Welcome to Hawaiian Skies
Welcome to Hawaiian Skies, the in-flight video magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. In our latest edition, we satisfy your thirst for music...visit a valley from another time...meet Samoan royalty...and discover a paddler's paradise.














Hawaii’s food scene is heating up thanks to a new generation of chefs dedicated to using Hawai‘i-grown products, and Honolulu-based filmmaker Robert Bates captures this farm-to-table ethic in his film “Ingredients Hawai‘i”.
In Hawai‘i, there is much ado about mochi, a sweet treat made of rice. Thanks to people like Nora Uchida of Two Ladies Kitchen in Hilo, Hawaii’s love affair with mochi shows no signs of slowing down.
This story is your passport to a Hawai‘i many people never see. We travel to Lahaina, on Maui, to explore an ancient treasure located in the unlikeliest of places: beneath the softball mounds of a county park. We also visit Chef Chai Chaowasaree, a master at incorporating local flavors into his menus, who shares one of his favorite recipes with us.
What’s on the menu? Everything from local-style plate lunches to Island favorite poke to barbecued brisket. And it’s all available at an unlikely place – from a truck. Or trucks, to be more precise. More than 30 food trucks and other street food vendors gather for Eat the Street, a celebration of street cuisine held on the last Friday of every month in the Kaka‘ako neighborhood, between downtown Honolulu and Ala Moana.
Which Hawai‘i restaurants are “local secrets?” We find out in this story, which takes us to some of the dining establishments with a loyal local following. Discover why a rich blend of culinary influences and a commitment to bringing out the best of locally sourced ingredients is the perfect recipe for a very ono (delicious) restaurant.
While it is true that Hawai‘i is highly dependent on imported food, it is possible to eat fresh and support home-grown Island agriculture at the same time. Farmers Markets are an important ingredient in this movement toward fresh, local produce.

