The Westin Princeville is celebrating the 12 days of Christmas, Hawaiian style, of course! While most of these activities are geared toward in-house guests, they’ll have some specials available throughout their holiday celebrations. Sorry about the sidebar overlapping over there on the right. If you click on the image, it will go full size.
RumFire Poipu Beach at Sheraton Kauai Resort continues to turn up the heat with “Evening Happenings”, offering daily specials for every night of the week. Guests enjoy 180-degree views of the Pacific Ocean and take in Kauai’s signature fiery sunsets at the south shore’s newest hotspot, open nightly from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. for dinner.
Enjoy RumFire’s signature RF Mai Tai for just $5 all night long.*
RumFire Spiced Beef Tacos with Chipotle Aioli or Togarashi Seared Ahi Tuna Tacos with Lemon Caper Aioli, $3 per taco
50% off all bottles of wine*
10-oz cut, $27, or the 16-oz Alii Cut, $30, includes house salad, garlic mashed potatoes and warm flourless chocolate cake
$3 draft beers and $12 draft pitchers*
Fruits de Mer Risotto with Kauai Shrimp, Sea Scallops and Local Fish, $32
Pan-Crisp Hawaiian Snapper, $28
50% off of a special pupu menu with proof of restaurant or hotel employment
*Guests must be 21 years of age or older with valid ID. Please drink responsibly.
RumFire’s exquisite dining room is the perfect choice for a bountiful breakfast or a decadent dinner, artfully blending Hawaiian-rooted cuisine with global influences. The broad, open-spaced 240-seat restaurant and lounge is flooded with natural lighting through its floor-to-ceiling windows, which provide incomparable views of Poipu Beach.
Reservations are not required to participate in the evening specials, but are recommended. Call (808) 742-4RUM or visit the RumFire Kauai website.
NEWS:
Koloa Rumtini at Kilohana Plantation. Click image for recipe. Daniel Lane photo
This week, I started posting holiday menus for many of Kauai’s restaurants that will include Kauai Grill, Makana Terrace, Ilima Terrace, Nanea, RumFire, Dondero’s, Merriman’s and Roy’s Poipu. An easy way to see them all at a glance (instead of paging through all the blog posts), is to select “Christmas Menu” in Categories on the right hand side bar. Or, click here.
If you have a chance, consider attending our Dec. 14 Kauai Culinary Tour (the details are listed under events). It will be the last of its kind as we are redesigning the day. Normally, we begin the day with a tour of the home garden of the Kauai Marriott Resort’s executive chef. Most people really enjoy this part because they get to speak with the chef in an intimate setting and ask questions, and the chef usually shares interesting tips. On a previous tour, as we walked the gardens, chef pulled a ti leaf from a nearby plant and showed everyone how to do the wrapping for laulau, a traditional Hawaiian dish of pork wrapped in taro leaves and again in ti leaves.
After that, we usually go to a 26-acre exotic fruit farm that sustainably grows more than 80 varieties of fruit. We sample what’s in season, and walk the farm. The tour guide is very knowledgeable and weaves Hawaiian history and lore into his stories about fruit. They also have a food forest, full of highly nutritious plants that thrive in Kauai’s environment.
We are excited to announce that Tasting Kauai was awarded a grant from the Hawaii Tourism Authority. This means we have to operate within certain guidelines, and have to redesign the first part of the tour. The Jan. 11 tour will still happen, but it will be different. I’m still negotiating with a local farm, and details will be forthcoming. Continue Reading →
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The Rumpress made with Koloa Dark Rum. Daniel Lane photo
Over the next several weeks, I will be posting the holiday menus for many of Kauai’s restaurants including Kauai Grill, Makana Terrace, Ilima Terrace, Nanea, RumFire, Dondero’s, and Roy’s Poipu. If you’ll be here for Christmas and won’t be making a holiday dinner, visit Tasting Kauai often. These restaurants are making delicious meals for Christmas, and the hardest part will be choosing where to go!
I’ll also be reviewing the Splash of Aloha cookbook. If you’ve ever wondered about Hawaii’s fish, their names, what they taste like, and how to cook it, this is the book. For the holidays, Watermark Publishing is offering a series of gift sets that include the cookbook, a custom dishrag and something extra, In the case of The Hawaiian Book of Rice, you’ll get a rice paddle and dishrag.
Healthy Hut is a natural foods grocery store in Kilauea that North Shore residents have been frequenting for years. The store was always cramped, but last week they just moved to a new location. It’s still in Kilauea, but is now just off the highway, makai side, on Hookui Road. We stopped in the other day and the store is a delight to walk into. Air-conditioning, spaciousness, shining hard wood floors, upbeat music and loads of Kauai Made products and local produce make it an exciting place to be. I expect the store will become very popular very soon. Look for the upcoming story in MidWeek Kauai. Continue Reading →
