Hawaiʻi’s culinary scene is one of a kind and robust. Here, you’ll find decades-old mom and pop restaurants with servers who know customers’ names and food trucks along the highway that serve some of the freshest seafood around. And one of the sweetest parts of the local food scene? You don’t have to spend more […]
There’s poke—and there’s dynamite poke. Dynamite is a slightly spicy sauce that combines mayonnaise and Sriracha—and, in this case, masago (capelin roe). It can be added to anything, including chicken and shrimp. But Keoni Chang, executive corporate chef of Foodland, a locally owned grocery chain in Hawaiʻi, adds this sauce to classic shoyu ʻahi poke to elevate
This year may just be the year of peak poke. As far east as New York City, you’ll find hip restaurants and lunch counters slinging bowls of the seasoned cubed fish, piled high with every topping under the sun, from boiled soybeans to crunchy puffed rice. More often than not, these teeming bowls are starkly
Early Hawaiians caught and diced fresh fish, marinating it with sea salt, limu (seaweed) and ʻinamona (roasted kukui nuts). They called the dish poke, which means to slice, or cut. As emigrants from China and Japan landed in the Islands to work on sugar plantations, they brought ingredients such as shoyu (soy sauce), sesame oil,
The color red can symbolize love and passion. But it’s also the color of high-quality ahi (yellowfin tuna), which, let’s face it, poke lovers are passionate about. So Redfish Poke Bar by Foodland is the perfect name for the local grocery chain’s newest venture: a poke counter and bar located at Salt at Our Kakaako
Kailua, the once-sleepy community on Oahu’s Windward Side, is most often associated with its beaches. And we get it. Kailua and Lanikai beaches are world-renowned, luring thousands of visitors every year with their golden sands and aquamarine waters. But the appeal of this beachy town, flanked by the dramatic cliffs of the Koolau Mountains and
Poke (pronounced poh-kay) may be having a moment on the Mainland, but it’s long been part of the culinary landscape in the Islands. While the basic poke bowl is composed of cubed raw fish—usually ahi (tuna)—seaweed, sweet onions and inamona (roasted kukui, or candlenut), the dish has dramatically evolved. Ahi’s been replaced with other proteins,
Locally owned and operated since 1948, Foodland has long been the go-to supermarket for locals. Its popular poke, made fresh in each store daily, tops our 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards, and the company has been committed to stocking its shelves with local produce and products. Late last year, Foodland, the state’s largest locally owned grocery
How does Hawaii like its mochi? Let us count the ways. No matter which culture these tasty tidbits are from, they’re made from sugar, rice and everything nice, and we’re into that. Here are some places on Oahu to get your local-style, Korean, Chinese, Japanese or Filipino mochi fix. Modern Colorful vegan options from Peace
Trust us. You haven’t truly sampled everything Hawaii residents love to eat until you’ve had a Spam musubi. It’s the perfectly portable Hawaii snack—a slice of fried Spam over a compacted block of sticky white rice, and all of it wrapped with a ribbon of dried nori (seaweed). There are dozens of versions of this
