Shark Fin Soup

[scubadrewvideo]

Attention Ohana,
I just discovered that the Hokus at the Kahala restaurant in the Kahala Resort is planning to serve Shark Fin Soup! This cant be allowed to happen. Please email the manager and let him know that this is unacceptable! Here is the link to the restaurant
Hokus at the Kahala Hotel & Resort, Contemporary Island Cuisine, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii
Look at the bottom right of page at "This months specials"
The dish is call Toh-Ka-Lin
Here is the link to the Toh-Ka-Lin PDF
Kahala Hotel & Resort

pm me for the managers email...if you are unable to contact the hotel
Mahalo for your help.
Drew

 

[Gen San Chris]

Dont go there, if he dont have customers then he has no use for the soup! Its a shame when people take no notice of world feeling just for profit!

 

[smellzlikefish]

If you want shark fin soup, try Honolulu. I always cause a scene when I see it on the menu at the restaurant I am at and generally discuss the issue with the waiter before never going back. It should be outlawed. The trivial luxury of this subcultural food item is doing enormous harm. I just wish we could do something about the Asian market for it.

 

[CaptFlyingDutchman]

The link does not seem to work. Also I cannot google it.

Sidenote: Sharkwater is an excellent documentary about sharks and shark finning
SHARKWATER

 

[scubadrewvideo]

I just received and email from the manager. Here it is....

Dear Mr. Wheeler,

Thank you for immediately bringing this to our attention. We share your concerns and have reacted by taking shark's fin soup off our web site and menu.

Your patronage and quick action made us better. How may I personally be of service to you in the future? Please let me know when the occasion arises.

With warmest aloha,

Thomas Pauly

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

Great Job Drew!!!

You really do lead by example; wish you could find the funding for a sidekick to your super hero ScubaDrew!

 

[Plumb bob]

Well done Drew! The Cynic in me suggests having another look at the Hokus menu in a month or two...

 

[CaptFlyingDutchman]

Awesome and good job

 

[driftwood]

Great work Drew! What is really needed to slow the sales of shark fin soup is a little education. A lot of people I know couldn't care less about sharks. When I tell them that the addition of shark fin to the soup adds nothing to the taste and only changes the soup's texture attitudes start to change.

 

[smellzlikefish]

Drew, I cannot thank you enough! I may be writing a few letters of my own soon to some of the restaurants around here. Well done!