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Hawaii

Ramen Kauai

Ama Char Siu Mazemen

The Hanalei Center patio provided amazing views of cloud-capped mountains lined with multiple waterfalls. Ama could have served me a pail of gruel, and I still would have been pretty content. Char siu mazemen...
Dessert Kauai

Village Snack & Bakery Chocolate Haupia Slice

Village Snack & Bakery is a humble Hanalei restaurant from Narcisa Concepcion located in the back row of Ching Young Village with worn blue benches inside, old black and white photos of the area,...
Juice Kauai

Hanalei Bread Company Monkey Juice

If Hanalei has a community hub, it’s probably Hanalei Bread Company, a bustling bakery, breakfast, and coffee destination for locals and tourists in a brown and green complex called The Hanalei Center. Chef Jim...
Mountains Oahu

Oahu Food Worth Seeking

Discover seven places where you should eat and drink on the fringes of Oahu, Hawaii’s third largest island. You should also check out my guides to essential food and drink stops in the state...
Pacific Ocean Maui

Maui Food + Drinks Worth Seeking

Hawaii’s second largest island strikes a good balance between Oahu’s commercialism and the Big Island’s agrarianism. They have world-class hiking and mountain biking, plenty of culinary rewards circling the resorts of Wailea and Lahaina,...
Fried Chicken And Waffle Maui

Leoda’s Fried Chicken and Waffle

On my 2012 trip to Maui, Sheldon Simeon was in the kitchen. He later advanced to the “Top Chef” finals and is now cooking at Migrant Maui in Wailea. Three years later, I wasn’t...