Knowing we wanted a collection of tropical cocktails with a fresh, modern twist, we sought the services of Hawaii master mixologist Joey Gottesman. Joey knows his cocktails. First as a noted Honolulu bartender, then as an in-demand Hawai‘i consultant, he’s crafted cocktails and bar menus for some of Islands’ finest resorts, restaurants and watering holes. […]
Save those Chicago-style hot dogs for the next South Lawn picnic. The leader of the free world wants his Hawaii grinds. In a nod to his first home state, President Barack Obama will host the first-ever Hawaii-style luau on the White House lawn, complete with real Island cuisine, hula and music. The Thursday luau is
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Walter Brown of San Francisco e-mailed us: How can I obtain the original Ernie Morgado recipe—not the bottled stuff— for authentic Huli-Huli Chicken? Can you send it to me? First off, we’ll just say that we understand Walter’s desire for the recipe. Huli-Huli Chicken is one of those
So this guy walks into a bar with a bottle of beer in a bag. The guy? Jack Joyce, one of the founders of Rogue Ales in Newport, Ore., who spends four months a year in Hawaii. The bar? Colin Nishida’s Side Street Inn in Honolulu, which has been featured on Anthony Bourdain’s Travel Channel
The June-July issue of Food Network Magazine recently hailed the loco moco at Hukilau Cafe in Laie, Oahu, as the best in Hawaii. Not the best loco moco, as one might rightly expect. But the best burger in Hawaii. “A loco moco is Hawaii’s take on a burger,” writes Food Network Magazine of the Hawaii
This week Oahu holds its biggest culinary festival. If 20 chefs and a dozen winemakers don’t whet your appetite for the fest, there’s also music, fashion and golf. Hawaii Food & Wine Paradise is a four-day culinary gala, held at west Oahu’s Ko Olina Resort and Waikiki’s Halekulani Hotel. The event kicks off Thursday, May
Where’s your favorite place to stay on Kauai? The best place for shopping on Maui? Your favorite Hawaii spa to get away from it all? Got a favorite town on the Big Island? We ask these questions—and many more—on the ballot for our annual Best of Hawaii feature. Results will be featured in the upcoming
We had such a great response to our article on Thai-Hawaii chef Chai Chaowasaree in the May/June issue of HAWAII Magazine that we thought we’d pass along this little food tip to anyone who is going to be on Oahu in the next few months. We timed our article with the release of Chai’s The
“It was a location we couldn’t pass up,” says Hawaii chef and restaurateur Peter Merriman of the new Kapalua Merriman’s. The location is the Bay Club of the old Kapalua Bay Hotel, now gone, making way for the Ritz-Carlton Club and Residences, still under construction. It was always a perfect restaurant location, out on
It’s not August yet, but the Maui-onion madness is here. The annual Maui Onion Festival at Whalers Village happens tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. The all-day festival includes chef demonstrations, games and prizes, a beer garden, live entertainment and a raw Maui onion eating contest. We know what you’re thinking: Raw onions? But Maui’s onions aren’t
Where can you see people dress up in life-size Spam can costumes? In Waikiki, of course! This year’s annual Waikiki Spam Jam street festival kicks off tomorrow (4/25) on Kalakaua Avenue. The block-party celebration—which runs from 4 to 10 p.m.—includes two stages of Hawaiian music, a variety of Hawaiian crafts booths and merchandise stands selling
If you happen to be on Maui this weekend, you’re in luck. The annual East Maui Taro Festival kicks off this Saturday in Hana. Each year, the Hana community transforms its baseball park into a place that pays tribute to the ancient Hawaiian staple—the kalo (taro). The two-day festival includes Hawaiian music, arts and crafts
