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17 Rapid Fire Questions With Mugen Chef Colin Sato

By Ela Sathern By Ela Sathern | July 10, 2024 | Food & Drink, People,

Filmed inside ESPACIO: The Jewel of Waikiki's recently reopened fine dining restaurant, Mugen—we asked the newly appointed Executive Chef Colin Sato our rapid-fire questions about food and cooking.

Watch it below:

  1. Favorite ingredient to cook with? Fish
  2. Signature dish? Lobster risotto
  3. Sweet or savory? Savory
  4. Favorite type of meat? Local venison from Molokai
  5. Best cooking tip you've ever received? Don’t burn it!
  6. Favorite cuisine? Japanese
  7. Most challenging dish you've ever cooked? Souffle
  8. Favorite food city in the world? Tokyo
  9. Top three essential ingredients in Hawaii Regional Cuisine cooking? Taro, ulu breadfruit, coconut milk
  10. Favorite type of fish? Amadai
  11. Must-have herb or spice in your pantry? Vadouvan
  12. One ingredient you can't stand? Kiwi
  13. Favorite comfort food? Oyako Dunburi
  14. Best food memory from your childhood? Cooking with my Grandma
  15. Favorite Hawaii Regional Cuisine dessert? Pineapple shaved ice by Pastry Chef Michelle Karr-Ueoka
  16. Best way to elevate a simple dish? Taste it first
  17. If you could cook for any celebrity, who would it be? The Rock

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Photography by: Photo courtesy of ESPACIO: The Jewel of Waikiki

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