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One of the many faithful guests is President Obama, who is allegedly interested in Wong's stewed long rips (1857 S. King St.; 808-949- 2526; starters from $31). Last autumn Michelle and Wade Ueoka, until recently Alan Wong's confectioner and head cook, opened their own more relaxed place near the Ala Moana Center, where they are giving a new face to traditional Malawi food.

At The Pig & The Lady Andrew Le's we serve his mother's traditional dishes from Vietnam. Great bosses Alejandro Briceno and Lindsey Ozawa honed their abilities in Nobu Waikiki (while the third cook, Kevin Lee, was sitting with Dovetail in New York City), but the main emphasis here is on Italy.

Oahu Salt Bar & Kitchen's own hipster (equipped with boardshorts and tattoos) come for Hawaiian colored small dishes - Kunia Country Farms Green's with Asiatic pear and shallot; a cheeseboard with Wai'anae's Waialae Ave. ; 808-744-7567; small dishes from $5).

This welcoming gastro pub in an inconspicuous commercial property has some of the best and most beautiful in the city (1329 S. King St.; 808-589-1329; small dishes from $6). Key Table **Mark "Gooch" Noguchi's gastronomic pop-up works from a small window in the new trendy neighbourhood of Kaka'ako, Waikiki Cubes.

Gooch, a acclaimed head cook (newly invented classic Hawaiians are his specialty), does cooking from time to time, but the actual aim is to present four different heads every three heaps. "Gooch says, "You don't just get a cook. "You' ll get four heads and four performances of what we think is the best meal in Hawaii right now" (667 Auahi St.; 808-772-3020; entrance from $7).

Kenneyýs next venture will be a North Coast farm house and farming centre, modelled on New Yorkýs Blue Hill in Stone Barns (3435 Waialae Ave. ; 808-735-5900; entrées from $17). The most expensive and challenging Honolulu Ristorante is inappropriately situated in the cellar of a Japanesese-owned shopping mall.

Here 30-year-old cook Chris Kaioka is serving Hawaiian cuisine in a masonry room decorated with genuine picassos. Cajioka, who worked at Per Se in New York and Aziza in San Francisco, may be flying in foam grass, dark chocolate and the like, but his meals have a tendency to playful Hawaiian - from Kona Kumamoto eggs and gherkin icecream to flavored parsnips and pancake puddings (1450 Ala Moana Blvd. ; 808-441-1744; prx fixedes from $195).

Farmers' Market Oahu has more than 60 stores, so restrict yourself to those organised by the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, where everything is either cultivated or produced on organic land in Hawaii. Two of the busiest are at Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) on Saturday morning from 7:30 to 11am (4303 Diamond Head Rd.) and on Wednesday evening from 4 to 7pm on the large grass in front of the Blaisdell Center concert venue, where there are plenty of smoking guavas and kebab and ahi-and-crispy Kale slider to make a delicious après-beach diner (777 Ward Ave.).

He has just launched a $595 per capita farming to fish sale to dinner trip, and his Orchids food shop offers several GMO-free meals (808-923-2311; double rooms from $500; starters from $29). ** The modern **The most cool of the big Waikiki Hotel, The fashionable has a bouncing harbour swimming pools and a Morimoto River side restuarant where the Iron Chef tries his hands on the Loko Mocco - his variation is made up of Oahu's Peterson Farm's beef and eggs (855-970-4161; double room from $360; entrance from $22).