The award-winning Chef Chai Chaowasaree, of Chai’s Island Bistro, invites you to join him for a unique first-hand cooking experience on Thursday, October 16, 2008. Chef Chai is widely recognized for his specialty in Contemporary Island and Pacific Rim cuisine as well as his commitment to using local and organically grown ingredients.

Your afternoon with Chef Chai will include a visit to Honolulu’s historic Chinatown where you’ll help Chef Chai choose the ingredients for the day’s menu, as well as fresh flowers for a special lei making class.

Your time in Chinatown will give you a feel for its strong historical identity paired with its more recent blossoming of culture and the arts. Honolulu’s Chinatown is a rich mixture of cultures, people, boutique shops, antiques, art galleries, lei makers and open markets.

After your enjoyment of Chinatown, you will be Chef Chai’s private guest at his restaurant, Chai’s Island Bistro, located on the Honolulu Harbor at the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Chef Chai will personally use his culinary expertise to teach you how to create, prepare and enjoy delicious island fish. We look forward to your being one of the 30 guests in this once in a lifetime experiences benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Best of Hawaii’s Chefs: A Private Afternoon with Chef Chai
Date: October 16, 2008 (Thursday)
Price: $95.00 per person
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
Susan G. Komen Donation: $10 per person
How To Book: This exclusive “Private Afternoon with Chef Chai” culinary experience can only be booked by contacting one of the Oahu Visitors Bureau’s certified Oahu Destination Specialists. For more information, or to book this adventure, please contact a Oahu Destination Specialist (listing found on this website).
Contact an Oahu Destination Specialist to reserve your place

1. Availability limited to 30 guests so we encourage you to book as soon as possible.
2. Participants are to meet Chef Chai at his restaurant, Chai’s Island Bistro, for a prompt 10:00am departure to Chinatown.
   Chai's Island Bistro
   Aloha Tower Marketplace
   Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
   
   
3. Transportation is on own. We suggest taking a taxi, the public bus or a trolley. Here are some suggestions:
   TAXI:
   Price-On average, taxi fare will be $17-22/direction.
   
   BUS:
   From Waikiki, take the following buses:
   # 19 or 20 and get off on Alakea Street and Hotel Nimitz Highway, or
   # 2 or 13 and get off on Bishop and Hotel street.
   After getting off the bus, walk down towards the ocean and cross Nimitz Highway.
   
   To get back to Waikiki, take the following buses:
   #2, 13 from Hotel street and Bishop Street, or
   #19, 20, 42 from King and Bishop Street or
   #55, 56, 57, 65 from Aloha Tower Drive (in front of the Hawaii Maritime
   Center)and catch them to Ala Moana Beach park where you can transfer onto Waikiki-bound buses.
   
   Price-$1/direction for students or seniors $2/direction for adults
   
   TROLLEY:
   The Red Line Trolley or the "Honolulu City Line" provides a convenient transportation service to Aloha Tower Marketplace from 8 other locations including Waikiki. The trolley arrives every 55 minutes, 7 days a week, including holidays from 11:15 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
   
   Price-$27/person for a One-day pass for all three lines is sold at the DFS Galleria trolley ticket booth in Waikiki and Ala Moana Center.
   For more information on how to get to the Chai’s Island Bistro, please call the Ambassadors of Aloha at the Aloha Tower Marketplace (808) 566-2337 or visit the Aloha Tower Marketplace Mall Home page at http://www.alohatower.com/transportation.html .