Dinner

Chicken Long Rice

Chicken Long Rice combines tender chicken, clear glass noodles, and a delicious broth flavored with ginger, garlic, and soy sauce. It’s a popular choice...

Seared Furikake Ahi

Kalua Pig & Cabbage

Spam & Rice Bake

Pasta

Spaghetti Alle Vongole

Spaghetti alle Vongole translates to delicious Spaghetti with clams in a tangy white wine lemon butter sauce, finished off with fresh parsley. It's my...

Drinks

Mai Tai Mocktail

This Mai Tai mocktail has all the bright, fruity flavors you love from the classic cocktail, just with a non-alcoholic twist. Perfect for a...

Lychee Martini

Citrus Flower Martini

Less than 20 minute meals

Kalua Pig Nachos

Kalua pig nachos offer and island twist on classic nachos. Juicy kalua pig sitting on a bed of crispy wonton chips, topped with avocado,...

Seared Furikake Ahi

For those who love uncooked fish, then Seared Furikake Ahi is for you! Recent Ahi, evenly coated with Furikake, is seared to perfection. Serve...

Kalua Pig & Cabbage

Kalua pig and cabbage is a popular meal in Hawai’i featuring tender, smoky shredded pork mixed with cooked cabbage. It pairs perfectly with a...

Spam & Rice Bake

If you love spam musubis, then you need to try this recipe! A Spam and rice bake is basically a deconstructed spam musubi. It's...

Hawaiian Style Garlic Shrimp

Tender shrimp in a buttery garlic sauce over fluffy rice, with a zesty squeeze of lemon. This gluten-free recipe brings a taste of Hawaii...

Potluck Ideas

Chicken Long Rice

Chicken Long Rice combines tender chicken, clear glass noodles, and a delicious broth flavored with ginger, garlic, and soy sauce. It’s a popular choice...

Hi Friends! My name is Alissa and welcome to my blog! I was born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii and in 2018, I moved to San Francisco, California. I had just graduated college and decided that I needed a new adventure!

I would CRAVE food from back home but could not find exactly what I wanted here.  Thats when I started researching recipes from Hawaii and decided to put my own twist on it. Finally my cravings were satisfied.