TRY TO GET THIS BACK TO THEM.
Kristine: ICONIC
RESTAURANT IN KA HAUL IS AWRY
VAMPING ITS DINING EXPERIENCE
FOR GUEST TALKING ABOUT
HOKU'S.
Kelly: CHANGES INCLUDE NEW
MENU AS WELL AS NEW DINING
AREA.
MAY NOT BE FOODY FRIDAY JUST
LET, WE SENT MAKENA TO CHECK
IT OUT.
LIVE FROM THE KAHALA HOTEL AND
RESORT.
GOOD MORNING MAKENA.
GOOD MORNING KELLY.
KRISTINE.
I HAPPILY ACCEPT THAT MISSION.
KRISTINE, WHEN YOU SAY REVAMP,
I WALKED IN THE DOORS HERE AT
THE NEW HOKU'S RESTAURANT.
WAS JUST BREATHTAKING TO WALK
INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW PLACE
THEY HAVE PUT SO MUCH ENERGY
INTO.
ELEVATED MENU AS WELL AS THE
RESTAURANT HERE.
TO TELL ME ABOUT IT IS THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
HERE AT THE KAHALA HOTEL AND
RESORT.
DARA LUM.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CASUALIZATION OF FINE DINING
THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE IN THE
RESTAURANT.
WITH THESE RENOVATIONS, WE
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S
FINE TI DINING WITH A CASUAL,
RELAXED FUN APPROACH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, WE'VE
DONE THESE FIXTURES, HAD LOTS
OF GREAT, COCONUT DETAILS,
WOODEN DOORS, ALL OF OUR
FLOORING HAS BEEN RENEWED.
AND HAVING CHEF ERIC ON BOARD,
HE IS AMAZING.
HE'S ONE OF OUR HAWAI'I'S UP
AND COMING STARS.
AND CHEFS.
FARMER AND FISHERMEN.
AND REPRESENTING GLOBAL
HAWAIIAN CUISINE AT HOKU'S.
LET'S TALLY ABOUT THE VIEW.
MILLION DOLLARS VIEW OVER
HERE.
BEAUTIFUL.
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
RENOVATIONS.
YOU CAN'T GET THIS BEST VIEW
OF THIS LIKE THE OCEAN,
MAUNALUA BAY, KOKO HEAD
CRATER.
SPECTACULAR.
KISSING POINT AND THE JETTY,
AMAZING SPOT.
ABSOLUTELY GORMAN US.
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE DETAILS,
HAIHOKU LAMPS.
CUSTOM MADE ORBS AND LIGHT
FIXTURES THAT REPRESENT THE
STARS AND THE THIS RESTAURANT.
HOKU'S.
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
TO TALK ABOUT MORE, THIS MENU
THAT HAS BEEN SWITCHED UP IS
THE MAN, MYTH, LEGEND ERIC
OTO.
GOOD MORNING.
FARM FARMER AND FISHERMEN.
TWO OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
COMBINED.
TALK ABOUT THE MENU.
LAUNCHED BEAUTIFUL MENU.
FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES.
FIRST ON THE TOP, MENU, I
WANTED TO HAVE A SECTION WHERE
REALLY SPOKE ABOUT THE OCEAN
AND MY PASSION AS A FISHERMEN.
SECOND CATEGORY YOU SEE IS THE
VOYAGER.
BASICALLY, OUR INTERNATIONAL
CUISINE OR INTERNATIONAL
INFLUENCE.
OR GLOBAL PART OF THE MENU.
FARMER, MY DAD, IS A FARMER AN
HE HAD HIS OWN RESTAURANTS.
ALWAYS HAD FRESH VEGETABLES
GROWING UP.
STEERSMAN IS BASICALLY CHEF'S
FAVORITE.
INSPIRED BY STORY, OR
INSPIRATION OF MY LIFE.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TODAY
IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DISHES
ON THIS STEELERS MAN.
CRISPY MOI.
TWO FAVORITE.
FAVORITE FISH.
TALK ABOUT HOW HISTORIC MOI
IS.
HISTORICALLY, ONLY EATEN BY
THE ALI'I.
I LANT TO START.
AND THE COMMONERS AND WOMEN
WERE ACTUALLY FORBIDDEN TO EAT
MOI.
GLAD THAT'S CHANGED.
GOING TO START.
JUST SOUG SAUTEEING THE MOI, SEASON
WITH WHITE PEPPER.
MAKE THE PAN A LITTLE BIT HOT.
WE WANT TO GET THE SKIN
REALLY, REALLY CRISPY.
WHAT'S THAT?
MORE SALT.
SEASON BOTH SIDES.
IS THERE AN ART TO GETTING
THIS? I LOVE THE SOUND OF
THAT.
IS THERE AN ART TO GETTING
THIS PAN OR HOW HOT DOES IT
NEED TO BE.
NOT SUPER HOT BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO START SCORCHING.
ABOUT MEDIUM HIGH HEAT.
YOU WANT TO RENDER THAT, NOT
TOO HIGH, NOT TOO LOW, FIND
THE PERFECT BALANCE AN THE
SKIN ARE REALLY GET NICE AND
CRISPY.
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PARTS.
MINE AS WELL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE IT
MAKE THIS.
SEND BACK TO KELLY AND
KRISTINE IN THE STUDIO AND
TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU PAIR
THIS WITH.
SURE.
SUCH A HAPPY GIRL.
BACK TO KELLY AND KRISTINE
LIVE FROM HOKU'S.
Kristine: THEIR FOOD IS
AWESOME.
THAT CHEF, HE HAS A REALLY
GOOD STORY ABOUT GOING
FISHING, FAMILY HISTORY, SO
KIND OF BLENDS ALL OF THAT TO
GO.
PASSION AND FAMILY, SHOWS VERY
WELL IN HIS COOK.
WONDERFUL.
THAT'S THE BEST.
Kelly: WHEN THEY'RE
PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
ALWAYS INVENTING NEW THINGS
AND ALWAYS KEEPING UP WITH
AWESOME FLAVORS.