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Wining and dining
Chopsticks & Wine, the annual gourmet evening benefiting the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, takes place Oct. 13 at the Sheraton Waikiki.Featured restaurants: Alan Wong's, Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant, Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Le Bistro, L'Uraku, Petite Garlic, Sheraton Waikiki Resort, Side Street Inn, The Bistro at Century Center and Tiki's Grill & Bar.
Entertainment will be by the Gabe Baltazar Quartet and there'll be a silent auction.
Tickets are $75 presale; $100 at the door. Call 949-5531 or visit the Web site, www.honolulujapanesechamber.org.
Oktober breakfast
October looms, which means Oktoberfest.The Ala Moana Hotel is preparing for its annual celebration, Oct. 5 to 10, featuring the usual German food, polkas and beer.
For a preview, visit the Saturday Farmers' Market at Kapiolani Community College this weekend. Ala Moana Hotel chef Ryan Day will be serving up breakfast of Tyrolean Omelettes and German-style Pancakes. Music and costumed staff will add to the atmosphere.
The farmers' market is open from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the KCC parking lot off Diamond Head Road. Vendors this week will include the Hawaiian Vanilla Co.
Call the Hawaii Farm Bureau, 848-2074.
Chefs change channel
"Two Skinny Chefs," the cooking show starring Chai Chaowasaree and Beth-Ann Nishijima has moved from KGMB/CBS to KHON/Fox.The show airs at 5 p.m. Sundays, just before KHON's long-standing "Hawaii's Kitchen."
Actually, lovers of local cooking shows can bulk up on Sundays -- Hawaiian Electric's "The Electric Kitchen" airs at 4:30 p.m. on KITV/ABC.
Chinatown tours
Cooking instructor Walter Rhee is offering a series of Chinatown tours through the Lyon Arboretum.The Cook's Tour of Chinatown Markets covers fresh produce, fish and specialty ingredients available in Chinatown's shops. Lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant follows.
Tours take place 10 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of the month -- Oct. 2, Nov. 6 and Dec. 4. Cost is $15, not including lunch. Call 988-0456 for meeting location.
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