Out of the Kitchen  Can Hawaiian Chefs Cook in a New York
Kitchen?  WEB-chefs-the-royal-hawaiian.jpgChefs Jon Matsubara,
Darren Demaya, and Colin Hazama  Yes, they can.  They stopped by
the BA Test Kitchen kitchen after cooking an inspiring dinner at
the James Beard House and offered to recreate their signature
dishes. Except this time, they substituted ingredients that are
easier to find in the lower 48 for the gorgeous local fish and
produce they had brought from Hawaii. So we stepped aside to let
them raid our refrigerator and take over our chopping boards.
See what they came up with after the jump.   THE DISH
(left):Laulau pork (pork wrapped in taro leaves) with fern
shoots, Hamakua tomatoes, and Maui onions, dressed with a
vinegar chili sauce  THE SWAP (right):Roast pork with asparagus,
tomatoes, and Vidalia onion, dressed with a vinegar chili sauce
THE DISH (left):Buttermilk-poached Hawaiian butterfish, smoked
Alii mushrooms, luau leaf, and Cabernet-poi essence  THE SWAP
(right):Buttermilk-poached Mah