Favorite Hawaii Restaurants

There was a time when a good plate lunch was all you could expect from Hawaii Island Cuisine. That all changed. Now some of the most innovative and popular chefs of our time are in Hawaii. Here are some of our favorite places to have a great lunch or dinner. Let us know what you found by posting on our BLOG

Click photos for web sites	The man who started great Island Cuisine is Alan Wong. His restaurant ranks #8 on Gourmet Magazine's list of top 50 restaurants Chef Alan Wong, winner of the 1996 James Beard Northwest Chef Award for Best Chef, Pacific Northwest/ Hawaii, and his restaurant staff offer guests a unique taste of Hawaiian Regional Cuisine. The Chef's innovative dishes are a direct reflection of the diversified cultures living in the islands; a rich mixture of traditions, lifestyles, and most importantly, people. Utilizing the freshest of Hawaiian grown produce and the bounties of the Pacific Ocean result in the Chef's highly personal adaptation of the contemporary style of cooking found here in Hawaii today. The goal is to give diners a true slice of Hawaii by incorporating ingredients familiar to the Islands.
click photo to visit this web site	Chef Mavro Restaurant Honolulu is abuzz over the wine pairings and elegant cuisine of George Mavrothalassitis, the culinary wizard from Provence who turned La Mer (at the Halekulani) and Seasons (at the Four Seasons Resort Wailea) into temples of fine dining. He brought his award-winning signature dishes with him, and continues to prove his ingenuity with dazzling a la carte and prix-fixe menus. His newest restaurant Cassis Honolulu will open this Spring 2007 for lunch, cocktails and dinner. "This restaurant is inspired by four places - Cassis, Paris, Alsace and Honolulu," says Chef Mavro, winner of the James Beard award. Overlooking Honolulu Harbor, the 295-seat casual, yet sophisticated space includes a bar, and will feature such dishes as Grilled Dayboat Catch, Rotisserie Chicken with a plum wine sauce, an American Kobe Beef Bavette with shallot sauce and curried fries, and the classic Tarte Tatin flavored with Li Hing Mui. "People have asked me for a long time to open a casual restaurant, where they can come and eat everyday, "Chef Mavro says. "Cassis Honolulu is just that."
click photo to visit their web site	La Mer in the Halekulani Hotel This is the splurge restaurant. Nothing will surpass this dining experience. "The inspiration is French, the fresh ingredients are Hawaiian, and the taste is simply divine..." opines the Le Mer Restaurant. And we could not have said it better. La Mer, situated on the second floor of the Main Building, presents a feast for the senses. La Mer is known for its dazzling ocean views, romantic atmosphere, and dinners of fine French fare and fresh Island ingredients prepared especially for you. Indigenous ingredients are uniquely blended in dishes inspired by flavors from the south of France to produce a dining experience unsurpassed anywhere in the world.