Forked Up

STRAWBERRY VANILLA

LA PALME D’OR
1450 Ala Moana Blvd. #2240
Phone number (808) 941-6161
website lapalmedor-usa.com

Who isn’t fond of small, fancy cakes? Luckily, there are at least three different places to get your patisserie fix in Ala Moana Center, and La Palme d’Or edges out the competition, at least in our books. Its cake selection rotates constantly, but if you happen to see this fluffy pink jewel, get it. Strawberry Vanilla’s strawberry-vanilla (yes, as the name would suggest) mousse is light and just sweet enough to eat as a post-shopping snack. We also are big fans of La Palme d’Or’s decadent Jelly Au Lait, which features coffee or tea jelly with whipped cream and milk.

PORK BELLY

LIVESTOCK TAVERN
49 N. Hotel St.
Phone number (808) 537-2577
website livestocktavern.com

The menu at Livestock Tavern changes with the seasons, so you have until the end of summer to get this Pork Belly into your own. First, you have three thick slabs of oh-so-fatty pork belly; rich, moist cornbread topped with a pat of jalapeno butter; and then … some kind of vegetable. We didn’t catch the name of that one (it was good, though) because we were so overwhelmed by everything else on the plate. It’s rich (maybe too rich?) but we have no regrets. Also delicious: the seared duck and duck confit.