Hot wines, Wild Ginger
Friday - February 29, 2008
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Four Vines Winemaker at d.k’s Steak House.
One of the hottest wine regions of the moment is in Paso Robles, where Four Vines winemaker Christian Tietje is making outstanding contemporary red wines from Zinfandel, Syrah, Mourvedre, Petite Sirah and Grenache. Tietje is the talk of the wine world at the moment, and while Robert Parker has discovered him and declared his wines worthy of the highest rankings, our own Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya has been aware of Four Vines and its incredible wines for a while.
“These wines are so hot right now, they were even a centerfold article in the Wine Spectator,” says Furuya.
Tietje will be in town for a series of wine dinners and will be guest winemaker Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29 at d.k Steak House Waikiki. Executive chef Jason Miyaki has created a four-course menu to complement several Four Vines wines.
Cost is $75 per person; call 931-6280 for reservations
d.k Steak House
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa
2552 Kalakaua Ave.
Vegan and Vegetarians Welcome at Wild Ginger.
It’s not hard to find some excellent vegetarian fare among Honolulu’s variety of Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants. Recent addition to the mix is Waialae Avenue’s Wild Ginger, with a menu offering a wide range of Asian-style dishes. And while the menu offers lots for meat lovers, owners Paul Ke and Ben Cheng will create vegan and vegetarian meals happily on request. Soups, salads and a variety of tofu dishes are on the menu along with several varieties of rice and noodles.
Non-vegetarians should love the excellent crispy red snapper that comes topped with a homemade sweet and sour sauce on a bed of stir-fried vegetables, and there are lots of heat levels to choose from. From sambla to spicy mango, through Thai curry, Szechuan peppercorn, ginger glaze, XO or hoisin, there are a dozen or so different choices for each beef, chicken or shrimp presentation.
Wild Ginger
3441 Waialae Ave.
Honolulu
738-1168
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Football Special at The Willows.
Still can’t get enough of UH football? Then head to The Willows this Monday evening to meet head football coach Greg McMackin and listen to him talk sports on ESPN 1420 AM’s Call The Coach show. Coach Mac will discuss upcoming spring practice, take calls and questions from the audience, and no doubt stay around a while for a talk story session at the end of the show. The Willows will be home to Call the Coach in the upcoming football season and will host two further informal evenings before the start of the UH football season in September.
An all-you-can-eat pupu buffet is available for $15 per person. Reservations are highly recommended.
The Willows Restaurant
901 Hausten St.
Honolulu
952-9200
Weekday lunch buffet $19.95
Daily Dinner Buffet $29.95
Seafood Sunday Champagne Brunch $32.95
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Easter at the Hyatt.
Time to start making reservations for Easter Sunday brunch. One of the most popular brunch days of the year, Easter Sunday (March 23 this year) options at the Hyatt offer something for everyone. The most casual approach and the one best suited to large family gatherings is at the Terrace Grille where the annual Easter brunch buffet, complete with a children’s buffet, is served from 10 a.m to 3 p.m.
The all-you-can-eat buffet costs $36 and includes an appetizer and salad station, seafood stations with mussels in a mignonette sauce, poke, smoked salmon and lomi lomi salmon, omelet and waffle stations, prime rib, red snapper filet, grilled chicken, broiled steak, sausage, bacon and breakfast meats, and a carving station featuring sea salt crusted prime rib, clove-spiked ham with honey mustard glaze, roasted saddles of pork. Numerous desserts end the morning.
A children’s buffet ($18) features vegetables with dip, macaroni and cheese, steamed short-grain rice, mini corn on the cob, hot dogs, mud pie with Oreos and gummy bears and an ice cream station. Kids under age 5 eat free.
For more information and to make reservations:
Terrace Grille
Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa
2424 Kalakaua Ave.
923-1234
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