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A youthful group of chefs gathered in the founding
year of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement.
REMINDER TO LOVERS of fine food and followers of star chefs: The Hawaii Regional Cuisine 10th reunion gala is a mere two weeks away. Do you have your tickets yet? Hawaii cuisine reunion
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All 12 founding members of the HRC movement will gather at the Sheraton-Waikiki Aug. 25. Although it's a night in their honor, they'll be cooking, along with 13 members of the new-generation Hawaiian Island Chefs.
The all-star HRC lineup: Sam Choy, Roger Dikon, Mark Ellman, Amy Ferguson-Ota, Beverly Gannon, Peter Merriman, Jean-Marie Josselin, George Mavrothalassitis, Philippe Padovani, Gary Strehl, Alan Wong and Roy Yamaguchi.
This groundbreaking group made a commitment to encourage farmers and fisherman through the use of fresh Hawaii-grown foods. In doing so they changed the fine-dining scene in the islands and won national attention.
Tickets to the gala dinner are $125, with a $25 discount for tickets charged on American Express. Corporate tables for 10 with extras are available for $5,000 and $10,000. Call 931-3155.
Before the dinner will be an HRC Waikiki Farmers Market Festival, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, featuring produce, seafood, flowers, coffee, cooking demonstrations and entertainment. Free. Call 922-2299.
HRC prequel
The night before the big HRC event, two of the featured chefs, Gary Strehl and Roger Dikon, will offer a four-course dinner at the Prince Court, Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki.Goran Streng, the hotel's executive chef and a member of the Hawaiian Island Chefs group, will host. Chefs from two other Prince properties, Corey Waite of Hapuna Beach and Greg Gaspar of the Maui Prince, will also cook.
The chefs' menu: Summer Greens and Nalo Farms Baby Lettuces, Carmelized Macadamia Nuts and Smoked Marlin, Sauteed Kona Lobster with Chili Truffle Spring Roll, Asian-Spiced Loin of Lamb, plus a dessert featuring Hawaiian vanilla. Wines will be paired by master sommelier Chuck Furuya.
Strehl will also hold a chef's studio, demonstrating the main dish and taking questions. Cost is $75. Call 956-1111, ext. 68.
Special events
Tip a cop: Police officers will be serving food at Ward Centre and donating their tips to Special Olympics Hawaii, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. To contribute to the cause, have lunch or dinner at Compadres Bar & Grill, Brew Moon, Ryan's, Sushi Masa, Scoozee's, Stuart Anderson's Cattle Co., the Old Spaghetti Factory, Yum Yum Tree or another Ward restaurant.Hokkaido fair: A special menu featuring foods of Japan's Hokkaido region will be offered through August at the Shogun Restaurant at the Pacific Beach Hotel. Menu choices include a Zen Teishoku with tempura, sashimi and stuffed smoked salmon, $28.95; and Kaisen Nabe with clam, crab, salmon, butterfish and shrimp, $24.95. Call 922-1233.
Clambake buffet: Oysters, Seafood Laulau and clams will be served straight from the grill or steamer, Tuesdays in August at the Plumeria Beach Cafe in the Kahala Mandarin Oriental hotel. Cost is $38.72, $19.50 for children. Call 739-8760.
Winez & Grindz dinner: Sous chef Neil Nakasone presents a five-course wine dinner, Friday at the Pineapple Room. Centerpiece of the meal is the entree of Kiawe-Grilled Petit Filet and Potato-Crusted Oyster, paired with a 1997 Cahors, Clos La Coutale. Cost is $49, $64 with wines. Call 945-8881.
David Copperfield dinner package: Compadres Bar & Grill is offering a "Magical Mexican Menu" to those headed for the magician's show, Aug. 20 at the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall. Cost is $100, which includes orchestra seats and dinner. Entree choices are a Mexican platter, Baja seafood platter or Steak a la Tampiquena. Seatings are at 5:30 and 6 p.m.; the show is at 8 p.m. Call 591-8307.
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