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Fine Dining Gem

Island-fresh ingredients and fabulous wines make Azul at Ihilani an award-winning affair
There are a few things you probably already know about Azul at Ihilani:
It’s a perennial winner of the coveted AAA Four Diamond Award.
It offers an impressive wine program.
And it’s a bit of a drive from Waikiki.
Here, however, are a few things that may comes [...]

October-November 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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Two’s Company

Getting down to business at Elua Restaurant and Wine Bar
With everything that’s been written about Elua Restaurant and Wine Bar this past year - two chefs, two egos, two styles of cooking - the single thing that’s been ignored is the fact that chefs Donato Loperfido and Philippe Padovani have emerged from their first year [...]

August-September 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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PERFECTLY SEASONED

Taste the flavor of Hualalai’s Pahui’a restaurant
There are those who argue that Hawaii has no seasons. “You have no winter,” visitors exclaim, unaware of snow on Mauna Kea’s summit or temperatures that cool the evenings from October until March. And while it’s true that our seasons may not be obvious in their arrival, with neither [...]

June-July 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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EURO BISTRO

Fine wine and bistro fare at Downtown’s Du Vin
One of my favorite moments on any night I’m able to have dinner out with my husband is the arrival of a plate of Moules Frites at our favorite corner table at Du Vin, Dave Stewart’s Downtown French brasserie. The mussels come in a cast-iron pot, shimmering [...]

April-May 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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Tradition Of Taste

Unpretentious dining at Michel’s in Waikiki
Fifty-two new restaurants opened on Oahu last year, many of them in Waikiki. So you’d think that a restaurant as old as Michel’s (it opened in 1960), with a menu rooted in European tradition, a German chef devoted to the perfection of complex stocks and sauces, and waiters who wear [...]

February-March 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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Out of Town

Chefs Ed Kenney and David Caldiero drive town restaurant in Kaimuki
Sometimes a restaurant is about more than just the food. At town, chefs Ed Kenney and David Caldiero have created a place that’s not only in the neighborhood, but part of the neighborhood; where supporting local farmers means buying whatever comes in from the field [...]

December-January 2008 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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Simple pleasures

Chef Alan Takasaki offers classic fare at Le Bistro
Alan Takasaki marches to the beat of his own drum. In a sleepy strip mall in Aina Haina, with KFC on one side and a 7-Eleven on the other, the 49-year-old chef/owner of Le Bistro has created what few of his peers have been able to achieve: [...]

October-November 2007 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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Star Chef

George Gomes shines as chef of Tri-Star Restaurants
Ask George Gomes, the executive corporate chef for Tri Star Restaurant, how he creates a dish, and he smiles and closes his eyes. “I just do this,” he says, sitting back on a leather chair at Aaron’s Atop The Ala Moana Hotel, his eyes remaining firmly shut.
He’s always [...]

August-September 2007 | Jo McGarry | 0 comments | Continued
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