Renowned chef and restaurateur Roy Yamaguchi will open Roy’s Beach House restaurant at Oahu’s Turtle Bay Resort in the second quarter of 2016.
The restaurant will succeed the current Ola at Turtle Bay, established by Fred DeAngelo, who recently took over operation of Heeia Pier General Store & Deli.
“Roy’s Beach House will be a magnificent new offering to our resort experience,” said Danna Holck, vice president and general manager of the resort, in a news release.
“A warm mahalo goes to Chef Fred and Cheryl DeAngelo and the wonderful team at Ola for the many years of delicious cuisine, superb service and relaxing ambiance they have provided,” Holck continued.
No reason for the new restaurant deal was given.
Ola will close after service Dec. 15.
Disabled Pasha ship to return to LA
The disabled Spirit container ship that was going to be towed 2,000 miles to Honolulu will instead be turned around and brought to Los Angeles, the ship’s operator, Pasha Hawaii, announced Tuesday.
The Spirit encountered a problem with its propeller Sept. 6, one day into what is normally a four-day trip from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Pasha initially informed customers that it planned to have a tugboat tow the vessel the rest of the way, with an estimated Sept. 22 arrival in Honolulu, where cargo would be unloaded and the ship repaired.
Now Pasha said a situation requires that the ship be turned around. It is projected to arrive in Los Angeles Monday.
Affected cargo, including refrigerated containers that have not lost power, will be put on other Pasha ships headed to Honolulu. Pasha said it also has secured space on some vessels of its competitor Matson over the next two weeks.
Pasha operates six ships, including the Spirit and three others it acquired earlier this year from Horizon Lines to expand its Hawaii service.
Local tea and spice shop marks opening
Herbologie will open its shop and cafe to the public with a grand opening Friday and Saturday.
The shop will sell the Herbologie brand of bottled local tea drinks, locally and organically grown spices, and made-to-order salads and sandwiches.
In addition to bottled preparations of the teas, Herbologie white mulberry and mamaki teas will be sold in leaf and tea bag form. The shop also will sell powdered turmeric, ginger and noni.
The cafe will serve salads starting at $6.75, while sandwiches will be $7.99 and teas and coffees start at $2.75.
The herb shop and tea bar also will host meditation, nutrition and pau hana events.
The Herbologie Studio is at 318 Kamani St., a block Ewa of Ward Avenue.
ON THE MOVE
Watanabe Ing has announced that Ross T. Shinyama is a partner in their firm. He practices in Watanabe Ing’s commercial litigation group and represents clients in civil lawsuits and disputes in the areas of labor and employment, commercial litigation, medical malpractice and construction defects.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Travel Industry Management has announced that Jinhyun Jun is an assistant professor. She received her doctorate in hospitality management from Iowa State University, where she was involved in two food safety grant projects funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2014 she received the Research Excellence Award from Iowa State University.
