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Hawaiian Food: Luau Recipes: Luau Food & Drinks: Planning a Luau Party: Hawaiiian Luau Party Ideas: Summer Party Ideas copper fire pit What followed the invention of fire? The party. That's because once man had a warm, inviting place to gather, everyone wanted to congregate in his cave. Not much has changed today except the quality of the fire pit. This one is made of heavy-gauge solid copper by artisans in Turkey. Earthenware Servers with Scrolled Wirework Stands Summer Barbeques @ lillianvernon.com Summer Bright Placemats and Napkins Galvanized Tin Tub and Stand A great cooler or planter! Watertight oval tub is tarnish- and rust-resistant, has brass handles and base, holds oceans of ice. Name or saying custom-engraved to 15 letters per line, 2-line limit. Bright Plastic Goblets-Set of 12 Light Up Multi-Color Lei A fun and festive way to accessorize for those nighttime luaus! See Luau Costumes & Accessories Inflatable Palm Tree Beverage Cooler 6 ft Perfect to match your luau party decorations! Westbury Folding Bar ON SALE NOW! Effortless entertaining on a portable teak bar. It sets up for outdoor drink making and serving with built-in countertop and sectional shelves. Bar folds up when not in use. More Garden & Patio Furniture Planning a Luau: Luau Recipes return to Planning a Summer Party: Main Index Luau Recipes Featured Cookbook Alan Wong's New Wave Luau: Recipes from Honolulu's Award-Winning Chef Chosen Best Regional Chef for the Pacific Northwest in 1996 by the James Beard Foundation, Wong is a master of multicultural cooking. Called Hawaiian Regional Cuisine, his dishes fuse local ingredients and traditions with foods and techniques from Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Taking the succulent meat from whole Kalua Pig, pit-roasted luau style, he uses it in a risotto dotted with corn and crunchy water chestnuts, then enriched with truffle butter. He also features this smoky pork in nachos built on crunchy taro chips, topped with chile-spiked guacamole. His Surf and Turf, for example, features grilled beef tenderloin and a Kona lobster tail wrapped around a scallop. They are served with a roasted potato topped with wasabi-spiked mashed potatoes. This potato sprouts leaves of tat soi, an Asian green, and spiraling antennae of fried linguini. Grilled marinated mushrooms and asparagus add to the plate, which is drizzled with a sauce combining cream, truffle butter, and soy vinaigrette. Then it is ringed with shining dots of basil oil and finished with a sprinkling of chives and diced tomato. Lest this strenuous cooking intimidate you, it is easy to make Wong's Asian Guacamole flavored with ginger and sake, Five Spice Risotto rich with shiitake mushrooms, and Asian Ratatouille, unexpectedly enhanced with oyster sauce and sesame oil. Each adds immeasurably to a meal of grilled fish or store-bought roast chicken. Anyone with an ice-cream maker must try the recipes for tropical Guava, Lychee-Ginger, and Mango Lime ice cream, and a quartet of memorably exotic, liquored sorbets. More Hawaiian Cookbooks Luau Recipes & Food Ideas Pineapple Serving Bowl If you are planning a Luau Party for kids, a Luau wedding reception or bridal shower, luau birthday party or luau graduation party, of course you are going to want to serve great luau food to get everyone in the tropical mood. Here you will find Hawaiian luau recipes (some featuring traditional luau food, some more experimental but still with the luau theme) to help you plan a luau menu that is truly exceptional. Luau party recipes can vary depending on what kind of a party you are hosting, so we've included luau food recipes that cover all tastes and sizes, and luau drink recipes too. Kids luau recipes, luau party food for adults, easy luau recipes for those who get hives just thinking about the kitchen...we've done out best to see that there's at least one luau food idea in here to suit just about everyone! Most people aren't going to roast a "kalua pig" in an imu, usually the centerpiece of a traditional luau menu, but fortunately, there are many other luau food options that are less time consuming and totally delicious. For appetizers, consider creating your own pupu platter, which is basically a platter of hors d'oeuvres, island style. Tropical Flower Plates Consume your canapés on these porcelain plates embossed with florid colors and colorful flowers. Each savory snack will be all the tastier atop the lilies and hibiscuses of these practical plates. Dishwasher and microwave safe. To make sure your guest are well fed, and keep with the spirit of the luau experience, include a few traditional luau foods such as poi, papaya, pineapple and sweet potatoes in your menu. Poi is a thick, purple-colored paste made by pounding taro. Poi can be bought fresh or "day-old," which will have a more sour flavor to it. Slice fresh pineapple in half, cutting out the inside of the fruit (you can cut this into pieces and serve this separately), then fill with tuna or chicken salad. Even if you purchase a prepared salad from a local deli, throw in some fruit and nuts, like pineapple, papaya, mango, mandarin oranges, grapes, slivered almonds or walnuts for a truly tropical experience. Below are some luau recipes featuring some traditional luau dishes, and some that would just go with a luau theme. Vegetarian and vegan Hawaiian recipes are also included in this selection. Hawaiian Luau Recipes: Appetizers This section is new for July 2005. Please note, if a recipe you want is not up yet, send email with your request, and that recipe will jump to the front of the additions list, and probably be up in a day or so. Macadamia Nut Ahi Poke with Furikake Crisp Kalua Pork Dumplings (Gyoza) with Pineapple-Tomato Salsa Hawaiian Curried Avocado Poi Char Sui (Chinese Spare Ribs) Kalua Pork Spring Rolls Traditional Laulau Chicken & Pumpkin Lau Lau Vegetarian Lau Lau Table Skirt-Natural Raffia w/Flowers Not Eating Enough Leafy Greens?Drink Them! From $1 per day! Tiki Citronella Candles Main Course Hawaiian Luau Recipes Macadamia Nut-Crusted Mahi Mahi Beurre Blanc Huli Huli Grilled Chicken Hibachi Mahi Mahi with Pineapple – Papaya Salsa Hawaiian Salad with Sauteed Shrimp Chicken 'Ono Nui Chicken Luau Hawaiian Shrimp Kebabs Hawaiian Grilled Fish With Papaya Relish Chicken Katsu Hawaiian Roasted Pork (Kalua Pig) Chicken Macadamia Hawaiian Shepherd’s Pie Mango Hawaiian Chicken Salad Hawaiian Curry Hawaiian Teriyaki Chicken or Beef Summer Flower Deals at 1-800-Flowers (Thru August 31st.) Save 10% on Birthday Flowers & Gifts Use code 5BD at checkout! Summer Rose Sale!! Save up to $50! Buy 24 Sweetheart Roses, Get 24 Free! (while supplies last) Hawaiian Luau Side Dish Recipes Ginger Coconut Fried Rice Portuguese Sweet Bread (Hawaiian Bread) Macadamia Nut Rice Pilaf Green Papaya Salad Hawaiian Sweet Potato Packets Chicken Long Rice Banana Bread Mango Hawaiian Bread Papaya Coleslaw Mashed Taro w/Lemon Grass and Ginger (Vegan) Lomi Lomi Salmon Aloha Sweet Potatoes Luau Dessert Recipes Luau dessert recipes be something along the lines of a traditional Hawaiian dessert or a dessert with a tropical theme. Of course, accompany your dessert with some Kona coffee. Here are some of my favorite Luau dessert ideas just to inspire you, but feel free to get creative using Hawaiian ingredients and invent your own: Kulolo Pineapple Upside Down Cake Coconut Cream Pie Miniature Macadamia Nut Tart White Chocolate Sweet Potato Cake Pineapple Tea Cakes Hawaiian Mango Cream Pie Chamorro Style Bread Pudding with Fresh Bananas and Macadamia Nuts Sam’s Big Island Macadamia Nut Brownies Pineapple Haupia Hawaiian Sweet Potato Cake w/ Pineapple Ice Cream & Coconut Crème Fraîche Coconut Cake Haupia (Coconut Pudding) Vegan Mango Upside Down Cake Macadamia Nut Phyllo Sticks Organic Kona Coffee (100%) Fresh-roasted and direct from the plantation in Kona, medium roast, whole bean 16oz. As featured on the Food & Wine Radio Network. See More Coffee Organic Acai Juice The Acai Berry, has 2x the antioxidants of blueberries and high levels of omega fatty acids, and an almost perfect complex of amino acids and vital trace minerals, is also considered to have the best nutritional value of any fruit. Oh, and did I mention they taste just like blueberries? Luau Drink Recipes Tiki Bar Sign More featured luau party decorations More Tropical Cocktail Recipe Books Hawaiian cocktail recipes and non alcoholic luau drink ideas are generally things with a tropical flair such as a Mai Tai , Blue Hawaiian , Hawaiian Cocktail or Scorpion . Basically any drink that uses fruit juices and rum will pass as a Hawaiian cocktail, and many of these tropical drinks you may think of as Hawaiian are actually inventions of the 1950's Polynesian Hollywood kitsch club scene. If you prefer to set out a punch bowl for your luau guests, a Hawaiian Punch is always a sure-fire fruity hit. Some non-alcoholic luau drink ideas are still drinks that pack plenty of fruity taste, but just do it without the alcohol, like a Banana-Mango Smoothie or a Virgin Strawberry Colada .

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Remove all filters Course Breads Rolls/Biscuits Quick Breads Muffins Breakfast Desserts Cakes Lunch/Snacks Main Ingredient Eggs/Dairy Eggs Fruit Nuts Tropical Bananas Mango Pineapple Vegetables Pasta, Rice & Grains Grains Cuisine North American United States Western Californian Pacific Northwest Oceania Hawaiian Asian Preparation Equipment Oven Small Appliance Inexpensive Number of Servings Simple Time to Make Presentation Finger Food Occasion Brunch Dinner Party Gifts Holiday/Event Non-Religious Valentines Day Religious Christmas Easter Hanukkah Novelty Bizarre Seasonal Summer Taste/Mood Comfort Food Spicy Sweet To Go... Potluck Picnic Dietary High in... High Calcium Kid Pleaser Lighter Fare Vegetarian Low in... Low Sodium Banana Macadamia Nut Bread by Rita L (2 reviews) A Tropical Hawaiian Treat! Lots of yummy nuts in this banana quick bread. #125843 Save to My Cookbook Mango Macadamia Bread by Rita L (2 reviews) Tropical Hawaiian bread made with mangos and macadamia nuts with warming spices of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger and yes a pinch of cayenne pepper. #125839 Save to My Cookbook Hale Koa Macadamia Nut Muffins by Lvs2Cook When we lived in Hawaii, we went to brunch at the Hale Koa many times and they always served these wonderful muffins. #121350 Save to My Cookbook Sugar -free Pineapple Nut Bread by 1Steve A simple to make recipe for pineapple lovers who can't afford the calories of sugar ;) #98145 Save to My Cookbook Best Hawaiian Coconut Loaf by Scandigirl Skafte Thought I would share my Coconut Loaf as I'm looking at all my recipes from our time living in Hawaii. #88838 Save to My Cookbook Aloha ! Bread by Lorac (4 reviews) A tropical treat! An easy quick bread for any occasion. #39031 Save to My Cookbook Loaded Macadamia Nut Bread by Karen=^..^= (3 reviews) This yummy quick bread is loaded with nuts, coconut and pineapples. Very easy to make and extremely satisfying. #33709 Save to My Cookbook Hawaiian Mango Bread by Lorac (8 reviews) On the Islands,it's traditional to make and give this tropical fruit-nut bread as a gift. Imagine this bread toasted and buttered or made into French toast! From Sam choy's "Island Flavors". #30296 Save to My Cookbook Mango-Macadamia Muffins by 1Steve (4 reviews) These go well with coffee or tea for breakfast or a nice snack. #23589 Save to My Cookbook Kona Coffee Cup Muffins by 1Steve Specialty Recipe Courtesy Kiwi Gardens Bed and Breakfast, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Serving these in the coffee cups they were baked in lends both an elegant and whimsical touch to any meal.Kona is just the name of a coffe bean grown in Hawaii any... #23136 Save to My Cookbook Hawaiian Zucchini Bread by Grace Guderjahn (5 reviews) This is a moist, sweet bread. Children love it and never know that they are eating a vegetable. Many years ago a friend went to Hawaii and gave me this recipe when she came back. I baked it for my children and it was always a favorite after school... #11984 Save to My Cookbook Pineapple muffins from Hawaii by Charishma Ramchandani (2 reviews) #9337 Save to My Cookbook Having Trouble? Try these... Search within these results for: Use the Category List on the left to narrow results. Post a Request for the Recipe and we'll help you find it. Ask a chef your question in our Cooking Q & A forum. 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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business — ADVERTISEMENT — Sunday, October 17, 2004 DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM Yoshi Takahashi amuses his friends Kimi Toi and Michi Ogino with a wetsuit that's a little too small at the Xcel store in the Ward Village Shops. Hey! Big spenders New research shows just where tourists drop their money during stays in Hawaii By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@starbulletin.com ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRYANT FUKUTOMI / BFUKUTOMI@STARBULLETIN.COM China / South Korea travelers » More than 50 percent of these Asian visitors are first-timers and about a quarter of them come as part of a package tour. » Most come to visit friends or family (more than 28 percent), on business, or as part of a stopover, as stringent Visa requirements and a lack of flights has made Hawaii a difficult vacation destination. » In terms of activities, they are statistically similar to Americans, but plan to spend more money. » Most plan to attend a luau and 30 percent intend to play golf, the most of any other group surveyed. United States travelers » American travelers plan to stay longer and spend the least amount of money on retail and souvenirs. » They are most likely to engage in sports like running, scuba or going to the gym, but have the smallest percentage of people who planned to swim or sunbathe. » Americans are more likely to attend a luau, go to a Hawaiian history or cultural event and buy Hawaiian clothing and souvenirs than Japan or other Asian travelers. » They enjoy shopping at convenience stores, malls or hotel stores. They are also the most likely to go to a museum or art gallery or eat in high-end restaurants. Japan travelers » More than 60 percent of Japan travelers come to Hawaii as part of a package group. » These visitors plan to stay the least amount of time and spend the most money. » They are most likely to come to Hawaii to celebrate a wedding or honeymoon than any other group. » They are most interested in going to the beach and shopping while in Hawaii, but few plan to do any activities or eat in high-end restaurants. » They enjoy shopping across the board from outlet and discount stores to designer boutiques. While tourists from Japan and the mainland still pump plenty of money into Hawaii's retail stores, a more global mix of visitors is at the heart of Hawaii's improved tourism outlook, and their preferences are worlds apart. A new cross-cultural study from the University of Hawaii is available to help retailers take stock of what tourists buy, so local stores can match merchandise with spending habits. University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears randomly surveyed more than 1,000 Waikiki tourists to determine cultural differences regarding their reasons for coming to Hawaii, their desire to shop and what purchases they planned to make during their stay. "Not all tourists are alike," Rosenbaum said. "Your target market should greatly impact how you merchandise and what products you stock." Hawaii's retail history gives businesses strong reasons to diversify their customer base, said retail analyst Stephany Sofos. "In the 1980s, the Japanese people came fast and furious and those who didn't cater to them were left out. Now it's changing, and as visitor groups change, retailers are having to figure out what their market is from one day to the next," Sofos said. The University of Hawaii study can help tourist-dependent businesses identify how to best keep their customers happy and how to increase spending from other visitor groups, Spears said. Their research showed that Japanese tourists plan to spend $1,400 on gifts and souvenirs during their stay in Hawaii, which is substantially more than all other visitor groups. According to the study, Chinese and Koreans spend about $750 on retail items and Americans spend around $600. They also found differences when it came to purchasing local foods, clothing and engaging in outdoor activities as well as differences in why these tourists groups were coming to Hawaii. For example, Americans and Japanese came to Hawaii primarily to vacation, while the Chinese and South Korean visitors were in Hawaii primarily to visit family members. Chinese visitors can only travel for leisure to a few designations, which does not include Hawaii. "Most Japanese will spend their vacation shopping at both high-end and discount retailers," Rosenbaum said, adding that data also confirmed the love-affair Japanese have with designer items. Nearly 60 percent of the Japanese visitors surveyed planned to visit Hawaii's designer boutiques; in contrast, only 35 percent of Americans planned to do so. However, the number of Japan travelers who plan to purchase products made in Hawaii, such as coffee, food and clothing, is lower than other groups. "The Japanese are the answer to our luxury business - not our economy," Rosenbaum said, adding that purchases of locally made products create more jobs and ultimately bring more benefit to the state. Visitors, who spend about $3 billion annually on retail goods in Hawaii, make up about 15 percent of the state's $19 billion retail market, said Carol Pregill, president of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii. The islands drew 6.4 million visitors last year, about two-thirds of them from the mainland. "Shopping is the third largest expenditure, next to food and lodging, for visitors," Pregill said, adding that about 20 percent of visitor expenditures can be attributed to shopping. "That's huge when you consider that shopping is a discretionary expense," Pregill said, and is an important part of a visitor's experience. But to make Hawaii shopping attractive to visitors it has to be distinctive, said Frank Haas, marketing director for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. "You can shop in Hong Kong and Las Vegas; what we need to know is what's distinctive about shopping in Hawaii," Haas said. As Oahu's visitor market stays strong, many retailers are going to take advantage of more visitor-based opportunities, said Jeffrey Hall, senior director of research at CB Richard Ellis. "There's huge amount of interest in redoing resort retail, especially in Waikiki," Hall said. According to market reports, Waikiki has a high number of retail vacancies, but in three to four years the sector will be more bullish as Waikiki renovation projects come to fruition, Hall forecasts. "The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is rapidly changing. The Beach Walk and the International Market Place projects are just getting under way," Hall said. "Expect that in a few years Waikiki will be an entirely different place." Any shift in visitor demographics changes the way businesses advertise their products. "It's important to know who is coming and what you need for inventory," Pregill said. "Inventory is a huge expense and no one wants to be stuck with goods that no one want to buy." That's where the Rosenbaum and Spears study comes in, said Anne Murata, marketing director of the Festival Cos., which manages the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. Murata said she purchased the study because it's the first retail survey in Hawaii that breaks data into small categories such as visitors' reasons for traveling to Hawaii, ability to spend and where they spend their money. Retailers are especially interested on the data about Chinese and South Korean visitors, she said. While Chinese and Korean visitors have more in common with Americans in terms of overall spending, their spending habits are very similar to the Japanese visitor market when it was new, Murata said. In the 1990s, when the Japanese tourism boom to Hawaii was growing, the state's largest industry went to great lengths to cater to their needs. Japanese signs ruled Waikiki marketing; but then the bubble burst and retailers had to regroup to stay in business. "We've been trained to think only in terms of U.S. westbound and Japan travelers," she said. "But our retail market is becoming increasingly global and we're starting to see more travelers from China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the U.S. East." Japanese visitor arrivals to Hawaii, which peaked at 2.2 million in 1997, fell to 1.3 million last year in response to a weakened Japanese economy and geopolitical troubles. Retailers say the market has rebounded, but it's time for those eyeing Hawaii's improved market to use the isles' changing tourist patterns to help determine what's in store. Although the China travel market to Hawaii is small, representing less than 1 percent of Hawaii's total visitors in 2002, state officials have identified it as a market with enormous potential. New research shows that Chinese tourists are now the biggest spenders in the Asia-Pacific region by average credit card transaction size, according to a study released by Visa. The report, published last week in the Financial Times, said Chinese cardholders on average spent $253 per transaction while traveling. The World Tourism Organization has also estimated that China will produce 100 million outbound tourists by 2020 and members of Hawaii's public and private sector want their share. "Just like we geared retail to the Japan market in its heyday, someday I expect we'll see retail signs in Chinese and Korean, too," Murata said. According to the Rosenbaum and Spears survey, the Chinese, enjoy participating in new activities, but look for familiarity in restaurants - characteristics similar to Japanese visitors before Hawaii became a common destination, "They only want to eat in Chinese restaurants," Rosenbaum said. But, more important for retailers is that the Chinese also appear to have a taste for luxury goods. "The Chinese, like the Japanese, also want to purchase luxury goods as gifts to take home," Spears said. While retailers need accurate data to capture their audience, there is one sure plan that works across cultures, Murata said. "One thing you can always sell them is the aloha spirit - that's an approach that works with visitors from China to Lithuania," Murata said. BACK TO TOP | The Hawaii experience A new University of Hawaii study of tourist spending habits raised some interesting questions. For instance, do Japan travelers, who planned to spend $1,400 on gifts and souvenirs during their stay in Hawaii, really contribute the most money to Hawaii's economy? While Americans, who planned to spend about $600 on retail, and Chinese/ Koreans, who planned to spend about $750, lagged behind in overall spending, the data showed that these groups spent significantly more on made-in-Hawaii products. The percentage of visitors planning to buy each product: Items USA / Canada Japan China / South Korea Hawaiian coffee 53.1 38.4 70.8 Macadamia nuts 66.8 52.2 75.5 Pineapples 37.4 7.3 30.2 Hawaiian candies 35.7 12.3 35.8 Hawaiian clothing 47.3 21.7 43.4 Hawaiian souvenirs 60.9 41.1 58.5 Source: University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears Where it all goes Percentage of visitors doing the following activities: Activities U.S. Japan China/Korea Honeymoon/wedding 6.8 18.2 4.7 Visit family/friends 13.4 3.8 28.3 Part of Packaged tour 15.8 61.3 25.5 Buying designer clothes 29.2 34.9 37.7 Golf 16.0 5.6 30.2 Tour bus 30.9 25.2 37.7 Beach 77.4 78.3 84.0 Fine dining 58.2 8.5 49.1 Culture/History 64.2 27.3 43.4 Luau 59.7 16.1 62.3 Designer boutiques 35.1 59.2 41.5 Mall 65.4 74.5 75.5 Characteristics of visitors' stays: Visit U.S. Japan China/Korea Planned Expenditures $644 $1,416 $745 Length of Stay in Hawaii 12 days 7 days 11 days Source: University of Hawaii marketing professor Mark Rosenbaum and travel industry management professor Dan Spears — ADVERTISEMENTS — — ADVERTISEMENTS — | | | PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION E-mail to Business Editor BACK TO TOP Text Site Directory: [News] [Business] [Features] [Sports] [Editorial] [Do It Electric!] [Classified Ads] [Search] [Subscribe] [Info] [Letter to Editor] [Feedback] © 2004 Honolulu Star-Bulletin -- http://starbulletin.com -Advertisement-

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