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| Oahu’s culinary riches—food festivals, diverse dining experiences, and epicurean tours—are unique ways to experience Hawaii’s multicultural history and the relationship Hawaii’s people have to the land and the sea. |
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Taste the Flavors of Polynesia All In One Place
There’s no better way to learn about the islands of Polynesia than through the sense of taste! Walk around and sample authentic food from each nation village at our island food-stands. Or indulge in our award winning Ali’i Luau with delicious traditional dishes like kalua pork carved right off the pig, steamed tropical fish, shoyu glazed chicken, poi, poke, and more!
Take 10% off any PCC Experience, when you book online 10 days or more before arrival.
“Chow Time”
It wasn’t an easy task feeding the thousands of men onboard the Mighty Mo. The famous USS Missouri was a floating city, providing a bakery, snack shops and multiple mess halls including Truman Line, named after former president, Harry S. Truman. You can almost smell the bread baking, hear the line cooks stirring and feel a day’s routine of a sailor who fought to keep this nation safe while on board. Book your tickets today, because She is the real deal.
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15% Off Grilled Steaks & Gentle Waves at Hilton Hawaiian Village
Savor delicious, highest quality steaks and fresh island seafood, just steps from the Pacific Ocean at this unique open-air restaurant. Bali Steak & Seafood’s chef-driven expression of Island Harvest Cuisine focuses on partnerships with local farmers, fishermen and ranchers. Come dine with us and be swept away on a delicious culinary journey. Mention our Sunset Special to your server and receive 15% off your check if you arrive between 5-6pm.
BaliWaikiki.com
Magic of Polynesia Free Bento Promotion
Extended by popular demand, enjoy a complimentary local Hawaiian BBQ Chicken plate with purchase of the Magic of Polynesia Show Only. Created by Merlin Award-winning illusionist John Hirokawa, the Magic of Polynesia is a spell-binding night of stunning illusions, dramatic special effects, amazing sleight-of-hand and professionally choreographed Polynesian entertainment – all in our beautiful $7.5 million showroom in the heart of Waikiki.
Book now at www.MagicofPolynesia.com
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7th ANNUAL HAWAII FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL
Oahu Dates: November 1-5, 2017, (hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com)
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| What could possibly rival sampling a superbly handcrafted cocktail, locally brewed beer, or refreshing rosé plus delicious chef creations at sunset in Waikiki or under the stars in Leeward Oahu? This is what you can look forward to at the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, the Pacific region's premier epicurean event that celebrates the islands' local bounty and Hawaiians' love for their land and sea. More than 100 internationally renowned master chefs, culinary personalities, and wine and spirits producers will gather for events spanning Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii Island. Co-founded by Hawaii's James Beard award winning chefs, Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, HFWF features wine tastings, cooking demos, one of a kind excursions, and exclusive dining events with dishes highlighting Hawaii's bounty of local produce, seafood, beef, and poultry. Notably, proceeds benefit local sustainability, agriculture, and culinary education programs.
Oahu Highlights:
Nov 1: Kamehameha Schools Presents Raw & Wild Marketplace at Our Kakaako
Savor food that is foraged, fished, and found from the mountains to the ocean at an event featuring chefs, farmers, and food producers.
Nov 2: Spice Market at The Modern Honolulu
Chefs cook up tantalizing dishes inspired by the flavors found along the Silk Road while mixologists whip up handcrafted cocktails.
Nov 3: Hawaiian Airlines Presents Uncorked at Hawaii Convention Center
Enjoy sensational dishes from over 20 chefs as well as flagship vintages from more than 20 wineries plus handcrafted cocktails and beers.
Nov 3: 7-Eleven Presents Steamy Bowls at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa Seven innovative chefs cook up their versions of the perfect ramen, pho, and other late night noodle dishes.
Nov 4: Taste of the Seasons at Ko Olina Resort with Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa and Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina
Enjoy an outdoor grazing experience with culinary creations inspired by seasonal favorites grown, raised, or caught in Hawaii. Or, opt for the VIP five-course sit-down feast with wine pairings.
Nov 5: HMAAA Presents Keiki in the Kitchen Family Sunday at Bishop Museum
A family day of food tastings, cooking classes and demos, meeting with local farmers, museum visits, recipe contest winners cooking for a panel of celebrity judges, and more.
Nov 5: Food Fight & Bloody Mary's at Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort
Guests vote as three legendary female and male chefs battle it out over brunch and cocktails.
Nov 5: Saks Fifth Avenue Presents Halekulani Culinary Masters Gala at the Halekulani
Six courses combine exquisite cuisine, wine, and high fashion.
NEW DINING SPOTS
International Market Place Dining (shopinternationalmarketplace.com), the dazzling dining, retail, and entertainment complex in the heart of Waikiki, continues to debut exciting new eateries. Baku (baku-restaurant.com) specializes in modern Japanese cuisine prepared on robata and yakitori grills, sushi, sashimi, premium sake, handcrafted cocktails, and premium wines. The Street, A Michael Mina Social House (thestreetsocialhouse.com) is a bustling collection of culinary experiences that showcase different chefs' takes on global street fare. Herringbone Waikiki (herringboneeats.com) pairs fresh meat and seafood with seasonal farm fresh produce. Yauatcha (yauatcha.com/waikiki) is a modern Chinese dim sum teahouse offering an all day dining experience.
Umamiya Shabu Shabu (umamiyashabu.com) Peter Kim, the owner of the local beloved Liliha Bakery, has opened his ninth eatery combining Japanese, local, and Korean flavors. The shabu shabu concept features a high quality meat selection, a seafood medley, and a fresh vegetable selection paired with a selection of slow simmered broths.
Senia (restaurantsenia.com) This highly anticipated Chinatown eatery,
a collaboration between chefs Chris Kajioka and Anthony Rush, features a menu that reflects the melting pot of Hawaii's cultures and Modern American cooking. Guests can enjoy a la carte dining in the main dining room, a tasting menu at the Chef's Counter, or private dining upstairs.
Leahi Concept Kitchen at the Waikiki Parc Hotel (waikikiparc.com)
Leahi Concept Kitchen is a partnership between the Waikiki Parc Hotel and Kapiolani Community College's Culinary Institute of the Pacific. This year long kitchen concept will feature cuisine by renowned chefs from the Culinary Institute's Guslander Distinguished Visiting Global Chef Series and multiple dining concepts. The guest chefs will have their own pop up events with their own menu interpretations. Leahi Kitchen Concept will become the model for the highly anticipated restaurant to open at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific.
Kuhio Beach Grill Restaurant & Bar at Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa (waikiki.regency.hyatt.com) Overlooking Waikiki Beach, this Modern American restaurant serves dishes inspired by Hawaii's ocean and farmlands and an inventive whiskey and bourbon program of 50-plus whiskeys, including 30-plus bourbons from small batch distilleries and handcrafted bourbon cocktails. Wine Down Wednesdays are a sommelier-led wine tasting series the first Wednesday of each month.
CULINARY TOURS
Red Barn Farmstand (redbarnfarmstand.com)
Head to this North Shore community farm stand for new monthly Farmers & Friends Fridays, a series highlighting Hawaii's farmers and makers of artisanal products. Enjoy a special menu showcasing a featured farmer or product vendor, meet the farmers and/or makers to learn about their work.
Kahuku Farms (kahukufarms.com)
Also on the North Shore, family owned Kahuku Farms offers a tour that goes beyond the usual tourist favorites like pineapple and coconut and features their farm grown pomelo, lilikoi, dragon fruit, papaya, and acai berries. Kahuku Farms has spent eight years cultivating acai berry trees, the superfood that originates in South America. After the tour, head to the Farm Café for refreshing healthy acai bowls as well as other delicious menu items.
Manulele Distillers (kohanarum.com)
Rum drinks are synonymous with Hawaii and now you can sample and learn about Oahu made rum. Visit Manulele Distillers, makers of Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum, small batch handcrafted rum made from sugar cane plants originally brought to Oahu by Polynesian voyagers nearly one thousand years ago. The tour begins with a glass of fresh press cane juice and includes a visit to the observation deck with views of Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor, the Waianae Mountains, and one of Oahu's largest aquaponic farms. Learn how the rum is made, tour the sugar cane gardens, and enjoy a rum tasting.
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Occupying 6,900-square feet of the ground floor of Hawai'i's iconic International Market Place, James Beard award-winning chef Michael Mina opened his latest and communal eatery, The Street, A Michael Mina Social House in the heart of Waikīkī on June 2. As a gourmet gathering spot, The Street features a bustling collection of culinary experiences carefully curated by chef Mina highlighting the perspectives and expertise of many talented chefs. The Street celebrates unique takes on global street fare with offerings served for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night festivities. Composed of a collection of nine restaurant concepts, three bars and one coffee shop, each hawker station highlights a delicious menu driven by the chefs' passion for the food they love to cook and eat. TheStreetSocialHouse.com
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On-going, First Friday of every month from 6-9 p.m.
Hawaii State Art Museum
View contemporary Hawaii art and enjoy live musical performances. Exhibition galleries are free and open to the public during this time.
www.sfca.hawaii.gov
On-going, Last Friday of every month from 4-9 p.m.
Eat The Street
Celebrate Hawaii's food trucks with over 40 food trucks and vendors. This event attracts over 7,000 people eager to sample the best street food Hawaii has to offer. www.eatthestreethawaii.com
On-going, On the third Saturday of every month
Honolulu Night Market
Kakaako comes alive with an evening event that combines fashion, live music, art, shopping and local food. Held under the Honolulu city lights, this monthly night market celebrates the best of urban island culture featuring local artists, designers, musicians and chefs.
www.honolulunightmarket.com
On-going, Every last Thursday of the month
Art + Flea
Discover a unique monthly shopping experience for Hawaii's talented creatives to showcase their goods and talents. Over 60 independent artists, vintage collectors, food trucks, handmade aficionados and fashion designers are featured at each event, drawing an eclectic crowd of shoppers, music and art lovers alike.
www.artandflea.com
July 15 & 16, 2017
40TH Prince Lot Hula Festival
This two-day festival at Iolani Palace showcases hula halau (troupes) gracing the hula mound for spectators to enjoy. The festival is immersed in Native Hawaiian culture and features crafts, kapa making, lauhala weaving, lomilomi massage, traditional Hawaiian games, and more.
http://www.moanaluagardensfoundation.org/
July 16, 2017
10:30 am - 5:00 pm- Kapiolani Park Bandstand
47th Annual Roy Sakuma Ukulele Festival Hawaii
Local ukulele legend Roy Sakuma and his sponsors are helping to keep the ukulele alive with the largest festival of its kind in the world, attracting audiences of thousands. The free two-hour concerts showcase the finest ukulele players, along with national celebrities, Hawaii's top entertainers, and an ukulele orchestra of more than 800 students, mostly children. The festival benefits Ukulele Festival Hawaii, a charitable non-profit organization.
http://www.ukulelefestivalhawaii.org/en/
August 4, 2017
The Joy of Sake Festival
The Joy of Sake celebrates Hawaii's hundred-year love affair with sake—from the early days of Japanese immigration and the founding of the Honolulu Sake Brewery up to the present. Today, Honolulu hosts the annual U.S. National Sake Appraisal. After this blind tasting, all of the sake is presented for tasting by the public at The Joy of Sake. This event, with entries from every region and representing virtually every brewing style, gives an unparalleled perspective on the great variety of delicious sakes being produced today.
www.joyofsake.com
August 5 - 6, 2017
Reebok Spartan Race Hawaii Trifecta Weekend
The Reebok Spartan Race Hawai'i Trifecta Weekend is Hawaii's largest premier Obstacle Course Racing Event. The obstacles include but not limited to 4-8 foot walls, barbed wire crawls, monkey bars, heavy objects pull and carry, fire jump and a 30 foot tall signature rope climb. The race is designed to test participants' physical and mental toughness and entitle them to the sense of accomplishment when they cross the finish line.
www.spartan.com/en/race/detail/2614/overview
August 10-18, 2017
The Rainbow Film Festival
This festival serves to educate and raise community awareness about gay and lesbian culture, arts and lifestyle through independent films shown at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theatre. Locally-submitted films are also featured and supported by the festival. HGLCF.org
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August 17-27, 2017
Duke's OceanFest
This weeklong festival features a variety of exciting water sports competitions including longboard surfing, surf polo, swimming, standup paddling and other events paying tribute to Hawai'i's Ambassador of Aloha, Duke Kahanamoku and Hawai'i's local waterman.
DukesOceanFest.com
August 18-20 2017
Made in Hawaii Festival
Enjoy this three-day celebration highlighting the unique products of Hawaii. More than 400 exhibitors offer everything made in Hawaii from art, clothing, food, home furnishings, jewelry, toys, fresh produce, and plants, to authentic Hawaiian handicrafts.
http://www.madeinhawaiifestival.com
September 4, 2017
48th Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim
The event attracts swimmers from all over the world as the athletes tackle the challenging waters off Waikīkī. The open water swim measures 2.384 miles long, beginning at Sans Souci Beach between the Natatorium and The New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, ending near the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. WaikikiRoughwaterSwim.com
September 23, 2017
4th annual Ko Olina Children's Film & Music Festival
Will feature interactive video and music activities, live stage performances, family-friendly movies from Disney/Pixar and the Hawaii International Film Festival, and a sunset finale feature film on the beach. Children's Film & Music Festival attendees can enjoy special room rates at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa and the Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina. KoolinaChildrensFestival.com
November 1 -5, 2017
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival
Experience the natural abundance of Oahu this fall. Featuring world renowned culinary masters, winemakers and mixologists. Highlights include beachside dinners, fireworks, and popular Urban Luau with celebrity chefs from the hottest restaurants from coast to coast.
www.hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com
November 12 - December 20, 2017
Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing returns to the North Shore of Oahu for the men's series and women's Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach. Kicking off with the Op Pro at Haleiwa, the series continues with the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing and women's Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach, and lastly the Billabong Pipeline Masters at the infamous Banzai Pipeline. Oahu's North Shore is home to these final events on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) calendar that will crown surfing's new world champions. www.triplecrownofsurfing.com
December 3, 2017
XTERRA Trail Run World Championship
Crown jewel of the XTERRA Trail Run Series. The 21-kilometer half-marathon course is considered the world championship course, and it takes runners through some of the most diverse - and scenic - terrain on the planet winding through Kualoa Ranch on Oahu's northeastern shore. Also includes trail runs, a children's race, and other family events.
www.xterraplanet.com/trailrun/worlds
December 10, 2017
Honolulu Marathon
Thousands of runners from around the world participate in the Honolulu Marathon, a 26.2-mile course with spectacular views of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head.
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