Tag: Honolulu Chinatown

We made a trip to the Hawaii Theatre Centre with some of the HAT Blog ohana recently and I was struck anew by the splendor of the 100-year-old edifice and its remarkable history as the “Pride of the Pacific”, named as such by the papers here and abroad at the time of its September 1922 […]

The wind and rain continue to howl and lash here in Honolulu, and throughout most of Hawaii, with no sign of letting up any time soon. It’s fine, though, except perhaps for my wife’s new clutch of doomed houseplants and the Aloha State residents who’ve been inundated by turbid floodwaters or had their property whipped […]

We don’t often write about restaurants here but very often we’re asked where to get locally sourced meat. This is mostly because we tend to eat farm-fresh at home, making most of our food purchases from local farmers, ranchers, and butchers whom my wife has come to know over years of shopping at a weekly […]

Aloha Bruce recently posted a link via social media to a brilliant Hawaii Vacation Connection podcast from the “Before Times”, pre-pandemic, about the exciting revitalization Oahu’s Chinatown Arts District and Chinatown restaurants have undertaken in the past decade. It got us thinking about how restaurants, bars, galleries, and music venues are re-emerging in a once-thriving […]

Chinese New Year in Hawaii is upon us, and Oahu visitors can find vibrant street festivals and community events to ring in the Year of the Pig. are meant to ensure health and prosperity in the year to come. Fireworks pop in the streets and windows rattle as frenetic lion dancers visit area businesses. They […]

Just a short five-or-ten minute walk north on King Street from the iconic and much-visited Honolulu landmarks Iolani Palace, Kawaiahao Church, and the Hawaiian Mission Houses is Chinatown. Now designated as Culture & Arts District, the area is home to many fine eateries and a handful of quirky art galleries. And while they are great […]