Poke Tea House offers a dizzying number of combinations on the classic Hawaiian dish (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Mar 8, 2017 | Legacy

When talk turns to Hawaiian cuisine, most people think of teriyaki chicken or pizza with pineapples. Predominantly influenced by travelers and laborers from Japan, Portugal, Korea, and the Philippines, Hawaiian kitchens offer a veritable U.N. conference for the taste...

Familiar joins contemporary in a happy union at Pawpaw (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Feb 22, 2017 | Legacy

Named for the all-but-forgotten heirloom fruit, a cousin of the papaya and part of the tropical custard apple family, Pawpaw restaurant occupies the former home of Wet Willie’s. Devoid of the colorful wall of spinning frozen daiquiris and accompanying spinning,...

goat.sheep.cow.north is the stuff of cheese-lovers’ dreams (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Feb 8, 2017 | Legacy

Perhaps in the future there will be a specialty restaurant for everything. But for now, if your dreams have involved bellying up to an elegant bar and demanding the barkeep bring you a side-splitting amount of cheese, then goat.sheep.cow.north (henceforth GSCN) is...

Strong regional sensibilities are the focus at the Drawing Room (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Jan 18, 2017 | Legacy

The hearts of palmetto salad ($13), however, hits on all notes. Bright and acidic, there’s a vibrant freshness to every bite. The palm itself is firm, yet luxe, though be certain to thoroughly distribute the olive tapenade throughout the mix of tomato, avocado,...

Smoked fish and cured meats are Scarecrow’s stock-in-trade (Charleston City Paper)

by Vanessa | Dec 21, 2016 | Legacy

In whatever vague fantasies of sudden windfall/retirement I may have, one thing is consistent: A sunshine daydream, can’t stop, won’t stop diet of ceviche, poke, and chirashi bowls … and now Scarecrow’s calamari salad ($12).Whoever thought of...