Chef Chai’s Unique and Original Menu

Chef Chai Restaurant

Chef Chai, with over 30 years of experience in culinary, has won countless awards from various prestigious magazines and media. Chef Chai is also a co-founder of Hawaii Island Cuisine, which goal is to provide innovative Hawaiian cuisine fusing flavors of Western and Eastern culture . He surely creates fusion at its best. Chef Chai’s creations are aesthetic and original, which stimulates the curiosity of gourmets.

A restaurant gourmets must visit!

Chef Chai Restaurant is located on the first floor of Pacifica Honolulu building on Kapiolani Boulevard, about 15 minutes from Waikiki. Pacifica Honolulu is near Kakaako, a new “hip” residential and commercial district, and the famous Ala Moana Shopping Centre.

The restaurant is set up with outdoor and indoor dining spaces in luxurious manner. Outdoor seating allows you to enjoy the street view, so you can dine in with the natural, cool breeze. When you open the restaurant’s door, you’ll find a long extensive bar set up marvelously and narrow dining hall with small tables that leads to a spacious hall with semi-private room and a stage for live performances.

Chef Chai’s interior

The ambience of the restaurant is stylish yet comfortable with decorative and soft lighting. One side of the restaurant is entirely glass, and you can get a glimpse of street view of downtown Honolulu.

International reputation, a must-try in Hawaii!

Chef Chai’s Restaurant, one of the must-visit restaurants in Hawaii, has been praised by many international magazines such as Travel + Leisure, Cooking Light, Gomet Magazine, Bride, and Hawaii Magazine. It’s hard not to be curious about the food here. The restaurant features fusion menus created by combining Oriental flavors with Western cuisine. To satisfy one’s five senses, one must visit Chef Chai and try the master’s creations.

5가지의 에피타이저가 함께 나오는 콤보 플레터

에피타이저 샘플러 / Appetizer Sampler

First, let’s dive into the colorful appetizer feast prepared by Chef Chai Restaurant.

Foie Gras Chawan Mushi with Toasted Brioche and Black Berry Manoa Honey Compote

For this appetizer, soft custard mix with foie gras is topped onto blackberry jam mixed with honey and toasted brioche spread. This gives a refreshing yet sweet and soft texture that melts in your mouth. The appetizer truly stimulates one’s appetite and is a great example of Chef Chai’s original creation,

Fresh Ahi Tartar with Avocado Mousse in a Miniature Waffle Cone

One of Hawaii’s most popular dishes is Ahi (tuna) Poke. This is a miniature serving of Ahi Poke. The name of the menu is Ahi Tartar and is always included in Chef Chai’s party food essentials as it is universally loved. Avocado and Ahi Poke make a layer in the cone. The entire waffle cone fits in one’s mouth.

Gravlax Salmon Roulade with Cream Cheese & Crab Meat

Just take a look at this mouth-watering masterpiece. The bright color of salmon surely denotes its freshness and luxury. The roll is made with cream cheese and savory crab meat and smoked salmon and caviar on top. You will not be disappointed in its fresh and enlivening taste. Combination of cream cheese and smoked salmon might be a little heavy, but the fresh cucumber balances it out.

Smoked Duck Taco with Spicy Mango Salsa

Duck meat and spicy mango salsa garnished with vegetables come in bite-sized tacos. This appetizer incorporates different textures and flavors. It provides a combination of crispy yet soft texture and salty yet sweet flavor. After dipping it in avocado sauce, the aftertaste is fragrant. Dip it into the avocado sauce for more flavorful taste.

Kataifi and Mac Nut Encrusted Black Tiger Prawns
with Big Island Rainbow Greens & Tangerine Vinaigrette

This one is an impressive shrimp taste! Chef Chai’s most popular and famous dish, Shrimp. If you just look at it, it is fried shrimp, but the more interesting you look at it, the deeper the layers of fries are. The only difference is the signature dish, spicy fried noodle-style shrimp dishes that you can’t see anywhere else. First, a bite of the tempura will stimulate the texture. Inside, it’s really delicious because it’s full of plump and savory shrimp. This famous shrimp appetizer, made only by chai, is a special dish with a reputation for robbing the party even at a party table.

카프레제 샐러드

호 팜 에어룸 체리 토마토 부라타 카프레제 샐러드 위드 프로슈토 앤 에이지드 발사믹 펄스/ Ho Farms Heirloom Cherry Tomato Burrata Caprese Salad with Prosciutto and Aged Balsamic Pearls

Caprese Salad at Chef Chai is made up of soft Italian Mozzarella cheese, heirloom tomatoes and balsamic pearl. The taste was just right with enough dressing. Cheese, tomatoes and vegetables delivered a marvelous refreshing taste.

야채 테린

베지터블 테린 위드 그린 커리 소스/ Vegetable Terrine with Green Curry Sauce

What a colorful dish. This may look like a Korean rice cake, but it is made up of nutritious and healthy ingredients. Vegetable Terrine is made up of Okinawan potatoes, asparagus, shiitake mushrooms, paprika, roasted blush and vegetable loaf and delivers a relatively low-calorie and light taste. The green curry sauce add extra flavor to the dish so that the vegetable dish is not too bland. Vegetable Terrine is popular among vegetarians and women.

필레미뇽

그릴드 필레미뇽 매시드 포테이토 머쉬룸 퍼프 앤 멜롯 데미/ Grilled Filet Mignon with Mashed Potato, Mushroom Puff and Merlot Demi

The Filet Mignon was served in Beef Wellington style. Tenderloin steak, foie gras and mushroom were perfect recipes for this dish. When you slice up the pie, the rich taste of the dough flows out of it and blends with the juicy steak in perfection. It is quite an interesting taste of the crispy pie and soft, juicy steak that go well together. String beans (Haricot vert) and tomatoes add extra flavors and colors to the dish. The steak is thick and juicy.

바삭바삭한 통생선 튀김

크리스피 홀 프레시 피시위드 화이트라이스 또는 브라운라이스/Crispy Whole Fresh Fish with Steamed White Rice Or Coconut Milk Ginger Brown Rice

This whole fish dish is perhaps the most visually appetizing and fancy item at Chef Chai. The fish looks like it just came out of the ocean and is laid out on the dish like an art. The crispy coated skin and juicy meat inside together will awe your taste. The sweet and sour sauce goes really well with the fish and adds an extra flavor and completes the dish.

양갈비 스테이크

그릴드 몽골리안 스타일 램 찹 위드 브랜디 데미/Grilled Mongolian Style Lamb Chops with Brandy Demi

The lamb chop is seasoned with salt and pepper, marinated with sugar, soy sauce, garlic and chili sauce and grilled at high temperature. This luxurious lamb dish is served on a plate along with mashed potatoes, peas, red peppers and cauliflowers. The taste of grill completes the smooth and soft meat texture.

하트 모양의 화이트 초콜릿 아이스크림 디저트

화이트 초콜릿 아모르 젤라토 트러플/White Chocolate Amore Gelato Truffle

To digest all those food, a sweet dessert is necessary at the end. This heart-shaped dessert will make you smile. The heart covered in thick white chocolate contains refreshing sherbet, and raspberry guava filling under the chocolate ice cream cake. This dessert is great for two and highly unresistable. .

Private space and private room for about 20 people

This beautiful and quiet private space is suitable for wedding and special events. It boasts sophistication and luxury. The chandeliers are made up of wine glasses.

Chef Chai

The head chef at Chef Chai, Chai Chaowasaree was also a chief chef for Hawaiian Airlines. He has expertise in catering and party food events. You will see many awards Chef Chai has won over the years at the restaurant.