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salad and pan-fried fish with mango relish round out the haute-fusion menu. A small jazz
combo serenades most evenings. Reservations advised.
Green Door
SOUTHEAST ASIAN $$$
(
533-0606; 1110 Nuʻuanu Ave; mains $7-13; 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 6-8:30pm Wed-Sat)
Behind the lime-green-painted door, service is infamously slow and brusque. But the
food is worth sticking around for, especially Nyonya (Straits Chinese-Malaysian) classics
such as coconut-chicken curry. With just four tables squeezed inside, waits can be very
long.
Mabuhay Cafe & Restaurant
FILIPINO $$$
(1049 River St; mains $6-13; 10am-9pm)
Red-and-white checked tablecloths and a juke-
box should clue you in that this is a mom-and-pop joint. They've been cooking up pots
full of succulent, garlic-laden pork
adobo
(spicy marinaded meat) and
kare-kare
(oxtail
stew) on this same sketchy street corner since the 1960s.
JJ Dolan's Pizza Pub
PIZZA $$$
(
www.jjdolans.com
;
1147 Bethel St; pizzas from $16; 11am-2am Mon-Sat)
Two guys running a
sociable Irish pub in Chinatown, baking NYC-style pizza and pouring cold beer. What's
not to like?
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Ala Moana & Around
A bevy of locally famous restaurants are hidden around Ala Moana Center mall.
Home Bar & Grill
LOCAL $
(1683 Kalakaua Ave; shared plates $6-15; 2pm-2am)
Run by fun-loving young chefs who
graduated from Alan Wong's kitchens, this sports bar with a karaoke machine and dart-
boards lets buddies meet up for
pau hana
(happy hour) and scarf comfort-food faves like
tater-tot nachos, kim-chi fried rice and garlicky chicken with chips. Parking lot $5.
Yataimura
JAPANESE $
