Chef to cover chocolate and noodles

Chef Alyssa Moreau has two cooking classes on the menu:

>> For most of us chocolate is a sweet treat, but Moreau teaches how to use it in savory dishes, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road. In the lineup are an enchilada dish with mole sauce, a green salad with chocolate vinaigrette and a sweet chocolate dessert.

Fee: $25. Registration required; call 988-0456 or visit 808ne.ws/chocolatecooking.

>> Moreau explains how to make all sorts of noodles at a demonstration noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at The Green House, 224 Pakohana St. On the menu: zucchini noodles with almond kaffir coconut sauce, gluten-free pasta with basil cashew cream and cold spicy noodles with grilled tofu.

Cost is $30. Advance registration required. Call 524-8427 or visit thegreenhousehawaii.com.

Wine, dainty treats certain to please

Enjoy an evening of “Cabaret, Chocolate! Wine!” on Feb. 13 at First Unitarian Church of Honolulu.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a silent auction and light pupu, followed by a tasting of 12 wines, Champagnes and brandies paired with petits fours and chocolates by Boston chocolatier Cynthia Lynch.

All this, and live jazz by composer Jeff Kim and singer Leslie Horn, at the church at 2500 Pali Highway. Tickets are $45 at UnitariansOfHI.org, or call 265-6551.

Class features Middle Eastern taste

Liven up your chicken repertoire with flavors of the Middle East at a class Feb. 20 at Kapiolani Community College led by chef Magdy Elzoheiry, a native of Egypt.

The class, 8 a.m. to noon, will feature a Moroccan tagine (stew) with preserved lemon and green olives; a Tunisian dish with figs, mint and walnuts; and a Persian recipe for koresh fesenjan, or braised chicken with pomegranate, molasses and walnut.

Fee is $94. Class will be held in Ohia 109/112. Register at 808ne.ws/moroccanclass.

5 isle restaurants on ‘romantic’ list

Five Hawaii restaurants are included on a list of the 100 Most Romantic Restaurants in America: Capische at the Hotel Wailea on Maui; La Mer at Halekulani and Michel’s at the Colony Surf in Waikiki; Tidepools at the Grand Hyatt Kauai in Poipu; and ‘Ulu Ocean Grill and Sushi Lounge at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Kaupulehu, Hawaii.

The list was released Monday by OpenTable.com, an online dining and review site. Reviews of more than 5 million OpenTable users submitted between Dec. 7, 2014, and Dec. 6 were analyzed to compile the list.