ANNE LEE speaks with founder Chef Chai owner CHAI CHAOWASAREE Ring in the New Year with a delicious meal from Chef Chai. Owner Chai Chaowasaree has been serving up island fusion-inspired dishes at the Kapiolani Boulevard location since 2013, and…
It’s officially December. That means we can guiltlessly adorn our living room trees, mail letters to Santa, bop around to holiday tunes and, of course, indulge in all of the enchanting food that this time of year offers — like…
Over the past three decades, Chai Chaowasaree has garnered quite the following. Despite business operating far from usual (his restaurant, Chef Chai at Pacifica, won’t open for dine-in service until December), the Bangkok native proves time and time again that…
Chef Chai’s Wiki Wiki Dinner Boxes have been quite the hot ticket item since we last caught up with owner Chai Chaowasaree a couple weeks back. Those who’ve missed out, however, needn’t fret. During the mandated lockdown, the ready-to-eat meals…
Innovation has been a key term in the restaurant world as of late, and Chai Chaowasaree, owner of Chef Chai, knows this to be true. That’s why he’s introduced a new concept: Wiki Wiki Dinner Box, a weekly meal service…
Chef Chai at Pacifica is celebrating its seventh anniversary in the tastiest way possible, with a seven-course meal featuring dishes from chef Chai Chaowasaree’s childhood growing up in Bangkok. Available July 17-24, the extravagant feast is the perfect family-style feast…
In honor of dads, Chef Chai has prepared a special Father’s Day menu that’s available for dine-in or curbside pickup/takeout June 20-21. Located at Pacifica Honolulu (across from Neal S. Blaisdell Center on Kapiolani Boulevard), the restaurant reopened its dining…
Chai Chaowasaree knows a thing or two about whipping up creative fare with local ingredients — he’s one of the state’s top Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs and Zagat Award winner — and he’s sharing his culinary talents with families during…
ANNE LEE speaks with founder CHEF CHAI CHAOWASAREE I recently got to chat with local culinary expert chef Chai Chaowasaree. Despite closing his restaurant — which is aptly named Chef Chai, too — for at least another month, he won’t…
For a truly convivial happy hour in handsome surroundings with some of the tastiest pupus in town, head for Chef Chai at Pacifica Honolulu. A master of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, legendary chef/owner Chai Chaowasaree offers a satisfying menu of appetizers…