Page 4 - Dining Out - March 21, 2021

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Story by
NICOLE MONTON
I f you haven’t tried a weekly Wiki Wiki Box from Chef Chai at Paci- fica, well, you’re missing out. It’s
where culinary craftsmanship meets convenience in the most delicious way possible, and those who have tried it before just can’t get enough. So loved are these special packages that nearly half of each week’s purchases are from returning customers.
“We wanted to give them quality and quantity,” says chef Chai Chao- wasaree. “We appreciate them, and they appreciate us.”
Wiki Wiki Boxes come in two sizes: regular (eight entrées, $120) and mini (four entrées, $75). Both come with two salads and two desserts.
Photos by
LAWRENCE TABUDLO
“You can have a whole dinner for four for just $75,” says Chaowasaree. And, you can eat well knowing that each Wiki Wiki Box purchase helps a
local organization.
“Our Wiki Wiki Boxes are very
popular among the nonprofits that we partner with, like Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Domestic Violence Action Center, American Lung Association and more,” shares Chaowasaree.
There’s still time to order a Wiki Wiki Box for pickup or delivery March 24. Featured entrées on this week’s menu are kung pao shrimp over Thai jasmine rice; fresh fish over penne pasta and mac nut pesto cream;
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Chef Chai Chaowasaree holds a Wiki Wiki Box, which is packed with rotating full meals every week.
Dine-in Destination
Chef Chai’s Wiki Wiki Boxes have been stealing the show as of late, but fans of the eatery’s beautiful ambiance and excellent service can choose to dine in from 4 to 10 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays. Expect the full menu, which means favorites, like crispy whole fish and oxtail soup, are up for grabs.
“We do our oxtail soup totally different than other restaurants,” says chef Chai Chaowasaree. “We do it Thai style with a lot of lemon grass, galangal and garlic, and we slow-cook the oxtail for eight hours.
It’s soft and tender, and falls off the bone.”