Month: November 2011

Hana Hou Café -a Diamond in the rough..

Even if by serendipity, my partner and I were turned away from a few of our favorite upcountry restaurants last night [long waits] and ended up at Hana Hou Café in Haiku. As it turned out it was a stroke of great luck as dinner...

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A week with Brint, Rob & Peter…

  Incredible cabin karma this week. After 3 days at 6,500′ in PoliPoli cabin we called the DLNR to see if it was possible to get a cabin in Waianapanapa at sea level. The woman snikkered and said not much chance as...

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“Mmmm” Spells: Mark, Midas, Mala and Marriott!

Acclaimed Maui chef, with the Midas touch, Mark Ellman’s Mala Ocean Tavern has a new little sister and she is anything but little. Situated oceanfront at the Marriott, Mala Wailea boasts that there isn’t a bad seat in the house,...

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Ivan Pahk, Sansei’s Secret Weapon

I’ve been party to quite a few fantastic, off-the-menu dinning adventures that Ivan invented and executed incredible menus for. I wrote about each back before this was a blog site, you can read them here.

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