Aloha Spirit -
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Published on: 7/14/2002
Last Visited: 7/23/2004
"It is great that different chefs are brought in to complement our chef," says Board of Governors member Albert Nakano."The club has a mixture of different cultures.We have people willing to try different kinds of food so there is a lot of experimenting."Nakano attributes Hawaiians' diverse taste buds to the islands' proximity to the Orient and the capability to obtain ingredients and borrow techniques from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore."It's a potpourri of different kinds of food," Nakano says.
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Nakano, a senior financial adviser and vice president for the Private Client Group of Merrill Lynch, often brings clients to the club."The club has a very effective team.They go overboard in terms of providing service that you don't see other places.It is a real pleasure to participate in that," Nakano says.
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Board of Governors member Albert Nakano says he is amazed at Leslie's ability to get tickets for any given event on short notice.Nakano also sits on the board of Adult Friends for Youth, a local organization that works with troubled youth.