Quick Bites: Longhi’s

Longhi’s Ala Moana turns 12: Longhi’s is celebrating its 12th year on the island with more than 20 new dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast lovers may enjoy the tiramisu pancakes ($16), which consists of three pancakes layered with an espresso rum mascarpone and drizzled with chocolate sauce. Not an early riser? No worries — the pancakes will be available all day. There’s also a loco moco ($18) that is available for breakfast and lunch and features a prime beef patty on mushroom risotto and topped with a fried egg. The dinner version replaces the patty with a filet mignon ($36). There’s also gnocchi florentine ($9), crab stuffed grilled lobster (market price), a surf and turf ($69) that comes with a Maine lobster and petite Filet Longhi, and much more. Longhi’s opens at 7:30 a.m. on weekends and 8 a.m. Monday through Friday and closes at 10 p.m. nightly. Call 781-8888.

Meet the master of whiskey: Alan Wong’s Honolulu is hosting an evening with whiskey expert Tom Turner on WednesdayAug. 5. The $135 whisky-pairing meal consists of Kualoa oysters and bacon with Talisker 10-year Skye, Scotland; kiawe-smoked North Shore Farms tilapia with Johnnie Walker Black Label, Scotland; Hudson Valley foie gras and clams with Dalwhinnie 15-year Highland, Scotland; char siu pork and dumplings with Oban 14-year Highland/Coastal, Scotland; Niihau braised lamb and lamb leg with Bulleit Bourbon, Kentucky; and butterscotch pudding with Crown Royal Reserve, Canada. Reserve at 949-2526. The restaurant is at 1857 S. King St., third floor.

Double-dipping allowed: IHOP Restaurants introduced its lemon-strawberry and cinnamon sugar double-dipped French toasts this week. If you enjoy the eatery’s brioche French toast, you might want to give these a try. Both start with brioche bread dipped in vanilla batter. Then they get another dipping of crispy cornflakes and oatmeal before they are put on the griddle. They are finished off with the lemon strawberry or cinnamon sugar toppings. They will be on the menu until Sept. 20.

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