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Diner KK’s Aloha ‘Oe Potluck Luncheon
Tis that time again for us to bid aloha ‘oe to one of our beloved team members leaving the company with yet another FANTASTIC potluck luncheon. This time featuring some basics, classics and exotics,...
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Birthday Lunch at Fook Lam
The Chinese year of the Dragon continues, this time last week Friday where we celebrated “Ringu Obake Girl” Diner JM’s birthday at Fook Lam Restaurant. At where else? But the Chinese Cultural Plaza,...
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Yataimura Eats: Gifu Takayama Ramen
Gifu Takayama Ramen – Splash banner photo and graphic design by Pomai-San After browsing around the many wonderful shops on the mall level of Ala Moana Center, I became physically and emotionally...
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Hawaiian Waffledog
We all know the original is the KC Drive Inn Waffle Dog. However, there’s now a new kid in town who goes by the name Hawaiian Waffledog Company. And as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of...
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Hard Rock Cafe Rolls Out New Menu
Hard Rock Cafe rolled out a redesigned menu this past March, after more than 14 months in development. They’ve added 30 new items and modified 28 existing menu items which are now available at Hard...
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Snow Factory Korean Pipe Ice Cream
Get ready for the next big sensation to hit the local ice cream foodie scene: Korean Pipe Ice Cream! And big it is, measuring an envious 17″ long from the top to the bottom of its whacky J-bend...
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First Byte: Apple Tree Cafe
Apple Tree Cafe is a sort of Loulen’s Restaurant, reinvented. Owner and Chef Luis Butay, Jr. remains at the helm, bringing decades of industry experience to the kitchen. His early years began in...
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Doria
Upon grabbing my usual post-beach cool down Slurpee® at the Kapahulu 7-Eleven this past weekend, there was a prominent sign at the checkout for a new hot food item called “Doria”. I was like, “What...
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Ewa Beach Eats: Fiesta’s Mexican Grill
Diner A and Yours Truly have been way, WAY out in Ewa Beach this past week takin’ care of some “bidness”. Where yesterday for lunch we decided to try Fiesta’s Mexican Grill, located in the Ewa Pointe...
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Product Review: SPAM® Tocino
Hormel hasn’t stopped appeasing Hawaii folks with their still relatively new SPAM® Teriyaki flavor, as recently hitting store shelves we now have SPAM® Tocino Seasoning flavor. Which is just as...
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Nascimento’s Maui Styled Linguica & Keke Ling
Mark Nascimento contacted me several months ago, asking if I’d be interested in tasting and reviewing his very first batch of Maui Styled Linguica for mass production and sale when they were...
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Ward Center Eats: Mexico Cantina
We celebrated Diner A’s birthday over lunch this past week at Mexico Cantina, located in the former space that was Compadres for a long time in Ward Center, in the heart of Kaka’ako, Honolulu....
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Hawaiian Happy Cakes
Hawaiian Happy Cakes “Miss Santa” offers tasty bites of their Pineapple Macadamia Nut Cake at the KCC Farmers Market ~ 12.19.15 Well, we’re on the home stretch to Christmas, and chances are you either...
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Chinatown Eats: Krazy Kitchen
Diner E heard about Krazy Kitchen from his wife, where her office frequently orders lunch from, being the prices are very reasonable, portions are good, and most importantly, da’ grindz are winnahz!...
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Haleiwa Eats: Macky’s Shrimp Truck
Hot off the heels of Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck in Kahuku, who set the bar for “Best North Shore Shrimp”, we’re here today at Macky’s Shrimp Truck, a couple stops over in Haleiwa. As in, if you’re coming...
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Downtown Eats: The Dumb Coq
The Dumb Coq is a relatively new hipster bistro located at the cusp of Chinatown and Downtown Honolulu on the mauka (mountain) side of King Street, between Nuuanu and Bethel. It’s well within a...
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Honolulu Harbor Eats: Pier 21 Lunchroom
Last week upon looking around Google Maps in satellite view for a business-related business (for realz), Diner E stumbled upon this eatery near our office named Pier 21 Lunchhouse. A place we NEVER...
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First Byte: Café Lani Hawaii
Last week we dropped into Café Lani, a relatively new eatery located on the mall level mauka side (enter from the outside of the mall) of Ala Moana Center’s new Ewa wing, near Longs. Cafe Lani is part...
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Pier 21 Lunchroom Hana Hou
Pier 21 Lunchroom Curry Moco, featuring locally-raised Kalei egg We enjoyed Pier 21 Lunchroom’s no-frills, stick-to-your-ribs dockworkers’ grub so much on our first round of visits, that it’s now...
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Iwilei Eats: New Eagle Cafe
We recently celebrated Diner E’s birthday at New Eagle Cafe, located at the far Ewa end of the Nimitz Center, nearby “Big Box Alley” off Alakawa Street and Nimitz, pretty much next door to Sensually...
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