Tag: Hawaii Regional Cuisine

Among mainland transplants to Hawaii, especially those from back east, a fairly common gripe is the lack of places to get a good deli sandwich (I’m not a transplant, but I share the sentiment). We have our own kinds of deli in these islands, from the local fresh poke counter to the dim sum shop […]

You may be familiar with dim sum, or you might think it’s a description of how a poor student does an arithmetic problem. It’s the name for small, translucent-skinned Chinese dumplings with a broad range of light dfillings that include meat, seafood, and vegetables, as well as desserts. Pervasive in China, plentiful in Hawaii and […]

You’ve heard of the enormous variety that’s represented by today Hawaiian cuisine. What with the Asian Fusion, Hawaiian Regional, European, Mediterranean, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese there seems to be no limit. With all the wonderful restaurants to choose from, only one has earned the Triple-A’s Five Diamond award for 2009: Chef Mavro in Honolulu. The award […]