Aloha Spotlight
Food and Drink
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Best Restaurants on Kauaʻi: 6 Local Favorites Around the Island, Picked by Braddah Brand
Saimin in Līhuʻe, laulau in Kapaʻa, an ahi wrap on the North Shore and a sunset table in Poʻipū. Here are the six Kauaʻi…
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Best Shave Ice on Oʻahu: 6 Spots Braddah Brand Says Are Worth the Drive
From the North Shore classics in Haleʻiwa to a little Kapahulu cluster where you can hit three shops in one afternoon, here are the…
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Best Restaurants on Maui: Braddah Brand’s 6 Picks, From Plate Lunch to a Pāʻia Splurge
Mochiko chicken by the airport, dry mein in Wailuku, pie in Olowalu and the hardest dinner reservation in Hawaiʻi. Here are the six Maui…
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Hamura Saimin: From a Ford Sedan in the Cane Camps to a James Beard Classic in Līhuʻe
Hamura Saimin Kauai: since 1952, Hamura Saimin has been ladling out homemade noodles and a secret-recipe broth from the same wooden building on Kress…
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Top 5 Places to Eat on Oʻahu: Braddah Brand’s Food Guide for Your Hawaiʻi Trip
Skip the tourist traps. From early-morning Spam plates in Waipahu to fish-auction poke on the Honolulu waterfront, here are the five Oʻahu food stops…
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Big Island Delights: 30 Years of Hilo Sweetness, and a New Home on Kinoʻole Street
Since 1996, Big Island Delights has been baking Hilo’s favorite cookies and treats with Hawaiʻi-grown macadamia nuts. This fall, the Takamine family celebrated 30…
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White Nene Coffee: From a Broken Back to a Champion Roaster in Kona
At 19, a construction accident broke Mark Kove’s back. Years later, a cup of coffee in South Korea set him on a new path.…
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Tanioka’s: Come for the Poke, Stay for Everything Else
Tanioka’s Seafoods & Catering in Waipahu has been Oʻahu’s favorite poke counter since 1978. People come for the poke. They leave with a bag…
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Matsumoto Shave Ice at 75: The Accidental Shave Ice Shop of Haleʻiwa
Matsumoto Shave Ice in Haleʻiwa started as a grocery store in 1951. How a slow month in 1956 turned it into the most famous…