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Trini: WELCOME BACK.
WE WELCOME CHEF MORIMOTO.
HIS RESTAURANT AT THE MODERN, IF
YOU REMEMBER, CLOSED BACK IN
2016.
John: HE IS BACK WITH NOT
ONE BUT TWO RESTAURANTS IN
WAIKIKI.
WE SAT DOWN WITH THE IRON CLEF
TO TA -- CHEF TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEW
DEAL AND MORIMOTO ASIA WAIKIKI.
THE JAM MORIMOTO ASIA WAIKIKI.
M-- MOMOSAN WAIKIKI.
JOINED BY CHEF MORIMOTO.
ALOHA.
John: THIS IS AN EXCITING
TIME.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME
BACK TO OAHU WITH TWO NEW
RESTAURANTS?
ACTUALLY, I'M SO SAD.
SHUTTING MY -- PEOPLE COME TO
HAWAI'I.
I CLOSED FIRST MORIMOTO
RESTAURANT IN WAIKIKI.
AND THEN I WAS LOOKING FOR
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN I GOT THIS HOTEL OWNER.
AND FROM THEM, I DID IT.
AND I GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN
HAWAI'I.
IT'S PARADISE.
John: NOT ONLY DO WO -- YOU
HAVE ONE.
WE ARE IN MORIMOTO ASIA.
AND DOWNSTAIRS.
TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE ABOUT THE
TWO.
I DECIDED TO BRING MOMOSAN
BRAND TAB NEW YORK.
I HAVE MOMOSAN RAMEN.
CLOSE TO BEACH.
PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND GRAB AND
GO.
AND IN AND OUT.
EASY RUNNING AND TAKITORI.
AND WE HAVE BEER GARDEN OUTSIDE.
I ALSO THOUGHT THREE YEARS AGO
MORIMOTO ASIA IN ORLANDO.
EVERY COUNTRY IN ASIA.
CHINA, KOREAN, PHILIPPINE.
AND HERE, UPSTAIRS IS MORIMOTO
ASIA.
THIS IS THE VIEW.
OPEN VIEW.
BEST VIEW IN WAIKIKI BEACH.
STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN VIEW.
John: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE MEN ME MEN -- MENUS AND
HOW HAWAI'I HAS INSPIRED SOME OF
IT.
I FOCUSING FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.
WHAT LOCALS LIKE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME FROM
OUTSIDE.
AND HAWAI'I IS VERY POPULAR.
PARADISE.
SO EVEN HERE, HONEYMOONER COME
FROM EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE WHO DOESN'T CAN'T RAW
FISH.
I'M DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW TUNA, AHI.
AND RED ONION.
JALAPEÑO.
AND ANCHOVY AIOLI.
John: OKAY.
I'M SERVING PEOPLE WHO
DOESN'T LIKE RAW FISH.
THIS IS GREAT.
SO THIS IS PERFECT LOCATION IN
THE WORLD, HAWAI'I.
AND FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.
John: THANK YOU FOR SITTING
DOWN WITH US.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO
John: AND BRINGING BACK A
COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
John: OPEN REAL SOON.
REAL SOON.
PEKING DUCK.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
Trini: ME TOO.
IT OPENS THIS WEEK.
John: THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
A BIG PARTY TOMORROW FOR
VALENTINE'S.
AND IT WILL BE GOOD TO GO.
THE BOTTOM IS GREAT.
YOU CAN COME IN FROM THE BEACH
AND WALK IN -- WALK OVER, GRAB
SOMETHING TO EAT AND WALK BACK
TO THE BEACH.
Trini: YOU'RE LUCKY.
YOU GOT A SNEAK PEEK.
John: AT THE TIME, IT
WASN'T COMPLETELY FINISHED.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE SOME
ARTWORK.
DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING
THEY'VE THIS WEEK IT IS
PERFECT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
YOU WANT TO GO AND CHECK OUT THE
NEW RESTAURANT IN TOWN.
AND THEY ARE IT.
John: YEAH.
Trini: TOMORROW, OF COURSE,
IS VALENTINE'S DAY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GET