What I Ate on My Summer Vacation: At home in Hawaii

• By Star-Advertiser Staff
• Oct. 15, 2019
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Consider this a hana hou for our summer vacation photo contest, which concluded last week. These images of deliciousness were captured on excursions on the neighbor islands. Read more

Rave Reviews: Lesa Griffith

• By Reviews by Lesa Griffith, Special to the Star-Advertiser
• Oct. 13, 2019
• 1

Embedded within the Ritz-Carlton (you have to walk through another restaurant to get to it) is Honolulu’s one truly transformative dining experience. Read more

Rave Reviews: Betty Shimabukuro

• By Reviews by Betty Shimabukuro
• Oct. 13, 2019

Basalt, owned by ABC Stores, isn’t a fancy dining spot — yet dining here is still a premium experience. Read more

By Request: Leftovers find worthy home in bread pudding

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Oct. 1, 2019
• 1

If you are trying to pursue a diet low in carbs and/or dairy, look away now. This recipe violates all those strictures, and probably some others, too. Read more

CanoeHouse enters new era at Mauna Lani Resort

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Sept. 24, 2019

Matt Raso had barely gotten from Honolulu to Miami when the chance came to return to the islands, this time to the Kohala Coast. Read more

What I Ate on My Summer Vacation: Boston

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Sept. 17, 2019
• 4

It’s possible to eat lobster in a different way every day of your stay in Boston. Read more

By Request: What do you know about clear chowder?

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Sept. 17, 2019
• 3

Red is Manhattan, white is New England. That’s clam chowder 101. Moving up to clam chowder 201: Clear is Connecticut, or some call it Rhode Island-style. Read more

By Request: Collards make hearty pork wrap

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Sept. 3, 2019

Collards require no pre-cooking; they soften in the time the pork takes to roast in the oven. Read more

Pau Hana Patrol: Quality craft beer meets quality food at Real Gastropub

• By Review by Betty Shimabukuro betty@staradvertiser.com
• Aug. 29, 2019

By Request: Papaya, chicken a worthy combo

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Aug. 20, 2019

Chicken curry salad served in a papaya half is a throwback dish that deserves contemporary consideration. Read more

By Request: Bacon, ketchup team up to make memorable dish

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• Aug. 6, 2019
• 5

Pau Hana Patrol: Everything’s $5 during happy hour at Goen in Kailua

• By Review by Betty Shimabukuro
• July 25, 2019

Goen brings home all you’d expect from a Yamaguchi restaurant experience: knowledgeable, friendly service and tasty, well-executed dishes. Read more

Senia chef to direct culinary operations for Ward Village

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• July 23, 2019
• 1

Chris Kajioka, chef and co-owner of Senia, has been named Ward Village chef, directing culinary operations for the entire 60-acre complex. Read more

By Request: Mango salsa weds sweet, sour, salty, spicy and savory

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• July 16, 2019

Need to make use of this year’s mango harvest? Make salsa. Read more

Pau Hana Patrol: Pai’s happy hour provides intro to revelatory menu

• By Review by Betty Shimabukuro
• July 4, 2019
• 1

PAI Honolulu, chef Kevin Lee’s trendy downtown destination, celebrated its second anniversary last month, marking the occasion in many ways, including a revamped happy hour. Read more

By Request: Guava bars strike happy compromise

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• July 2, 2019
• 5

Last week I rode a roller coaster of recipe happiness and sadness, ending up with a happy compromise. Read more

By Request: Suppli honors Roman tradition

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• June 18, 2019

Suppli are similar to another Italian fried food, arancini, which can be found on many menus locally. Read more

Cravings: National Donut Day returns, McDonald’s offers food for foreign coins

• By Star-Advertiser Staff
• June 4, 2019

More local food news you can use, courtesy Crave. Read more

By Request: Ahi salad born of a Roman holiday

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• June 4, 2019

We had wandered into a restaurant in Rome because it met our basic needs: looked friendly, had space, prices reasonable. The first category on the menu (surprise!) was “poké.” Read more

By Request: Cookbook focuses on Hawaii’s flavors

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• May 1, 2019
• 2

Alana Kysar grew up on Maui, surrounded by the feast of flavors we call “local food,” and she uses that background to great effect in a new cookbook, “Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawai’i” (Ten Speed Press, 2019, $30). Read more

Kick off your night in Waikiki with Rocky Teppanyaki’s half-price drinks

• By Betty Shimabukuro
• April 25, 2019

When I was a kid, a trip to Benihana promised ultimate entertainment. We got to watch a guy chop, flip and toss our food, and we got to eat steak. It was performance art, before we knew what that was, plus dinner. Read more