Uahi Island Grill Kalua Pork with Kale
Uahi Island Grill has some of the best plate lunches in Kailua, a city in northeast Oahu that I was lucky enough to stay in for a week with family. Nani Nikcevich and chef-partner...
Town Pig Platter [CLOSED]
There are many reasons why I’m such a pork fan, and that I write a weekly pork-fueled column called Dose of Vitamin P. One of them is certainly my father. For his 70th birthday,...
Fumi’s Kahuku Shrimp [CLOSED]
Oahu’s North Shore, centered on Kahuku, is studded with shrimp-focused trucks and restaurants. I’ve enjoyed Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck, which is popular for full-throttle garlic shrimp. So far, I’m partial to Fumi’s Kahuku Shrimp my...
Dean Fearing Fried Quail
Quail evoke an image of a hunting amidst briar patches with a pack of bird dogs in rolling hills (or so I’m told). Given his background, it’s no surprise that Dean Fearing, one of...
Hanalei Taro & Juice Co. Lau Lau
The Haraguchi family has been an agricultural institution on Kauai’s north shore for over 100 years, starting with rice, and later focusing on taro. During my visit to Hanalei, fifth-generation farmer Lyndsey Haraguchi-Nakayama led...
The Pig and The Lady Pho French Dip
The Pig and The Lady founders Andrew Le (the pig?) and his mother Loan (the lady) produce Vietnamese comfort food at three Honolulu area farmers markets. At the famed Saturday morning KCC Farmers Market,...
