Winning season four of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” was just the beginning for Hawaii’s Aloha Plate food truck. When Shawn Felipe auditioned for the TV show and chose brothers Adam and Lanai Tabura as his team members, the trio locked down one of eight spots for the 2013 competition after the judges […]
Kajiki Lemongrass-Kaffir Lime Poke (By Andrew Le) 1 lb. fresh, high-grade kajiki (Pacific blue marlin), boneless, skinless, medium diced1 grapefruit, skinned, medium diced1 baby fennel bulb, sliced thin2 medium shallots, sliced very thin2 hefty pinches sliced green onion2 hefty pinches toasted puffed rice (bubu arare is a good substitute)2 hefty pinches ngo om (rice paddy
Don’t worry, the taste and quality of Matsumoto Shave Ice’s popular icy treat haven’t changed and it’s located in the same area—just bigger and better. The expansion resulted from the construction of the Haleiwa Store Lots, a cluster of recently-built storefronts in the surrounding area, which includes Matsumoto’s. And, we are happy to report that
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so it’s a good thing that one classic breakfast combo is trending: milk and cereal. Whether it’s for breakfast, brunch or dessert, here are five Oahu eateries that are serving up different ways to enjoy this breakfast classic. 1. Scratch Kitchen & Bake Shop Breakfast is
During college, while working her first culinary job as a fishmonger in Oakland, Calif., O‘ahu-raised Kimberly Oi, decided to whip up some poke just because she craved it. “I was a little homesick and I was dealing with ‘ahi all the time,” says Oi, who is sous chef of Lunchbox by Pili Group,. “So I thought, why
The third Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day, but you can celebrate all month long. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month after declaring the third Sunday of July National Ice Cream Day in 1984. He called ice cream “a nutritious and wholesome food,” and who are we to disagree?
Chef Roc was born, Steve Cassarino, but gained fame as one half of the celebrity television chef duo, the Clever Cleaver Brothers. The TV team first met while studying culinary arts at Johnston & Wales University, and began their career in entertainment with a video cookbook for beginners. From there, Chef Roc and his on-camera
Though poke was always around him while growing up on Oahu, Kanoa Miura didn’t find his groove for it until launching his Hilo catering business, Aloha Mondays, and began associating it with work days off. Truffle-yaki Mushroom Poke (By Kanoa Miura) 1 ½ lbs. enoki mushrooms (found in Asian markets)2 oz. sheet of kombu
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
It’s just after 8:30 a.m. and Ross Shigeoka is well into finishing the first of four batches of saimin noodles he plans to make today. He’s already mixed the noodle dough recipe—a straightforward combination of eggs, water, all-purpose flour and salt—in a big plastic bowl with a shamoji (Japanese rice paddle) until fluffy and dry,
Anthony Bourdain—renowned foodie, former chef and adventuring world traveler—recently dove into local Hawaii culture on Oahu, Molokai and Maui for the latest episode of his eponymous CNN series “Parts Unknown.” The new episode—the eighth installment of the Emmy Award winning show’s fifth season—will air on CNN this Sunday, June 14 2015 at 9 p.m. EDT
Not all that long ago, in a city far, far away (from Honolulu), there were many people who swore Hilo had the best okazuya in Hawaii. So what if most of those people lived in Hilo? It was true. The breed of take-out lunch shop known as okazuya—a Hawaii-born amalgam of the Japanese words “okazu”
