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Hawaiian Food & Island Favorites
**This site is currently under construction.**
Our Menu
Inspired by the traditions of our island cuisines.
Menu items may change upon availability. Check our Facebook page to find out what we're offering for the week.
Our Daily Menu
Kalua Pork w/ Cabbage
Roast Pork w/ Brown Gravy
Teriyaki Chicken
Teriyaki Beef
The Hawaiian word Holoholo means to go somewhere; To travel, to cruise as in taking a stroll. You might want to holoholo by airplane, train, automobile or luxury cruise ship. The idea is to enjoy and discover something new or just take time to appreciate what we so easily take for granted in our busy lives. Even a short holoholo is enough time to clear your mind and get refreshed, so you can be ready to holoholo again!
Looking back to the days when the sugar and pineapple industries imported immigrant workers to Hawaii from all over Asia, the Pacific and beyond, creating a mixed plate of people, Hawaiians welcomed all malihini (newcomers) to the islands: Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Portuguese and Puerto Ricans and all who have followed!
They brought with them their recipes and cuisine. These are the same foods that we share with you today. These foods have sustained us, kept us strong and continue to remind us of who we are, where we came from and where we are going. Feeding people and sharing our food is how we perpetuate our culture and revive our memories of home.
Our Story
Who we are
We (George and Jackie Cadinha) were both born in Hawai'i, raised (and well fed!) on the island of Oahu. Our holoholo to the big Island of Oregon began in early 2015. Our niece was going to be a freshman at the University of Oregon and Uncle George wanted to be nearby in incase of an emergency...like she needed a home cooked meal!
Uncle George is considered the top chef in the family. He learned everything about food and cooking for crowds from his Tutu (grandmother) who was a professional chef of a popular local restaurant called The Flamingo Chuck Wagon. Tutu was perhaps better known for feeding the entire neighborhood. Tutu could cook anything.
George is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, English and Irish ancestry. A former professional hula dancer, he worked in Hawaii as a General Manager of his family's own transportation, lei greeting, and tour company and served as a consultant to several popular luau venues on Oahu. He enjoys singing, playing the ukulele, teaching hula and interpretive sign dance. As he serves the Lord with his life, George walks out his life scripture 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Jackie Cadinha is a Hapa Haole (half white) girl from Kailua, Oahu. Her mother was Hawaiian-Chinese and her daddy was a haole (white) man from Illinois, who won her mothers heart (and the affections of her 15 siblings) with his ability to bar-b-q.
Some of Jackie’s best childhood memories is having all of her Aunties and Uncle’s over the house every weekend. Cousins gathered together, singing and dancing and only stopping when it was time to eat. The smell of BBQ takes her back to those days and her Daddy’s Macaroni and cheese is still a family favorite more that Hawaiian Mac Salad!
As a young girl, Jackie traveled around the world entertaining, - dancing and singing Hawaiian music and sharing the spirit of aloha.
For over 30 years Jackie worked in Waikiki with the legendary King of Hawaiian entertainment - Don Ho. He shared his stage with her by night, calling her “Tiny Bubbles” but by day, Jackie Vice President and Director of marketing for Don Ho Enterprises. When they took the show on the road, Jackie was the Tour Manager and George was Don’s personal driver and bodyguard.
Don Ho was a great friend and a beloved mentor who continues to inspire both Jackie and George : Don Ho lived doing what he loved to do. Don said he never worked a day in his life because he made his work play.
