Yauatcha Waikiki — which has a sister restaurant in Houston — is donating 15 percent of sales of select items to support the city’s victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Through Oct. 1, funds will go to the Greater Houston Community Foundation from orders of the Lychee & Rose Martini, created specially for the benefit; Sea Prawns Dumpling with caviar, a new item; and the Raspberry Delice dessert.
Yauatcha is in the International Market Place in Waikiki.
FIREFIGHTERS FIRE UP SKILLET SKILLS AT BENEFIT
Top firefighting cooks will heat up the kitchen with their best dishes next week, working alongside chefs from the Waikiki hotels during a benefit dinner at the Royal Hawaiian hotel.
The Honolulu Firefighters Foundation’s Signature Chef’s Food Festival runs 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 15.
Firefighter Jordan Santos will prepare roasted pork belly with guava-habanero sauce, blue cheese mash and apple slaw, while firefighter Gary Atud will deliver candied banana rolls with ube glaze and vanilla ice cream.
From the Royal Hawaiian’s Chris Kirksey: the Loco, a foie gras-stuffed wild eland patty served with truffle puffed rice. David Lukela, Moana Surfrider: Nutella, banana and foie gras sandwiches. Darren Demaya, Sheraton Waikiki: soy-bonito-crusted ahi slider. Aaron Love III, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani: shrimp grits, garlic cheese grits and jalapeno cornbread. Lyndon Honda, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa: hoisin lengua mole bao buns.
Proceeds will support the Honolulu Fire Museum and Education Center on South Street as well as a variety of fire prevention efforts, such as the Smoke Alarms for Everyone Program, which provides free smoke detectors to Oahu kupuna. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1186 installs them for free in thousands of homes.
Tickets are $175; tables for 10 are $3,000. Call 386-7728 or email chefs festival@gmail.com.
COOKING CLASSES RESUME IN KCC KITCHENS
Authentic Italian and Chinese cooking, comfort foods, dishes that support health and wellness, and baking basics all are part of the fall semester continuing education series at Kapiolani Community College.
Chef-instructors David Brown and Aaron Chau of KCC, Salvo Coppola, Fortuna Cooley and Alyssa Moreau will teach several classes in line with their specialties during weekend classes, some of which will be at the newly opened Culinary Institute of the Pacific.
Beginning Sept. 16, 18 classes will be offered, most at $92.
Classes are open to the public. Registration is underway online at 808ne.ws/kccfallclasses. Or call 734-9211.
