Author name: Paid2Eat

The Health Benefits of a Traditional Hawaiian Diet   Nearly a quarter of Hawai’i’s population is multiracial. This is reflected in modern Hawai’ian cuisine, which has become a melting pot of various cultures that bring together mainland American, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean flavors and dishes to the small island state. Whether you’re a tourist

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Present Hawai’ian Island food culture is a melting pot of many international influences. You’ve got Portuguese, Native Hawai’ian cuisine, American, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Polynesian sometimes all rolled into one meal! When you put all of these food cultures into an equation, the results are infinite and

“Aligot?” “What the heck is aligot?” you ask… It’s, quite simply, something you already love, and similar to something we all aspire to; the cheesiest, creamiest, smoothest and sexiest mashed potatoes of all time. There’s a certain pomp and ceremony, and celebratory gusto, as our Maître D conjures up this most-luscious side-dish served at Ambassade

Serving as a catharsis (for me), a throwback (quite in vogue nowadays) and a caption contest (for you!), I invite you to read on… In a year, a very fucked-up year, of loved ones lost, political and racial turmoil, lockdowns, of in-person friendships becoming distant memories, my beloved 16-year old business Hawaii Food Tours crashing

  After our first week in Europe, and before we set sail for the Netherlands, here are our thoughts about London… Everyone is from somewhere else. Everyone drinks. Everyone smokes. Can’t wait to return! On to Amsterdam…

One of the very cool aspects of travel are the (strolling, standing, sitting) musicians you see throughout the public transport systems, especially in the New York Subway, London Underground and the Paris Metro. Many of the musicians are, of course, hoping to earn a bit of money (earning their entire living perhaps) while playing their

Usually, we’re self-described “mellow truckers” and rarely dress-up when going out. Yes, I love my spectacular necktie collection, but aside from that we really lean to the casual. But this was no ordinary evening, no-no. Lin, who usually wears slippers/sandals, decided to wear high heels and,oh dear, whoopsie, falls down the stairs! It sounded like…

I honestly cannot remember the last time I went into a supermarket with one thing on my mind, and one thing only, cantaloupe. There wasn’t one in sight. I was dumb-founded, flummoxed and slightly amused/upset. (I did allow this to bother me the entire night, though). Okay, there goes the writer’s block. I am back,