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The Modern Honolulu has filled the restaurant space left vacant by the departure of Morimoto’s with Ravish, featuring a Pacific Rim menu designed by executive chef Fred DeAngelo.
The restaurant opened Thursday.
Morimoto’s closed earlier this month as chef/owner Masaharu Morimoto turned his focus to two restaurants he is opening in the Pacific Beach Hotel, now undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation and to be renamed Alohilani Resort at Waikiki Beach.
DeAngelo’s credentials include the former Palomino’s in Harbor Court and Ola at the Turtle Bay Resort.
He describes the menu as “soul-infused,” incorporating many Pacific cuisines.
It lists a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and raw items including Tahitian poisson cru and a “seasonal ceviche” that incorporates lilikoi. From the land and sea sections of the menu come Pohaku Kai, a Hawaiian bouillabaisse heated with river stones, and a half-chicken with black truffle.
Ravish is open 5 to 10 p.m. daily, with happy hour until 7 p.m. Call 943-5900 or visit ravishhonolulu.com.
Market Place adds pizzeria
Another restaurant joins the roster at the International Market Place as Flour & Barley — Brick Oven Pizza Waikiki opens Thursday.
The location is the third Flour & Barley, which also has restaurants in Las Vegas and San Diego.
The restaurant uses San Marzano tomatoes and whole-milk mozzarella over wood-fired crusts in contemporary pizzas such as the Farm House with smoked bacon, cotto ham, fennel sausage, roasted onion and fried eggs. Italian-style appetizers, pasta dishes and salads round out the menu, along with craft cocktails and 150 different beers.
Chef Adam Kamahele is incorporating local produce and Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean and Filipino flavors to pizzas that will be special to the Waikiki location. Consider the Aloha Pie with pineapple, Spam, smoked bacon and chilies; as well as pies made with kalua pork and teriyaki shrimp.
Call 892-2993 or visit flourandbarley.com.
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