Ka Lamakua

Review by Cynthia McCoy. Watery espresso makes your blood boil with rage. Anyone who’s had it at a gas station or airport vending machine knows the feeling. For coffee addicts, it’s more like medicine than gratification; for aficionados, it’s a pointless pursuit for satisfaction. Almost always, finding a good cup of joe in a city [...]

Article and photography by Loraine Ho. Ravenous students are flocking to Campus Center nightly this week, to participate in the Veg Pledge and shovel down free vegetarian dinners. The UH Vegetarian Club has been concocting the gourmet delights in the squeaky-clean food lab at the Agricultural Science building. Club members rushed about in chef jackets, [...]

Review and photography by Phuong Do. I have never tasted any dessert quite like the chocolate tiramisù at Satura Cakes. It took me by complete surprise. Anything that looks so chocolaty must be very sweet, I thought, recalling the blueberry cake I could not finish (even with coffee) at Starbucks – or should I say the [...]

Review and photography by Phuong Do. “We could have high tea,” I suggested to a friend. “It’s too girly,” he laughed, then curled his pinkie and mimicked sipping tea. So my quest for a tea comrade continued. I do not see why tea is considered such a feminine activity in this country. It is believed [...]