{"id":810,"date":"2016-11-18T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2016-11-17T12:35:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T22:35:52","slug":"ka-ikena-lauae-more-than-a-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/18\/ka-ikena-lauae-more-than-a-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka \u2018Ikena Laua\u2019e: More Than A Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Lexus Yamashiro<\/a> | Staff Writer<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In 1988 since KCC had moved from Pensacola Street, Ka \u02bbIkena Laua\u02bbe has been in operation for about 28 years. It stands for \u201cmany minds striving toward the vision,\u201d which reflects on what Ka \u02bbIkena is really about.<\/p>\n

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Mariah Hirata (left) and Courtney Ishikawa are 3rd-year students working in the Ka ‘Ikena restaurant. (Photo by Lexus Yamashiro)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe Ka \u02bbIkena is actually a culinary lab that\u2019s part of a class and is part of three different classes,\u201d said Ronald Takahashi, a professor and the department chair of Culinary Arts. \u201c… The operational days are based upon class schedules; it\u2019s a classroom first and then a restaurant second.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Often there are times where customers may complain\u00a0about the operating times of Ka \u02bbIkena, questioning why they are sometimes operating one week and suddenly closed the next.
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\u201cThat\u2019s because we are have to focus on the students,\u201d Takahashi said. \u201cIt\u2019s a class focused situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students who take up this course to work in Ka \u02bbIkena attend an eight-week back-to-back class schedule rather than a full semester course. A typical scenario for this type of schedule would be that during the students\u2019 first two weeks, they would be in instructional training. The following five weeks would be spent on operating the restaurant, and the last week would be spent on midterms and finals. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Gingerbread houses are displayed in the corner of Ka ‘Ikena decorating the room for the holidays approaching. (Photo by Lexus Yamashiro)<\/p><\/div>\n

Ka \u02bbIkena allows reservations up to one month in advance. Customers are able to do a walk in, online<\/a>, or over the phone. The restaurant is open for four weeks according to the class schedules for the semester. To make a reservation for online and walk in\u2019s, lunch reservations can be made at 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 12 p.m.; dinner reservations at 5:30 p.m., 5:45 p.m., and 6 p.m. The reservation line is open from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The restaurant has two different menus to which they refer to as their AM and PM menus. The AM menu is continental cuisine, primarily Western dishes, that are European, Italian, and much more. The PM menu is more Asian-Pacific based. Banquets and catering are available to customers.
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\u201cOur mission is to provide a laboratory for the students to be able to produce the highest quality of food,\u201d Takahashi said, \u201c\u2026 blending the aspects of traditional Western cuisines and Asian Pacific cuisines is what we focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information about Ka \u02bbIkena Laua\u02bbe, contact (808) 734-9484 or visit <\/span>http:\/\/culinary.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/kaikena-lauae\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make a reservation, visit <\/span>https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/ka-ikena-honolulu<\/span><\/a> or call (808)\u00a0<\/span>734-9499.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lexus Yamashiro | Staff Writer In 1988 since KCC had moved from Pensacola Street, Ka \u02bbIkena Laua\u02bbe has been in operation for about 28 years. It stands for \u201cmany minds striving toward the vision,\u201d which reflects on what Ka \u02bbIkena is really about. \u201cThe Ka \u02bbIkena is actually a culinary lab that\u2019s part of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campusnews","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}