This special menu will be available from June 28 to July 3, and will incorporate ingredients from Hiroshima's local vendors to help promote the specialty products, as well as to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Honolulu and Hiroshima.
The menu selections will include:
Chefs Wade Ueoka and Michelle Karr-Ueoka crafted an array of delicious dishes incorporating the specialty products. I loved all of the flavors of the Oyster "Okonomiyaki," and I enjoyed the different textures in the Seafood Salad.
I really liked the Baby Tomato Salad, especially the fried tofu and yukari vinaigrette. The Pasta was delightful, and I couldn't get enough of the garlic mushroom stew that accompanied the Steak.
And the Shave Ice did not disappoint. I probably ate it up in about 10 seconds. So yummy and refreshing!
Fried Hiroshima Oyster
"Okonomiyaki" ($14)
Black Pepper
Okonomiyaki Sauce
Seafood Salad ($18)
Ahi, Scallop, Kona
Abalone, Soy Dashi Granite, Hiroshima Konyaku
Baby Tomato Salad
($10)
Fried Tofu, Ho Farms
Cucumber, Yukari Vinaigrette
Grilled Ahi Steak
($35)
Garlic Chirimen (dried
whitefish) Pasta, Soy Edamame Relish
Brandt Brand Beef
12-ounce Ribeye Steak ($55)
Moromi Miso Sauce,
Nagaimo (mountain yam), Garlic Mushroom Stew
Strawberry and Amazake
"Shave Ice" ($12)
Amazake (sweet
non-alcoholic sake) Tapioca and Sorbet, Yukari Strawberries, Shaved Strawberries,
Mochi
I really liked the Baby Tomato Salad, especially the fried tofu and yukari vinaigrette. The Pasta was delightful, and I couldn't get enough of the garlic mushroom stew that accompanied the Steak.
And the Shave Ice did not disappoint. I probably ate it up in about 10 seconds. So yummy and refreshing!
According to a press release:
“Finding a partner that properly honors Hiroshima’s specialty products is important to us,” says Hiroshi Hidaka, General Director of the Economic Affairs and Tourism Bureau in Hiroshima City. “We hope to create greater awareness of Hiroshima’s exports beyond industrial manufacturing, including many specialty foods such as oysters, miso, famous Hiroshima sake, and various traditional crafts.”
“We are flattered that the Hiroshima government asked us to prepare a menu that pays homage to their specialty foods and famous sake,” says Wade Ueoka, Co-Owner/Chef of MW Restaurant. “They have wonderful ingredients that align with our style of cuisine. Also, the presentations will also be served on Miyajima Osuna ware—plates crafted from the sacred sand of Miyajima in Hiroshima—to feature their artisanal talent.”
Designated as the City of Peace, Hiroshima City is the economic hub and capital of Hiroshima Prefecture located in the Chugoku region of Western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. Honolulu and Hiroshima have been sister cities since June 15, 1959, with Hiroshima being Honolulu’s first sister city. The strong ties between the people of Hawaii and Hiroshima stretch back to the late 1800s, when an estimated one-third of the Japanese who emigrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar industry were from the Hiroshima area.
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