be sharing his knowledge of all manner of gumbo and roux and jambalaya. Since his Kailua restaurant closed, this may be the best way… [»Read]
Donato has shuttered his popular lunchtime spot at Restaurant Row: Basta Pasta with its great pizzas and homemade pastas is no more. Lots of disappointed waterfront foodies counted on Basta for good, inexpensive Italian food. Donato continues to promote his… [»Read]
Good deals Starting August 18 at Shokudo, from Sundays to Wednesdays, enjoy $3 pupu that include agedashi eggplant and ‘ahi chazuke. 10:30pm–midnight, 1585 Kapiolani Blvd., 941-3701, [shokudojapanese.com]. Roasted Downtown Coffee Roasters is making its premiere… [»Read]
