John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
A NEW SIGNATURE RESTAURANT IS
HAVING ITS GRAND OPENING THIS
WEEKEND.
LE RADICA RESTAURANT IN HONOLULU
OPENS ITS DOOR TO THE PUBLIC
SATURDAY.
WE HAVE THE MASTERS BEHIND THE
MENU HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
MASTER CHEF MAURIZIO ROBERTI AND
I.
THANK YOU.
I'M JOHN.
SUPER EASY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MASTER
CHEF.
THIS IS AWESOME.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT SOMETHING
SPECIAL GOING ON.
AND YOU HAVE A GRAND OPENINGS.
WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEKEND
SMIRKS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A
WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE ITALIAN
COOKING.
LE RADICA MEANS THE ROAD -- ROOTS.
WE'VE BROUGHT OVER TO HAWAI'I
CULINARY STYLE WE HAVE.
THE PASSION, INGREDIENTS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
GIANPAOLO CAME TO ME TO HAWAI'I
AS A MICHELIN CHEF.
NOT ONLY ARE YOU GETTING THE
AUTHENTIC ITALIAN TRADITIONAL
BUT YOU'RE GETTING WHAT IS
SURPASSES EVERYTHING ON THE
ISLAND.
John: I'M GOING TO BE THERE
A LOT.
I'M GLAD.
John: MY DAD LIVES ON
ANOTHER ISLAND SO I DON'T GET
THAT AUTHENTIC UNLESS I GO
THERE.
THANK YOU GOING TO GO OPENING UP
THE HOW ARE YOU BRINGING ITALY
AND THE TASTE OF ITALY TO
HAWAI'I USING HAWAI'I PRODUCE
AND INGREDIENTS?
MAY I?
THERE'S NO SUBTITLE SO I HAVE TO
TRANSLATE.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN].
YOU COOK AND SPEAK ITALIAN.
WHOO!
SIMPLISTICALLY PUT, WE HAVE
BROUGHT ITALY TO HAWAI'I.
WE BRING A LOT OF VERY GOOD,
HAWAI'I.
BUT WHAT WE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS
FIND GOOD PRODUCE HERE WITH THE
PRODUCERS HERE IN HAWAI'I TO BE
ABLE TO BLEND WHAT WE KNOW
WITHIN OUR PASSION, OUR STYLE,
OUR PALATE TO REPRESENT ITALIAN
TRUE FLAVORS AND TRUE VALUE.
WE W579 TO BE AIM TO HAVE THAT
COLLABORATION.
WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE TRY AND USE EVERYTHING WE
HAVE AROUND US TO BRING OUT OUR
ART TO A PLATE MO MORE OR LESS.
John: LET'S GET WHAT WE
HAVE HERE STARTED.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT WE WANTED
TO SHOW YOU IS ONE OF OUR DISHES
WE'RE PRESENTING AND ONE OF
GIANPAOLO'S MAIN DISHES.
IT'S A MEMORY OF PIZZA.
WHICH IS WHAT THE NAME IS.
BUT THE FACT IS THERE'S NO --
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?
IT HAS THE FLAVORS.
IT HAS A DECONSTRUCTED STYLE OF
CREAM AND MOZZARELLA.
AND IT'S SEATTLE.
-- SEAFOOD.
John: I DON'T WANT TO RUB
OUT OF TIME.
I WANT TO ASK WHAT LE RADICA
MEANS.
LE RADICA MEANS THE ROOTS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING THE
ROOTS IN ITALY IN FLAVOR, OUR
PASSION, OUR CUISINE AND
EVERYTHING.
WE IMPLANN IMPLANT THEM IN HAWAI'I.
TO SET UP ROOTS IN HAWAI'I.
John: WHAT IS HE DOING?
A VERY QUICK STYLE OF TOMATO
SAUCE.
LITTLE BIT OF ONION AND BASIL
AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL.
WE DID HAVE A GO AT ME.
BUT WE DO -- BUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE IS SHOWING HOW SIMPLE
AND HOW GOOD FLAVORS AND PRODUCE
REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST KNOWN
DISHES IN ITALY.
John: A GREAT RESTAURANT
RESTAURANTS.
HA.R YOU HIRE?
WE WOULD LOVE PEOPLE 2 TO COME
OUT.
WE'RE BRINGING SOMETHING NEW.
COME OUT SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
SEE OUR PHILOSOPHY.
SEE OUR KIND OF PRIDE IN THE
GOOD PRODUCE AND THINGS THAT
WE'RE DOING AND COME AND JOIN US
AND BE PART OF OUR TEAM TO BRING
THAT TO HAWAI'I.
WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR VERY ABLED
BODY PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR TEAM.
YEAH, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED,
COME DOWN AND SEE ME.
John: HOW DO YOU MAKE
RESERVATIONS?
WE HAVE RESERVATION ONLINE AT
W.
WWW.LE-RADICI.COM.
John: AND ALL THAT
INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE ON
OUR WEBSITE.
THANK YOU.
John: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN WITHOUT
A FIGHT DURING THE BREAK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING GREAT
ITALIAN FOOD TO HONOLULU.
VELOCITY HONOLULU IS WHERE
THEY'RE LOCATED.
YOU CAN GET THIS AND MUCH, MUCH
MORE WITH THE MASTER CHEF AND
MICHELIN CHEF.