Mariposa, the fine dining restaurant in Neiman Marcus at Ala Moana Center, has attracted a following of shoppers who want to sample Pacific Rim flavors while overlooking the green and blue landscape of Ala Moana Beach Park. Breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner. If you're homesick for Southern California flavors and want a casual meal, head to Portluck restaurant in Hawaii Kai, East Honolulu. Just opened is Cafe Monsarrat, perhaps the first restaurant in Honolulu to feature Caribbean flavors. The interior is fresh and white with bright color accents.
Appetizers are the specialty here, tapas style.
3106 Monsarrat Ave. Open for lunch and dinner. You will not be charged to look for stories, only to retrieve one.