There are very few cookbooks worth paying full price for -- this one is worth double the full price! Alan Wong has been WOW-ing local residents and visitors to Hawaii for years and now with this book he will "WOW" you! Chef Wong is of Japanese-Chinese-Hawaiian ancestry and uses this to build on his classical french training (under Andre Soltner at Lutece). His recipes produce foods that "explode" and excite the palate, oft-times blending complex flavors and other times producing multi-waves of flavors. This is food the way it is meant to be and taste! And for those not familiar with Chef Wong's accomplishments, he began his career at Kapiolani Community College in Honolulu, (where he later returned to instruct) did his apprenticeship at the prestigious Greenbrier Resort (West Virginia), worked at Lutece in New York, then returned to the Big Island of Hawaii where he was a former Chef of the five diamond Mauna Lani Bay Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii. Alan is now owner of his own restaurant, Alan Wong's Restaurant, where he showcases local talent and pays tribute to his heritage. Aloha & Mahalo Chef on a much awaited and fabulous cookbook. I miss cooking with you and eating your food !!