Taste Table

Taste on HPR

Brandon — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:41:32 +0000

The team behind Taste has designed a space that encourages chefs—and diners—to get to know each other and try new things. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa visited the new Kaka’ako restaurant to see what’s cooking.

listen to the interview

Kasbah Events Pop Up Dinner

Brandon — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:51:20 +0000

Tonight Taste hosted Chefs Holly Hadsel, Moumen El Hajji and Christoopher Hajji of Kasbah Events. On the Asian themed menu were items like Unagi Tostada, Haupia Shrimp Rissoto, Yum Yum Butterfish with Meyer Lemon Slaw and finally a Chicken Lollypop with Peanut Sauce. But let me tell you, words just can’t express how wonderful these dishes looked or how heavenly they tasted. And if great looking and delicious food isn’t good enough, the portion sizes were filling and the prices were very reasonable.

If tonight’s flavors are any indication of what is to come you may want to clear your dinner plans for Thursday’s Moroccan theme and Friday’s French theme and come down to Taste.

Check out the gallery of tonight’s dishes:

http://www.tastetable.com/gallery/kasbah-events/

Taste in Star-Advertiser

Brandon — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:07:49 +0000

…Noguchi will be as regular a dinner presence as the format allows. Beyond breakfast and lunch, TASTE will not conform to a regular schedule. Other nighttime mainstays will include the Pig & the Lady, Miso & Ale and Sweetbreads…. You can read the entire article at Honolulu Star-Advertiser – TASTE: Schedules, menus will fluctuate …

Taste Opens in Kakaako

Brandon — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:57:13 +0000

Taste Opens in Kaka’ako

Joleen Oshiro writes in the Honolulu Pulse, “Behind every great leader and every successful project are the organizers. These are the folks who brainstorm the innovative ideas and execute the tasks necessary to keep things moving forward.” more…

The CAT DISH

Brandon — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:31:40 +0000

What do you get when you put an innovative entrepreneurs in a vacant kitchen in Kakaako?

You get something fresh and new on Oahu’s food scene — and something worth checking out.
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Taste on Hawaii News Now

Brandon — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:48:58 +0000

TASTE’s daily breakfast and lunch menu will feature many of the familiar faces eaters are used to seeing from a lunch truck window or at Eat the Street. During the day expect to find a delicious mix of popular food truck owners, street food vendors and pop up restaurants serving up their own twist on fast, affordable, fresh food.

“This is a great opportunity for Hawaii’s food entrepreneurs to have a chance at operating a brick and mortar space without all the risks involved in opening up one of their own” says Poni Askew. Our goals to provide them with a space and the training and knowledge needed to survive in this tough industry.

TASTE will feature a combination of in-house special series meals created by Chef Gooch intermixed with pop-up meals created by guest Chefs. For dinner, think a restaurant turned dinner party. Dinner will be served five days a week (Monday- Sat.) with a fixed menu that will change each day. The menu changes, the chef changes and sometimes so will the furniture.

Most always, there will be a set menu, pre-purchased reservations and an intimate group of diners sampling the featured chef’s latest experiment. Chefs already in line to fill the space include Leanne Wong of Food Network’s ‘Unique Eats’, Miso & Ale, and Pig and the Lady.

TASTE will offer cooking classes, Chef demos, tastings, and culinary specific skills training. From workshops such as small-business insurance practices to marketing and sanitation skills, Taste will provide continued education for those interested in legitimizing their food businesses.

Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL

Taste in Contrast Magazine

Brandon — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:14:17 +0000

A new addition to the booming Kaka`ako district aims to create a new table that flips the traditional restaurant model upside down. It’s not a restaurant, it’s not quite a pop-up, it’s more of a venue for everything food. TASTE, Hawaii’s first “Food Venue” is set to open this Saturday, October 27th at 6pm. TASTE will be under the direct supervision of Chef Mark “Gooch” Noguchi. TASTE’s trio of young business collaborators include Street Grindz creators of Eat the Street, Poni and Brandon Askew; Under My Umbrella, owned and operated by Amanda Corby and Pili Hawaii, a food group recently co-founded by Chef “Gooch” and Corby. The diversity of this crew’s talent offers a powerful yet well balanced plate.

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Come To Table

Brandon — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:01:12 +0000

Forget farm-to-table, organic, even popup.
They’re old news, established already, here to stay.

The new buzz word in the food world (and the business world in general) is “hub”–as in an accretion of like-mind people and businesses supporting each other, trading ideas, brainstorming, sharing space, creating synergies, teaching and learning together.

One such hub is Taste, at 667 Auahi, in the former Aikane Café space, where several of the hottest names on the Oahu food scene, and a gaggle of their friends, are joining forces.

The players include Chef Mark Noguchi (formerly of He’eia Kea Pier Deli & General Store) and his catering business, Pili Hawaii; Poni Askew of Eat the Street; the Le family of Pig and the Lady; …