TGIFr!day by The Garden Island Newspaper

Week of Friday, December 4, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 49

Chef Lee Anne Wong

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

BLACK&WHITE

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CELEBRATION DEC. 12

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. CONCERT: Black & White Celebration 4. DINING OUT KAUAI: Chef Lee Anne Wong

6. BOOK REVIEW: Kauai’s Geologic History 7. CHECK DA SCENE: Kauai Christmas Parade

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY LIGHTS ON RICE 6 to 9 p.m. Historic County Building. The parade will begin at Vidinha Stadium, head down Hoolako and Rice streets, ending at the Historic County Building. CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kauai Museum. NORDIC WALKING COURSE FOR SENIORS 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Lihue Neighborhood Center Improve your health, balance and strength with Nordic Walking (walking with poles). Free for seniors 55 and up. 651-9118

WREATH MAKING 10 a.m. Kokee Museum Holiday wreath-making workshop. $25 must be HoL member. EXPRESSION SESSIONS 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Storybook Theatre Create Christmas decorations and ornaments. Suggested Donation $10 KAUAI DANCE CENTER WINTER SHOWCASE 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., 1 to 2:15 p.m. Kauai Dance Center Keiki showcase from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; youth showcase from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Tickets $8 adults, $5 children, www. worldinnermotion.com or 823-9588.

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KCC WINTER CONCERT 7 p.m. KCC Performing Arts Center Free admission, donations accepted. NUTCRACKER SWEETS 4 p.m. Lihue Parish Hall Students of Kauai Dance Theatre will entertain with a family friendly 40-minute program of dance. Tickets $5 person, donations will benefit Zonta Christmas Fund. 3329737

HOLIDAY HULA CELEBRATION 5 p.m. Kauai Marriott Resort Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani and Kumu Hula Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza Holiday Hula Celebration. Tickets $20 advance, $25 door, 651-3099.

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CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-ALONG 7 p.m. Church of the Pacific Christmas carol sing-along with harps concerts. Tickets $15 at the door.

MAKE YOUR OWN HOLIDAY CARDS 3 to 5 p.m. Hanalei Community Center Paint your own holiday cards and gifts with Patrick Ching and Jen Gagen. Bring your own art supplies, some will be provided. Free, donations accepted.

JAZZ JAM 4 to 7 p.m. Kauai Beach Resort. ‘A FABULOUS FOUR’ 5 p.m. Hanapepe United Church of Christ. “A Fabulous Four,” a musical concert with four featured local ensembles. Tickets $15, available from church members or 332-8451. KPAC PLAYS 2 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall KPAC presents four middle school plays: “The Stone in the Road,” “Rainbows vs Bunnies: Annihilation,” The Nameless Princess” and “All The Bases.” Tickets $8 adults, $6 students.

WAIPA KALO FESTIVAL 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Halulu Fishpond Kalo activities, food, kalo recipe contest, biggest kalo, keiki art and home-grown live music all day. Admission $5 adults and keiki $1. KISS ROCK N BLUES 5 p.m. All Saints Church Kauai Island Singers Showcase presents Rock Œn Blues and Holiday Tunes. Free concert. VEGETARIAN SOCIETY POTLUCK AND LECTURE 12:30 to 2 p.m. Kapaa Neighborhood Center. Kelly Ball will present autumn gardening. Free if you bring a dish. $5 without a dish.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SINGALONG 7 p.m. St. Michael and All Angels Church Christmas carol sing-along with harps concerts. Tickets $15 at the door.

MON TUE WED THU BLOOD DRIVE 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kapaa High School library Make an appointment at BBH.org or 808-848-4770.

FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP 6 p.m. Kapaa High School library Presenters from KCC will present information on college financial aid.

WINTER ROUND THE WORLD 6:30 p.m. KCC Performing Arts Center Island School Chorus Performance “Winter Round the World”

MEMBERSHIP HOLIDAY PARTY 5:30 p.m. Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club Kauai Chamber of Commerce annual general membership holiday party. 245-7363

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EVENING OF ELEGANCE Rotary fundraiser features fashion

reak out your tuxedos, polish up those dancing shoes, and get your auction bids ready for The Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay’s Black and White Celebration on Dec. 12. The event boasts an evening of drinks, live music by Group Therapy, silent and live auctions, and a fashion show. There’s an open bar for the first 90 minutes and guests get to dress to the

nines while supporting the club’s multiple projects. “This is the first time we’ve done this twist on the event,” said Michael Dexter-Smith, the club’s president, . “We’ve traditionally done a dinner, but this year we thought we’d give it a real show.” Representatives from various cultures that have contributed to Hawaii’s history will be in the audience, dressed in the traditional

garb of their countries. “We have ladies from the Polynesian Islands, Japan, China, Korea — all in traditional dress,” Dexter-Smith said. “That’s sort of the community side of the event.” The fashion show will display 30 outfits from local lines. “It’ll be little bit of a first time through for the group that’s running the fashion show, but it should be great,”

JESSICA ELSE TGIFR!DAY Dexter-Smith said. “We’ve got some great designers, beautiful designers and the cultural show will be great.” Chanterelle Chantara, one of Kauai’s local designers, said she’s thrilled to be part of the upcoming show. “I was contacted this fall and asked if I wanted to be part of it and I was like, yes,” Chantara said. “I think it’s so wonderful that they’re doing a fashion show.”

Photo by Shosanah Chantara

This wedding dress, designed by Chanterelle Chantra, will be featured in the upcoming Black and White fundraiser for The Rotary Club of Hanalei, which will boast a fashion show highlighting Kauai designers.

Chantara will be debuting her 2015 Fall Runway Collection, and folks will be able to see snippits of every category of her work from

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CHEF WONG TAKES TO THE AIR M ahi mahi poke omelets and miso salmon salad are just a small sampling of a new in-flight menu by local chef Lee Anne Wong to be featured in the first class cabin of Hawaiian Airlines flights from Hawaii to the Mainland. Wong, whose cuisine can also be found closer to sea level at Oahu’s Koko Head Cafe and Hale Ohuna, is the second chef to be featured in Hawaiian Airlines’ popular six-month rotation program. “Our featured chef series has been a great success, and we’re excited to welcome aboard a chef as innovative and talented

as Lee Anne,” said Renee Awana, senior director of product development for Hawaiian Airlines. Chef Wong’s in-flight menu draws from both of her restaurants and incorporates fresh, island-inspired breakfast items as well as deep, flavorful noodle dishes. “I think it’s incredible that Hawaiian Airlines is taking this really ambitious and creative move to showcase not only local talent but local cuisine,” Wong said. “I’m using this opportunity to prepare dishes that I would want to eat as a guest.” Wong’s in-flight dishes include tomato chukamen salad with mizuna, chuka

noodles, grape tomatoes and parmesan cheese; guava shoyu kalbi short ribs with mashed truffle kalo and pickled vegetables; and Okinawan sweet potato and pumpkin ravioli with parmesan cream sauce, broccolini and shiitake mushrooms. Since trading her fashion career for the culinary world, Wong’s modern-global fusion cuisine made her a “cheftestant” on Season One of Bravo’s Top Chef, where she later served as the show’s Supervising Culinary Producer. In December 2013, Wong moved from New York City to Honolulu to open Koko Head Cafe, an Island-style

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Chef Lee Anne Wong of Koko Head Cafe is the featured chef for meals in the first class cabin of Hawaiian Airlines flights from Hawaii to the Mainland.

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a secret,” Chantara said. “It’s a special theme to fit with the rotary and there will be some exquisite beaded gowns.” Everything that Chantara sends down the runway is Kauai made, and many of the designs are tailored to specific local women. “I get my inspiration from the women I am designing for,” Chantara said. “I design for all shapes and sizes and they tell me what makes them feel beautiful and what insecurities (they want to hide). I listen to that

and create the best meld for their form and figure.” She’s inspired not only by the beauty of her neighbors and friends, though. Chantara said the beauty of the island itself sparks creativity. “My island speaks to me,” Chantara said. “I walk on the beach every day and I feel the sun and hear the birds and I put that sense of sophisticated island (into every piece that I make).” The event’s auctions are another colorful addition to the annual fundraiser. “We want this to be an upbeat celebration and thank you to the community and members for doing

all that they’ve done, and talk with this ohana about how we’re moving forward,” Dexter-Smith said. The annual fundraiser provides money that fuels The Hanalei Rotary Club’s multiple projects including things like roadside trash pick-up, book giveaways to school children, and placing rescue tubes at beaches. “We’ve saved something like 60-plus people with the rescue tubes over the years,” Dexter-Smith said. “We also do food pantries in Kilauea, the Growing Our Own Teachers (organization), and we’ve started Staying Alive

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with Wilcox.” Growing Our Own Teachers is a nonproffit that focuses on creating a local workforce for elementary schools on the island. Staying Alive is an event that teaches folks to use IED machines and how to do CPR. The club has also helped rennovate the Hanalei Pier and they hand out dictionaries annually to the keiki. Looking forward, Dexter-Smith said the club is developing a micro-loan prgram for Kauai women and youth who would like to start their own businesses. “We are great believers in lifting up the community

not by handouts, but by empowering the women and youth, they lift up the rest of the community,” Dexter-Smith said. “If you lift them up, you lift up the entire community.” The club is also gearing up to help with hair lip and cleft palate surgeries for kids both on and off-island. “We’ll be asking for people to support that event as well, because kids’ lives are completely changed,” Dexter-Smith said. Island issues like mental health, spousal abuse, and human trafficking are also in the club’s crosshairs. “(We are looking at) what I call the issues in between,

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organ Bunao said she liked seeing the people who were dressed up as Minions when the Garden Island Federal Credit Union, the Kauai Teachers Federal Credit Union, and the Kukui Grove Center presented the 36th annual Kauai Christmas Parade at the shopping center Saturday. Hundreds of people paused their holiday shopping to view the colorful parade which saw Na Hoku O Kauai Pageants top the judging of the vehicle units followed by the rumblings and ooo-gahs of the Kauai Classic Cars, and the KQNG Radio Group whose Ron Wiley distributed the trademark

bananas in a brightly colored turquoise shirt. An army of decorated canine and their owners earned the Dog Fanciers of Kauai top honors in the Marching Unit judging followed by the Kauai High School cheerleaders, the reigning Kauai Interscholastic Federation champions, and the Waimea High School JrROTC unit under the direction of Major Victor Aguilar. Laine Griffith moved the Kalaheo School Sunshine Express to the top of the Vehicle and Marching Unit judging followed by Gwen Batad leading her Times Supermarket crew. Sparky and the Kauai Fire Department rounded out the leaders.

Tanner Hadley, Kekoa, Paula, Sawyer Neidengard, Garrett, Jack Hadley

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Miko Raquel, Carlina Morden, Marina Nojima, Gwen Batad, Cherie Bacading, Marcelina Buccat, and kids Xielo, Mary Nathalie, Ardiel, Arielle, Zhen.

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