MUNCHIES [HI] . Alan Wong’s Restaurant

Located conveniently (or maybe not so conveniently) on South King Street, in an unassuming narrow three-story office-type tenement, Alan Wong’s dining room overlooks lush Manoa Valley scenery that’s unfortunately blocked by a bunch of apartment buildings and condos, dammit (just kidding, I love the skyline… “Honolulu city liiiights”). This is a big tip: reserve [...]

Palo Alto’s Spago to close

Shoo shoo Spago! Wolfgang Puck just isn’t welcome in Palo Alto anymore. Ten years of the King of California cuisine was enough. June 1st is the closing date for the iconic ritzy restaurant on the fringe of downtown Paly. In a press release, senior managing partner Tom Kaplan announced that the [...]

A “rocktail” with $15,000 worth of “hot ice”

The Valentine’s Day Spin

In case you’re the superficial girlie that expects Barry White and bruised roses, drugstore chocolate and wine, and a tacky diamond baguette laced heart pendant so cheap it’s best suited for a gift for your distant aunt, or if you’re the predictable guy that has to buy all that crap, here’s a slight spin on [...]

MUNCHIES . Restaurants [HI] . Hoku’s at the Kahala Resort

Ah, Sunday Brunch at Hoku’s. Where else can you get melt-in-your-mouth sake (salmon) nigiri and fresh tender lobster tail (the kind that’s so sweet you devour it without any seasoning or butter) at 10:30 in the morning?
Sure Hoku’s is in one of the prettiest settings; decked in whitest white linens at the [...]

MUNCHIES . Restaurants [HI] . La Mer at the Halekulani

La Mer is one of the most elegant restaurants I’ve been to, and I think that’s actually the best part about it. Don’t get me wrong, the food is nice and the waiters hover attentively to make sure they brush every single crumb before it even flitters to the 800-count tablecloth, but you’ll certainly [...]

My X-tra X-travagant X-mas list

I know it’s too late for Christmas 2006, but these are items I will leave for my frugal mind to battle out with my consuming id until next Christmas. Just kidding, I know that my frugal mind is stronger.
This blurb was written shortly before I read this article where 10 people [...]

BMW goes green

Bimmers bug me, mostly due to the fact that the 3-series are gamut with the “new rich” who apparently don’t know how to use their turn signals and are prone to cut you off like a Subaru, but if I were given a free one, I would probably choose a 7-series (I admit to coveting [...]

Jag-ooh-wahr Blues

The above photo says it all: CRAZY PEOPLE.