Sarah Burchard

1 week ago | hawaiimagazine.com | Catherine Fox |Sarah Burchard

Across the Islands, these dining experiences should be on your bucket list. If you’re like us, you love to eat—and you don’t always put a price tag on that experience. So we put together some of the most splurge-worthy dining experiences you can have in the Islands, from a candlelight dinner in a treehouse to breakfast on the rim of an active volcano. Every spot is Instagram perfect—and the food is incredible, too.

2 weeks ago | hawaiimagazine.com | Sarah Burchard

Here’s the 411 on Waikīkī’s new old-school-meets-ultra-hip drinking and eating spot. “Ichi…ni…san…sake bomb!” The chant from a young man a table over is followed by a thundering response from his eight friends, who pound on the table and yell back, “Sake bomb!” Shots of sake suspended by chopsticks over half-full glasses of beer shake, then drop into the suds as the 18 sticks that held them up spill onto the table. A server records them chugging their drinks with an iPhone.

1 month ago | hawaiimagazine.com | Sarah Burchard

More local restaurants are serving the fruit that’s been nourishing Hawaiians for centuries. Before sunrise one morning, on Hawai‘i Island, a man named ‘Ulu prayed to the gods for help and guidance. His son was dying and his village was starving. Later that day, ‘Ulu told his wife he would not live to see morning. “Bury my body outside near the stream,” he said.

1 month ago | hawaiimagazine.com | Sarah Burchard

An Oʻahu food writer from San Francisco revisits her culinary past during a quick trip to Maui. In 2009 I worked a meat-centric event in Napa called Primal. The outdoor feast featured several fire pits showcasing traditional cooking techniques, such as Argentinian asado with whole lamb cooked on a vertical spit.

2 months ago | hawaiimagazine.com | Sarah Burchard

Kaimana Beach Hotel keeps its celebrated restaurant pono and ʻono with weekly cultural events and delicious food. Just before sunset, the lānai at Hau Tree restaurant fills with diners clinking glasses of rosé and frozen piña coladas. Each table, tucked beneath plumeria trees ornamented with wicker globe lanterns, is just steps from the sand. As the sun dips into the Pacific Ocean, a rainbow sherbet-colored sky serves as a backdrop for dinner on the beach.