Executive Sous Chef Rio Miceli and Wendle Lesher Director of Food & Beverage at the Mauna Kea Resort’s Manta Restaurant talk story about honoring and showcasing Hawaii’s multi-ethnic cuisine.
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Manta specializes in locally sourced ingredients and fresh caught fish from the seas surrounding the Big Island.
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Miceli and Lesher also integrate historic “canoe crops” that were brought to the islands with the first Polynesian settlers.
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