Oahu, Hawaii

Chef Chai is claimed as one of Hawaii’s top Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs, and his menu fuses fresh Hawaii ingredients with flavors from Asia in order to celebrate Oahu's cultural diversity. Chai’s restaurants have been praised and recommended by Bon Appetite, Brides, Sunset, Cooking Light, Travel & Leisure, Gourmet Magazine, and many more, so do have a try and discover its flavors for yourself.

Arancino is an upscale Italian restaurant serving different typical dishes accompanied with great wines. As cheese, meat, and pasta get imported all the way from Italy, all the dishes get that specific taste, and they are as authentic as Italian food far away from its source can possibly be.

Helena's is a renowned Honolulu diner serving home-cooked specialties such as smoked short ribs pipikaula-style and squid luau. While being a local favorite for more than 60 years, the restaurant and its chef Helen Kwock Chock received the James Beard Award back in 2000. The restaurant is now run by her grandson, Craig Katsuyoshi.

The Olive Tree is a self-serve Greek restaurant offering taramasalata, falafel, and souvlaki. As it is BYOB (=bring your own booze) without any corkage fee, this will relieve your budget but increase your Hawaii experience.

A regional "farm-to-table" menu and international flavors is what you can expect from Sheraton's Kai Market, as you will find everything from a prime rib carving station to Chinese-style steamed fish and clams in a ginger-black-bean sauce. Daily open-air luau-style shows take place here as well.

Hawaii's multicultural heritage does not only include Asian and Polynesian influences, and this Mexican restaurant gives visitors that other side of the Hawaiian melting pot, offering all the fixings you would expect: tacos, fajitas, burritos, enchiladas and much more. Also, the fish tacos are made with the freshest catch, and the margaritas with the juiciest mangoes.

At this beloved restaurant, Chicago-style hot dogs undergo all kinds of transformations, as local and international sausages and toppings are combined in order to create unique and explosive flavors. Try the wild boar sausage with cran-apple relish or the Hawaiian with Portuguese sausage, mango mustard and pineapple relish.

A favorite among locals and tourists since its opening in 1975, Kua Aina, serves huge and immensely savory hand-formed burgers. From bacon to cheese, to avocado and, of course, Hawaiian pineapple, everything can be added, so this is a treat which should not be missed.