My mom always wanted to have a restaurant, so I said, “Maybe let’s try this.” We opened a tent at the farmers market, we got super popular, and that hobby turned into a business. And I told myself, “If we are gonna turn this into a business, then I need to open the best of the best in Honolulu.” I found a really nice location for my restaurant, and my husband and my dad basically built my restaurant.
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