Poke Stop in Mililani was chef Elmer Guzman’s tribute to Hawaii’s most beloved raw fish tradition, building a menu around poke — bite-size pieces of fresh ahi seasoned with seaweed, sesame, and salt — while expanding the concept into soups, sandwiches, and bento boxes that reflected the full spectrum of Hawaii’s local food culture. It […]
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Seiju Ifuku was born in Okinawa, joined the US Army, learned to cook while serving with the 100th Battalion through campaigns in Italy and France during World War II, and eventually settled in Hawaii. In 1961 he and his wife Ayako opened Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu, a small neighborhood at the edge of Waikiki, serving
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture
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Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Germaine’s Luau on Oahu’s west coast has been running traditional Hawaiian luaus for visitors since 1972, combining the ali’i (royal) traditions of the imu — the underground oven where the kalua pig is cooked — with the ocean-front luau experience that gives visitors a genuine taste of Hawaiian cultural food traditions. It appeared in Season
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Season 8Hank’s Haute Dogs appeared in Season 8, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Triple D Goes Hawaiian,” which aired April 5, 2010, as a Honolulu hot dog operation run by Henry “Hank” Adaniya building specialty sausages with premium and unusual ingredients — foie gras, Kobe beef, alligator — into hot dogs that belonged nowhere
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 8Nicolas “Nico” Chaize is a classically trained French chef who opened Nico’s at Pier 38 next door to the Honolulu Fish Auction — the largest fresh tuna auction in the United States — which means his fish goes from the boat to the auction block to his kitchen in a matter of hours. It appeared
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 8The Toguchi family opened Highway Inn in 1947 in Waipahu, serving the authentic Hawaiian plate lunch food that had sustained the island’s plantation workers for generations — lau lau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, poi, and the dishes that are Hawaii’s culinary heritage rather than its tourist-facing presentation. Three generations and three locations later, the family
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Season 8Bobby Nakihei moved from Hawaii to Everett, Washington with his wife Diane and a clear mission: bring real Hawaiian food to the Pacific Northwest. Bobby’s Hawaiian Style Restaurant, located at 1011 Hewitt Ave. W., became the proof that the mission worked. It appeared in Season 2, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Viewer’s
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