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Nora, Paula’s sister, along with four other chefs cook authentic Thai food at Bangkok Happy Bowl. Daniel Lane photo Fresh, flavorful and delightfully aromatic is how I describe the Thai food at Bangkok Happy Bowl. Inside, color abounds in the half Thai, half Japanese restaurant. After opening in the Poipu Shopping Village last October, the…

Tasting Kauai and Zendy Web Studio just released an app for our Kauai restaurant guide. The interactive mobile app is available for iPhone Tasting Kauai’s restaurant guidebook app makes it easy to find good eats on Kauai. Image by Zendy Web Studio. and Android smartphones and tablets. I’ve been wanting to convert our restaurant guidebook…

Outside dining and east side views at Lava Lava Beach Club. Daniel Lane photo. “I used to make Filipino food with my grandfather,” says Shane Galan, chef of Kauai’s new Lava Lava Beach Club. His warm brown eyes and welcoming smile are disarming. “Our family would hunt pigs and cook them on the barbecue with…

Kauai Food Tour – South Shore We are celebrating a new food tour and the holiday season and by offering residents and visitors a 10-percent discount. Our Short Order Kauai Food Tour ($60) is designed for those with smaller appetites. While our full tours offer four hours of tropical gluttony, this tour is half the length for half the…

Pina Verde Picante Margarita made with organic and local, cold pressed fruit and blended by Kauai Juice Co. Daniel Lane photo. Diners can now eat local in Hawaii at Verde restaurant, located in Kapaa. The popular New Mexican eatery has recently upgraded its menu with “clean” ingredients, such as produce that was grown on Kauai…

Kauai’s award-winning Koloa Rum Company announces its new Kauai Coffee Rum, the result of a licensing agreement between the Kauai distiller and Kauai Coffee Company. Kauai Coffee Rum blends locally grown and dark-roasted Kauai Coffee with Koloa White Rum and pure Hawaiian cane sugar. It has a rich flavor with bold notes of coffee and cocoa. The new offering expands Koloa Rum’s portfolio of rum and rum-related products and includes a striking new bottle and label design. It has been released in time for the 2015 Holiday Season. “Kauai Coffee Rum is a true Kauai-made product that exemplifies the remarkable diversity of agriculture on Kauai and the potential for innovation in creating exceptional value-added products,” said Koloa Rum Company President and CEO Bob Gunter. “Kauai Coffee Company, which operates the largest coffee plantation in the Islands, is at the leading edge…

Koloa Rum Company announced that the company’s full portfolio of artisanal, single-batch Hawaiian rum will be distributed by Young’s Market Company throughout the Hawaiian Islands beginning May 11, 2015. Koloa Rum Company’s partnership with Young’s Market Company in Hawaii is the next phase in an expanded agreement naming Young’s as the brand’s exclusive distributor in…

Some of the best gelato you’ve ever tasted is right here on Kauai Kauai-based Papalani Gelato has released a line of organic sorbets. With two shops on Kauai and two in Florida, owner Marck Shipley says they are the first national gelato brand to offer organic sorbetto. Papalani Gelato’s sorbetto is a dairy-free, GMO-free, gluten-free…

Sunshine Farmers Market in Kapaa. Daniel Lane photo Malama Kauai, in partnership with the County of Kauai’s Office of Economic Development, will provide access for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to shop at select Kauai sunshine markets through their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system starting on Monday, July 7, 2014. SNAP participants…

Award-Winning Craft Cider Comes to The Aloha State Tieton Cider Works, a Washington State craft cidery, announces their arrival in Hawaii. Tieton’s award-winning ciders, distributed by Southern Wine & Spirits, are now available in restaurants, bars, and shops on Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Additional seasonal releases will come along later in the year. Tieton Cider Works was founded in 2008 by Sharon and Craig Campbell on the fruitful land that Mr. Campbell’s grandparents homesteaded nearly a hundred years ago. They now have the largest orchard of cider varieties in Washington and as the cider industry has grown, Tieton Cider Works has emerged as a leader in both craft and quality. With the creativity and skill of cider maker Marcus Robert, Tieton produces over 10 varieties of naturally gluten-free hard cider. A true farm family, the Campbells oversee the entire…