While Health Department visits can be stressful, if you have a properly designed and followed Food Safety Program, your blood pressure should not have to spike. DoH inspectors are visiting to make sure safe food is being served, not to get your restaurant in trouble....
June is National Safety Month, an opportune time to highlight the impact of sleep on job performance and safety. Sleep plays an important role in your physical and mental health. Working in the restaurant industry comes with a fun and fast-paced lifestyle, but with...
Conrad Nonaka, a chef, restaurateur and longtime supporter of the local culinary industry, died the morning of June 2 at Straub Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 68. Nonaka, director of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, is credited with overseeing...
On May 29th over 60 HRA members and guests gathered at Outback Steakhouse in Hawaii Kai for the HRA May Day Membership Mixer. Tyler Roukema, HRA board chairman, hosted a bountiful pau hana on the lanai, with sweeping ocean views and a beautiful sunset. We were treated...
In 1988, husband and wife, Il Man and Sam Soon Chung opened up their very first dine-in breakfast and lunch restaurant on the island of O’ahu. Designed from Hawaiian Koa wood, the first Koa Pancake House was born. To expand the brand, the Chungs’ decided...