Getting into the holiday spirit
Friday - December 19, 2008
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A holiday look at food events on Oahu.
Hale Koa Christmas: Music, Food and Family Fun.
There’s nothing quite like a trip around the Hale Koa Hotel to put you in the holiday spirit.
The hotel is famous for its annual decorations that include gingerbread villages, model railways and hundreds of ornaments donated by regular guests over the past 20 years.
There’s a full Christmas program of events at Hale Koa this year, including a candlelight dinner show with Nohelani Cypriano on Christmas Eve. It’s a fine way to get your Christmas Eve off to a magical start. Guests gather in the Luau Garden for an evening of song, dance and dinner, where the menu includes roasted beef tenderloin and grilled sea scallops.
A Christmas Day brunch at the hotel includes hot and cold salads, breakfast meats and eggs and entrees of roasted turkey, baked ham and mahimahi.
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The Hale Koa Hotel is open to active and retired military and their families.
For more details on the Christmas Eve Candlelight Show with Nohelani Cypriano and on holiday events at the hotel:
Hale Koa Hotel
955 0555
http://www.halekoa.com
Anna Miller’s: The Aroma of Fresh Fruit Pies.
When it comes to holiday pie-making, there’s probably no restaurant that does it better than Anna Miller’s. Famous for its freshly baked, fruit-filled pies, the Pearlridge restaurant is ready for the Christmas and New Year’s rush with a full-time staff working around the clock.
“We’re busy with orders for fruit pies,” says manager Wade Hashizumi. “At Christmas time our fruit pies are really popular.”
Pies come in dozens of flavors, including apple, macadamia nut, pecan and cheesecake, and are made in reusable, old-fashioned pie tins.
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The restaurant doesn’t take orders for pies, so turn up early Christmas Eve if you’re planning a party or need the perfect potluck dish. Prices start at under $10 for an apple pie, including the refundable tin deposit.
Pies aside, Anna Miller’s is open 24 hours daily, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and a host of Island favorites that include chili pot pie, homestyle meatloaf and pot roast.
Anna Miller’s
Pearlridge Center
487 2421
http://www.annamillersrestaurant.com
3660 Christmas Eve Buffet.
If you’re still looking for the perfect place to gather and celebrate Christmas with family and friends, then 3660 might be the answer. With a Christmas Eve buffet served in the restaurant’s banquet rooms, there’s something to suit everyone.
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The buffet starts at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve and includes a poke station, oysters on the half shell, shrimp cocktail and a roast prime rib of beef carving station.
3660 favorites like furikake salmon and specials like seafood Newburg also are on the menu alongside shrimp cocktail, char siu chicken salad, macadamia nutcrusted chicken and a stir-fry station featuring shrimp, vegetables and crispy chow mein.
Reservations are recommended.
3660 On the Rise
3660 Waialae Ave.
737-1177
www.3660.com
Hiroshi Christmas Eve.
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With twinkling Christmas lights, one of the most exciting and accessible wine lists in town and a creative chef in the kitchen, Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas at Restaurant Row is a great choice for those looking for sophisticated and memorable Christmas dining.
On the menu Christmas Eve/Day you’ll find five courses from Chef Hiroshi Fukui. Start with a duo of sushi, pepper-seared ahi and torched filet mignon. Move onward through courses of Kona cold lobster followed by slow-cooked butterfish, and then choose from entrees of Cornish game hen, crispy skin moi or Maui Cattle Company rib eye steak. Hiroshi’s regular menu will not be available Dec. 24 and 25. Ask one of the enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff for wine recommendations to complete your dinner.
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