Red House Honolulu: A place to get your Korean fusion food and K-pop

Red House Honolulu

 My sister recently introduced me to a new joint in town on Keeaumoku Street, where I can get a little Korean food and K-pop! Red House Honolulu is a small Korean-fusion restaurant with a stylish, trendy and a taste for projecting K-pop videos on the wall while you eat. When you walk through the doors, you'll meet a wall of browsing material--  magazines, set to the style of Teen Beat and Seventeen, informing you the latest flavors and gossip of K-pop stars and hip K-culture.  The restaurant's cool walls of brick and concrete are off-set brilliantly with the shock of red vinyl seats and white tables and chairs. The servers there are young and cute enough to have jumped out of the videos projected on the walls.

Why did I start Hallyu to Hawaii?

Rain from 'Full House' (our first favorite Korean drama) 

 Aloha Yorobun!

 Originally, I had the idea that this blog would be a share space for Korean drama fans interested in Korean dramas, films, Hallyu news and anything Korean-ish in Hawaii.

Why Hallyu to Hawaii?

No, it's not because of Rain but maybe indirectly. My mother is the big Korean drama fan of our household and having watched close to  200 dramas over the past two and a half years, I thought this might be a great

Wanna be a K-pop star? YG releases its audition dates for 2012 and casting for the next Kpop star

yg auditions 2012

Recently released... Have you ever dreamt of being a K-pop star? If so, then keep reading... If you know of 2NE1 and Big Bang, then you indirectly know of YG Entertainment.

They're one of Korea's leading entertainment groups and K-pop star factories and they'll soon be holding global auditions in:  London, Berlin, New York, Toronto, Seattle, Los Angeles, Tokyo and

Yoon Sang Hyun's video 'Helpless Love' interviews

Yoon Sang Hyun's album for Secret Garden

Many Hallyu stars profess to be singers as well as actors, but don't you love it when a star can' really' sing and not just in a noraebang scene?

I just watched My Fair Lady again and I love Yoon Sang Hyun's voice.  

So far he's both, acted and sung theme songs for My Fair Lady and Secret Garden. He's played the musician Oska in Secret Garden but those songs are his real voice. Another reason to admire him? He started acting at a late age. Blogger Hello Cloe's translation of  a Chinese article on YSH tells us a bit about his background (here).

Below is a fan video of Yoon Sang Hyun's song 'Helpless Love' from My Fair Lady, as well as some fun interviews with him which have been

Korean BB cream: The Secret to Hallyu Beauty

Hallyu star, Song Hye Kyo is Laniege's spokesperson for BB cream      Photo credit: Laneige

The K-drama craze and Korea's secret to beautiful skin is out and hitting the mainland U.S. quickly. The secret is BB cream and when you try it, you might see your face transform like Hallyu star. You'll be hooked. Click here to read the article I wrote and posted on Grrrl Traveler.