2010
05.11
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Well, sometimes … but the Hawaiian Pizza was actually invented in Canada.
Yup, Ontario, Canada to be exact.
According to Nadine Kam of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ….
… Just about every chain restaurant here has a version of the pineapple-topped pizza, popular with a small segment of the population who like sweet-sour flavors. They love it, but they’re an exception.
Tastes in pizza here are pretty conservative, even in the post-CPK [California Pizza Kitchen] era. That may seem a little odd considering we’d eat some of these ingredients, like Thai chicken or Japanese eggplant, in various ethnic restaurants. We just like them more with rice than on a pizza crust.
So the go-to pizzas are usually a basic pepperoni-sausage combination pizza, or a vegetarian pizza. No one is averse to a teriyaki or barbecue chicken pizza, for instance. We love barbecue chicken. But anecdotally, whenever we have office pizza parties, the Italians and combinations go first, followed by the vegetarians, and the chicken pizza is left standing.
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Source: Sarah DiGregorio, The Village Voice
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2010
05.08
Korean car company CT&T (Creative Transportation & Technology) is looking at building an assembly plant on Oahu and rolling out electric vehicles within two years.
Tim Sakahara at Hawaii News Now reports …
The company has narrowed its potential sites to four confidential locations on Oahu. It’s revving up its plans and hopes to be built and operating within the next two years. When it’s fully operational the facility expects to produce 10,000 2-seater electric vehicles a year and employ 400 people.
“In addition to the jobs we provide there may be as many as a 1,000 jobs from the ripple effect of our factory being built here,” said Joe White, CT&T USA Chief Operating Officer.
The cars will cost between $8,000 and $20,000 to buy, but only $7 a month to operate. They have a top speed of 25 miles per hour and a range of 80 miles per charge. The company also plans to import assembled cars for sale in the next six months.
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2010
05.06
Pacific Business News reports …
Hawaii is the most expensive state in which to own a vehicle, according to a new study by Edmunds.com.
The study, which projected average vehicle ownership expenses over five years, looked at such costs as taxes, fees, insurance, fuel and maintenance for both new and used vehicles in each state.
The report projected the average cost to own a vehicle in Hawaii over five years at $51,233.
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