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Costco offers discounts on gift certificates for fine dining
Do you love sushi and hate to pay retail? Gift certificates to D.K. Kodama's restaurants are now available for a discount at Costco -- two $50 certificates for $80.
Use them for food and beverages (not gratuities, however) at any of the seven restaurants in the chain: Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar locations on Maui and Waikiki, d.k. Steak House Waikiki, VINO Italian Tapas & Wine Bar on Maui and at Restaurant Row, and Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas, also in Restaurant Row.
The certificates are part of Costco's "Champagne and Flowers" Mother's Day promotion. After the holiday, find them near the movie tickets in what Costco calls its "pickup area." They are available at all three Oahu Costcos -- Iwilei, Hawaii Kai and Waipio -- as well as in Kahului, Maui.
Look for discounted gift certificates to Sam Choy's Diamond Head Restaurant in time for Father's Day, according to Darrell Evans, Costco's Hawaii regional buyer, and possibly additional opportunities to enjoy fine dining at lower prices.
MORSELS
Chinatown tour
Discover hidden culinary treasures in Chinatown with food writer Anthony Chang, who will lead a walking tour through downtown Honolulu's food courts, noodle houses and factories, specialty meat markets, dim sum parlors and manapua shops on Saturday.
Chang, of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, also will take guests to tea stands, cafes and bakeries.
Cost is $20, and includes a dim sum brunch. Meet at Louis Pohl Gallery, corner of Hotel Street and Nuuanu Avenue at 10 a.m. To reserve a space, call 521-1812.
Restaurant cooking class
Chef Chih-Chieh Chang at Shanghai Bistro in Discovery Bay hosts a cooking demonstration on making Okinawan sweet potato biscuits and prawns with lobster sauce, 10 a.m. May 20 at the restaurant.
Cost is $35, which includes an all-you-can eat Chinese fusion brunch. Reservations required. Call 955-8668.
Chang's monthly classes continue June 17 with lessons in fruit carvings and aluminum foil decorations.