*This article was originally published on Aug. 29, 2018. You can get a Hawaiian food plate lunch almost anywhere in the Islands, with nearly all of the required fixins (kālua pig, laulau, lomi salmon, etc.). But if we were to craft the best Hawaiian plate ever, here’s where we’d go. 1. Haupia: Yama’s Fish […]
Here’s HAWAII Magazine’s list of the twelve most romantic songs ever to come out of our Islands. Many of the compositions that made the final cut were pretty obvious, but if we missed your favorite, feel free to let us know. Be sure to click on each of the song titles to hear them. 1. “Ke
You can get a Hawaiian food plate lunch almost anywhere in the Islands, with nearly all of the required fixins (kalua pig, laulau, lomi salmon, etc.). But if we were to craft the best Hawaiian plate ever, here’s where we’d go. 1. Haupia: Yama’s Fish Market (Oahu) We appreciate Yama’s taking creative license with the coconut
When you think of cooling down with a cold treat in Hawaiʻi, shave ice is the first thing that might come to mind. But here in the tropics, where it’s warm all the time, we’ve got plenty of other options to beat those hot summer days. Here are some local favorites that really hit the
You can almost taste the rich history in this flavorful and multicultural recipe from Hawaii Regional Cuisine pioneer and master chef Alan Wong. This and many more of his recipes can be found in his book, The Blue Tomato. From the chef: I’m intrigued by Singapore’s history, which parallels Hawaii’s in many ways. In Singapore, Chinese men arrived
Cool trade winds drift in from the peaks of the Koolau mountains, rustling ridgeline trees in the rear of Palolo Valley. Roosters call and answer each other across the neighborhood. I can hear the faint whisper of rains, deep within Palolo, falling into its thick watershed forests. But other than that … quiet. It’s a
When former President Obama dined at Alan Wong’s Honolulu, this was the dish he opted for. As served to the Obama—and to other diners in the restaurant—it is topped with gingered shrimp and garnished with additional sauces. The recipes for these can be found in chef Alan Wong’s book, The Blue Tomato. Chef Alan Wong
Every couple of months, designer and Hawaiian cultural practitioner Sig Zane walks into one of the lush, vast Hawaiian forests surrounding his Hilo hometown. Morning is his favorite time to go, he says, when the air is crisp and cool, and the flowers and plants of the forest have had a full evening gathering moisture.
When one thinks of Hawaii, they equally think about lying on one of Hawaii’s best beaches and sipping on a mai tai while playing with those cute tiny umbrellas. Now you can sip on the best of them with this 2018 ranking for best mai tai, as voted in our annual Readers’ Choice Awards. 1. Mai
All right. First off, stop chuckling at the seeming absurdity of a great road trip in Hawaiʻi. We’ve heard every reason our incomparably scenic island byways never make it onto any great American road-trip lists. Yes, we live on a collection of eight mostly smallish islands, each separated by miles of deep blue Pacific Ocean.
Before the advent of trans-Pacific passenger air travel. Before there were world-renowned resort areas such as Waikiki and its neighbor island kin. Indeed, before the Hawaiian Islands were a destination that worldly, moneyed travelers (who were the only travelers of the day, really) even recognized as desirable, there were Hawaii hotels. Tiny, transient inns in
Poke is about more than just ahi. Sure, the default iteration of the popular Hawaii food favorite uses fresh tuna as its main ingredient as opposed to, more, shall we say, exotic poke like raw crab, mussel, clam and kimchee. But for folks who truly love poke, the idea that you can “poke anything” is
