If I ran a restaurant . . .

Tomorrow: Take a bao. Breakfasting with some former Advertiser colleagues at Big City Diner earlier this week, I was happy to learn that I could order from the keiki menu for just a $1 charge. As the portions at this local food haven are in keeping with the widely...

First is best: That’s an order

Tomorrow: The gift of a foodie (and more) friend. I’m trying to follow my personal Best Practice when ordering in restaurants:  Order the first thing that appeals to you. No matter what. (Just be sure you’ve read the menu description carefully so there are no...

Omedetu, Shirokiya! Congratulations!

Got a great mango recipe? Under Tips, Recipes, Ideas and Food Lore tab above, check out the information on the recipe contest at the Mangoes at the Moana event coming up July. 9 Tomorrow: A lucky-you-live-Hawai’i bread pudding. Wednesday: The restaurant rule....

Back behind the plate!

Tomorrow: Discovering a new food “neighborhood,” Yataimura at Shirokiya. Coming up: A foodie friendship. An Island-only recipe for bread pudding. Fish soup that’ll change your mind. Restaurant ordering: the one unbreakable rule. March? Was it really...