“There’s so much you can do with sugarcane,” says Kevin Nguyen, owner and operator of Ko Kane Sugarcane Juice Bar. Located across the street from Ala Moana Center, this watering hole-in-the-wall mixes local Hawaii fruits and produce with real sugarcane stock—sugarcane was once Hawaii’s largest and most influential crop—to craft colorful and creative drinks that […]
A couple of years ago, a bright-purple yam from the Philippines was all the Instagram rage. Ube (pronounced oo-bae) is traditionally used to create a gorgeous pudding dessert (called ube halaya). Today, though, it has become the base flavor for artisanal desserts—from doughtnuts to cheesecakes to ice cream. It has a creamy, subtly sweet flavor—one chef
From vegan ice cream to a coffee shop where you can watch magicians or take a dance class to the Maui-style hot dog, the different and delicious is waiting just around each curve on the island of Maui. For a unique culinary adventure, follow our picks to find the best hidden food gems on Maui. Maui Coffee
I got the last cranberry cream cheese scones, and I actually felt horrible about it. The couple at the table next to me started sneaking looks at my plate, crowded with four hefty cranberry-studded disks, shimmering with a sugary glaze. I overheard that they were hoping to snag one—or two—before they left. They had met
Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, recently welcomed Tadashi Yoshino to spearhead new sushi services at Botero Lounge—the resort’s central hub. Named after renowned artist Fernando Botero, the lounge features some of Hawaii’s largest art collection along with sweeping views Wailea Beach, cocktail services and live entertainment. Since re-joining the Grand Wailea team, Sushi Chef
If you haven’t heard of Harumi Kurihara, you might want to Google her. Photo: Courtesy of Big Island Candies Harumi’s Hawaiian Salt Cookies ($18.95 for a dozen) will be available at Big Island Candies’ shop at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu starting on May 10—just in time for Mother’s Day. (If you’re in town then,
“Here, try this.” That seems to be the common directive I hear whenever I step into a local brewpub. I’m not much of a drinker, but since my husband brews his own IPA at home, I’ve become accustomed to the invitation to sample frothy, hoppy, sometimes bitter, sometimes sour batches of beers. This is what
Everybody loves Spam, and here in Hawaii we eat more of it than folks in any other state. One of the biggest ways we show our love is at the annual Waikiki Spam Jam, a bustling street festival that takes over most of Kalakaua Avenue, with about 30,000 Spam lovers in attendance each year. At
There are only three Hawaii restaurants on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. list in 2019—and Alii Coffee is the only Island-based coffee shop. (The other two: Porky’s Kauai, a food truck, at No. 11 and Kahuku Farms, a roadside stand, at No. 63.) So we had to find out why. One
You might have heard: We love Spam. We fry slices of it for breakfast, tuck it into musubi, add slivers to bowls of saimin. You’ll find this canned luncheon meat from Austin, Minnesota in restaurants from the House Without A Key at the luxe Halekulani in Waikiki to the old-school Hamura’s Saimin Stand in Lihue on
Growing up on Oahu, there are few places that I would frequent as a kid that are still around. There’s no more Castle Park in Pearl City, Kanda Lunchwagon at Kewalo Basin is closed, and I’ll never see a movie again in a theater in Waikiki. But a favorite restaurant of mine growing up was
Island-born locals like Alana Kysar know all too well how homesickness can tug on the heartstrings when they move away from home, but a comforting dish of mochiko chicken can often soothe the ache. The Maui native grew up in the kitchen with her parents, learning to cook and bake from her mother and channeling
