This weekend’s HUBurban pop-up event in conjunction with Off-premise x HI Greenhouse is sold out!  Don’t forget it is a BYOB event.  Below is the recommended pairings for each course.  We look forward to serving everyone tomorrow evening! Appetizers Poke spoons garnished with homemade curry chicharones (Recommended pairing: Proseco or Beer) Duck confit on jicama skins, pickled [...]

There is a common theology among restaurateurs and customers alike, that a restaurant’s bathroom is a clear indicator of the cleanliness of the entire establishment.  A dirty toilet insinuates a dirty kitchen where bugs, bacteria, and illness flourish.  Anthony Bourdain says it best in Kitchen Confidential, “I won’t eat in a restaurant with filthy bathrooms.  This [...]

This weekend, Saturday, March 31, 2012, we’re excited to team up with Off-premise x HI Greenhouse in Kakaako for the unique pop-up dining event HUBurban. Our four-course menu for the evening will consist of: Appetizers Poke spoons garnished with homemade curry chicharones (Recommended pairing: Proseco or Beer) Duck confit on jicama skins, pickled mango slaw, and [...]

Food has the ability to create wonderful experiences and fond memories.  These events can involve heartfelt people and places, which can be revisited in our minds eye when triggered by a particular smell, taste, or visualization. This connection between food and our life experiences is a bittersweet reminder to the vital role that eating and [...]

No time.  No energy.  Blah, blah, blah! I hear it all the time.  Heck, I say it all the time.  Guilty as charged.  The real problem is motivation.  After taking a little bit of time this week to watch a documentary, Forks over Knives and read a few chapters of Food Matters by Mark Bittman, I’ve [...]