Dining Out

Flavors from the Road

August - September 2011

Beach Tree’s Bold New Menu is the Product of One Excellent Adventure Photography By Don Riddle Discoveries made on a spring culinary road trip have inspired new menu items and a bolstered food and wine program at the Beach Tree. The open-air, seaside restaurant at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai is pouring a host of new…

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Prime for Dining

June - July 2011

Redefining the Burger Joint DEMAND FOR UPSCALE BURGERS IS STILL GROWING. Hawai’i’s finest restaurants are now tipping the scales and creating protein-heavy plates of Americana that are worthy of the highest culinary praise. The restaurateurs behind Plumeria Beach House, Wolfgang’s Steakhouse by Wolfgang Zwiener, Red Salt at Poipu Beach, Kaua’i, and Monkey Pod Kitchen by…

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As the World Turns

April - May 2011

Dramatic Views and a Creative Menu Keep a Landmark Restaurant on Top By Alana Folen AS HAWAI’I’S ONLY REVOLVING RESTAURANT, the Top of Waikiki has been enticing the palates of diners for decades. Eclectic in nature, the riveting three-tiered restaurant stands on the top floor of the Waikiki Business Plaza, and since its inception in…

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Distinctive, Diverse, Unrivaled: Pork

October - November 2010

From Crispy Skin to Supple Loin IF YOU WANT TO SEE CHEF GEORGE “MAVRO”MAVROTHALASSITIS SWOON, or have Chef Jon Matsubara share his wildest dreams, you need do nothing more than use a certain four-letter word. Its utterance sends them – along with many of the top chefs in the world – into ecstatic ramblings on…

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Capische?

August - September 2010

Maui’s quintessential Italian restaurant introduces a new take on dinner theater ALTHOUGH THE DAYS of Saturday evening “couple’s night” at the local dinner theater seem to have gone the way of braided terry cloth headbands and jazzercize, the idea that food can be entertainment is still very much thriving. Be it farm-to-table dinners, themed potlucks…

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Seaside Escape

June - July 2010

Redefining casual dining at Big Island’s Beach Tree THERE’S NOTHING BETWEEN YOU and the ocean except a stretch of golden sand. Languish at umbrella-shaded tables to enjoy a leisurely lunch. Recline atop cushioned slatted chairs, perfect for conversation and a game of chess. Linger over a cocktail while the setting sun sinks into the waves…

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Let Them Eat Steak

June - July 2010

Getting to the meat of Hawaii’s top restaurants WE EXPECT A LOT from our favorite steakhouses. From the depth of the char on a New York strip, to white linen on the tables and wood wainscoting on the walls, the perfect steakhouse has to satisfy some pretty high standards. Today in Honolulu, there are an…

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Stir It Up

April - May 2010

Innovative cocktails at Trump Tower’s Wai‘olu Shaken, stirred, caramelized, gold-encrusted or infused, the cocktails at Wai’olu – the sixth-floor bistro in the new Trump Tower – are stellar reasons to dip into the newest ultra-luxury Waikiki property. The “liquid kitchen” menu makes pau hana taste like the start of a beautiful friendship. From a Chinese…

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TABLE ONE

April - May 2010

A one-of-a-kind dining experience in Waikiki Dinner begins with a phone call from the chef. Vikram Garg, executive chef at Halekulani and creator of its exclusive dining experience, Table One, gets straight to the point. “What do you like?” he asks, calling three days before our dining date. “Is there anything you won’t eat?” He’s…

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EXECUTIVE CHEF Sandy Tuason

February - March 2010

Mauna Lani Bay Hotel And Bungalows Best Cookbook For Newlyweds A self-described “kid from Jersey,” Chef Sandy Tuason is a people person. The importance of family and learning firsthand from others are top priorities for the new executive chef at Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows. The affable and relaxed Tuason, who is thoroughly in…

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