Late last year, chef Kanani Lincoln started a twice-monthly supper club in the space formerly occupied by Don Ho’s. It seemed like a good way to make use of the space, as well as showcase his creativity for potential clients through a prix fixe menu that constantly changes.
The Hale ‘Aina Supper Club, as he calls it, went on hiatus for a few months due to a busy holiday (and thus busy catering) season, but he’s back on track and had his first event of 2012 on Friday night. All subsequent events will be on Fridays or Saturdays, but to find out the details, email kanani_lincoln@hotmail.com to get on the mailing list or keep watching http://haleainacatering.com. Only the first 30 people who reserve with credit cards can get in. (I was lucky enough to get an invitation at the last minute to fill a seat!)
Cost is about $65, and you can BYOB — in fact, you can get suggested wine pairings from Fujioka’s. Here’s what we ate:
Hale 'Aina Supper Club (10 of 10)
The Hale 'Aina Supper Club is not just a different experience, it apparently offers food prepared in ways or ingredients that Hawaii people have probably never tried. Is it possible that everything was really that good? Yes. And I'll be back to see what else they create. But before then, I'm going to practice cleaning the plate with my fork.
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Delicate Blossom: SCORE! Steeenky Cheeese! Licking plate with forks takes practice. You need to gently place the plate edge between the tines of two forks, lift up, balancing the plate with forks in hands, position the plate held up by the forks to your face, stick out your tongue, and lick like crazy before the plate gets dislodged from your forks. You don't want a faux pas by dropping the plate on the table...bad form!?
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