Easter dining and real pizza
Friday - March 21, 2008
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A bite-sized look at food events in Honolulu.
Sansei Specials for Easter Early Birds.
Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar will offer 50 percent off all food and sushi from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Easter Sunday, making early Easter dining an affordable choice for large family gatherings. The offer applies to all menu items, and also to Easter special dishes like the Easter Sunrise Flower ($12) - fresh slices of ahi with furikake rice and spicy tuna with quail egg, drizzled with unagi glaze.
A favorite of Sansei regulars is the fatty, flavorful ootoro, and Sunday’s specials feature the bluefin tuna as nigiri sushi ($17) or as sushi ($35). Entrees include Rice Paper Wrapped New Zealand Salmon ($25) and Everåything Crusted Fresh Håawaiian Ono (with wasabi-infused mashed potatoes, tomato lomi and a ginger-carrot coulis) $28.
Dinner service at the popular sushi restaurant and bar is from 5:30 until 10 p.m.
Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
2552 Kalakaua Ave.
931-6286
Dry-Aged Steaks on Easter Menu at d.k’s Steak House.
Prime rib is one of the most popular entrees on an Easter buffet (check how many restaurants are serving it this weekend), but not all rib is created equal, and a fatty, overcooked piece of meat is not anything worth celebrating. At d.k’s Steak House in Waikiki, they’ve aged their prime rib for 30 days, giving it added flavor and increasing the tenderness of the meat. It’s the only dry-aging room in the state and therefore the only place to try this special, grilled-to-order feast. The 12-ounce rib meat is served with bleu cheese butter and rosemary au jus. The steak house, on the third floor of the Waikiki Beach Marriott Hotel, also has locally caught snapper on the menu. Served with prosciutto, a leek confit, truffle gnocchi and lump crab meat, the prosciutto Wrapped Fresh Island Snapper ($32.95) is on the menu for one evening only.
For other menu specials (including hearty Maui onion-crusted braised boneless short ribs) and Easter Sunday dining details, call:
d.k. Steak House
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
931-6280
Keiki Buffet at The Hyatt.
There’s lots to fill up on at the Hyatt’s Terrace Grille this weekend, but kids are sure to have the most fun. With family celebrations in mind, the Terrace Grille buffet feature a special children’s buffet station complete with balloon artists, airbrush tattoos and a visit from the Easter bunny. Children under age 5 eat free; $18 for children ages 6-12.
The brunch menu for adults ($36) features prime rib, clove-spiked ham and a variety of action stations with chefs preparing fresh omelets, waffles and desserts.
There’s free validated parking. To make reservations or for details on the keiki buffet, call 923-1234.
Terrace Grille
Hyatt Regency Waikiki
2424 Kalakaua Ave.
Real-deal Pizza at Antonio’s.
Antonio’s pizza is the real deal. Joe Tramontano uses only top-quality ingredients.“A lot of other places have switched to low-fat mozzarella, for example,” says the Connecticut native, “We won’t. We use full fat cheese - it has more flavor.” In addition to pizza, salads and sandwiches, Antonio’s also offers pasta, hoagies, cal-zones, Philly cheese-steaks and desserts, including freshly made cannoli and N.Y. cheesecake.
Antonio’s New York Pizza
4210 Waialae Ave.
737-3333
719 Kamehameha Hwy.
454-123
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