Nadine Kam
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Honolulu, HI, United States
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Hearty, Hong Kong-style comfort food
Food was one of the few pleasures of 2020, a year devoid of parties and other diversions once the pandemic started. Restaurateurs reported an uptick in sales of back-to-basics comfort foods like fried chicken and Read More → Read More
Spice up your life
Indian cuisine is one of my favorites. Whenever I traveled in pre-COVID times, I’d always seek it out in major cities, filling up before returning home to a limited scene where we might see one Read More → Read More
New menus are par for the course
Every year, spring comes and goes with little fanfare because we know the season returns. But this spring felt more meaningful, a true awakening as society — in a coronavirus slumber for a year — Read More → Read More
University of Hawaii fashion show is now a televised event
Due to pandemic gathering limitations, fashion students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa will present their annual fashion show as a televised virtual event airing at 6 p.m. Monday on ‘Olelo 53, and 8:30 p.m. the same day on KFVE, with livestreams on ‘Olelo and Hawaii News Now’s websites. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Hawaii restaurants rose above 2020’s challenges
The 2020 pandemic was the biggest disaster to hit the food industry in recent history. Statewide, 15% of restaurants have closed permanently since the pandemic began. Their ranks include Alan Wong’s and Town, two restaurants that significantly shaped the local food scene for over 25 and 16 years, respectively. The Hawaii Restaurant Association reported that a poll of owners showed 65% of the… → Read More
Steamy selections fill new menu at Ichiriki Japanese Nabe Restaurant
Ichiriki Japanese Nabe Restaurant made use of pandemic downtime to create a VIP tatami room at its Piikoi location, now put to use for its new seiro, or steamed nabe experience. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Giving with flavor
During the typical holiday gift-giving season, a gift of food is a way to share delicious finds or one’s own kitchen talents. This year, the gesture may mean a lot more for those who find themselves in need of a pick-me-up or more serious sustenance. → Read More
New saimin haven a tribute to old-school Hawaii
Shortly after returning home from the mainland in 2012, chef Chris Kajioka received his first James Beard Foundation nomination — for Rising Star Chef of the Year — while serving up elaborate, creative $300-per-person meals at Vintage Cave. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Outdoor dining gains a new cachet across Honolulu
The more we learn about COVID-19’s spread through indoor aerosols — respiratory droplets released whenever people open their mouths to talk, laugh, cough or sneeze — the more we’ve opted for the relative safety of the outdoors. → Read More
Oahu restaurants self-impose restrictions as coronavirus cases rise
Watching the back-and-forth volley of restaurant openings and closings has been like watching a pingpong match. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Oahu restaurants may be open, but not all customers are ready
To dine out or not to dine out was an ordinary question a few months ago. The answer usually came down to whether you had the energy to get dressed, or something equally banal. The specter of COVID-19 has since turned that question far more serious, and diners are caught in a Catch-22 of wanting to support restaurants and the economy, while avoiding putting themselves and others at risk. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Smart picks for takeout boost body
While arguments continue over the value of wearing or not wearing masks and over the validity of drug claims in treating COVID-19, I don’t think anyone would contest the wisdom of eating the right foods to boost the immune system, so far the body’s only defense during the pandemic. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Restaurants closed by COVID-19 regroup, reopen
Hawaii residents have at least a month to remain in quarantine, but in the last couple of weeks a glimmer of hope for the future has emerged — several restaurants that went dark at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown have reopened. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: A bake sale for troubled times at Restaurant XO
With coronavirus fears keeping people at home, many looking for ways to entertain themselves are revisiting a past way of life. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Coronavirus crisis forces restaurants to pivot
When news of the coronavirus outbreak started making headlines in late January, most of us thought it would be contained to Wuhan, China. → Read More
Bite Size: Aloha Steak House adds lunch sets
Aloha Steak House is bringing the sizzle to lunchtime with a short roster of $16 daily set specials, most revolving around Japanese-style wafu hamburger steak seasoned with mirin, shoyu, garlic and sake. → Read More
The Weekly Eater: Farmers market couples reap benefits of shared time, goals
The lovelorn might just want to forget about searching for a significant other at the clubs or online, but take their cues from the farmers markets, where a shared love of food brings many people together. Behind many booths are modern-day mom-and-pops who are showing that love is not about chocolates, Champagne, flowers and fantasy suites on Valentine’s Day, but appreciating each others’… → Read More
Bite Size: Brunch returns to Michel’s
Michels at the Colony Surf had three of the essentials for a great weekend brunch, a bright and airy dining room, excellent service and a beautiful beachfront view, but for years, its been a night-time only operation. The restaurant gave brunch a try a few years ago, just before its sale to Watabe Wedding Corp. → Read More
MTV taps Hawaii artist to showcase Video of the Year nominees
If the artwork that made its way through social media during the MTV Video Music Awards looked familiar, its because its the work of local artist and illustrator Cheyne Gallarde, whose personal style involves turning women into tough but glamorous superheroes in comic-book form. → Read More
Bite Size: Ono Fries serves potatoes with attitude
Want fries with that? Is a question youll never hear at Ono Fries, in Shirokiya Japan Village Walk at Ala Moana Center. Instead, different kind of fries form the basis for fully loaded, potato-centric meals, each capped with a fried egg. → Read More