Chef Ernest Bell shows off a decorated cake from the ready-to-go cooler at Orly’s Patisserie in the Hokulei Shopping Village on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
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Dillon Seely, of ‘Ohana Motors, and his family, including Clara, Lydia and Holland, shop the dessert case for goodies on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Orly’s Patisserie during the final week before school starts on Aug. 5.
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Kiersten Yadao (Orly is her father) retrieves a customer’s decorated cake from the display cooler on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at the bakery, which is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hokulei Shopping Village.
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Kaua‘i County Council Chair Mel Rapozo called a recess of the council meeting on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, to acknowledge the volunteerism of Kamekona Thompson and the Eagle Scout candidate’s representatives, including Troop 148 Scoutmaster Chris Laruso, Eagle Scout Talen Koerte, Troop 148 Assistant Scoutmast Bobby Thompson and Scout Ashlei Thompson.
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Sharron Weber, of Tire Warehouse, and Orly Yadao, of Orly’s Patisserie, were both excited about the arrival of Chef Ernest Bell of Las Vegas to help Orly with the bakery located in the Hokulei Shopping Village where the Safeway Store is finishing up its renovation work.
Sharron Weber, of Tire Warehouse, and Orly Yadao, of Orly’s Patisserie, were both excited about the arrival of Chef Ernest Bell of Las Vegas to help Orly with the bakery located in the Hokulei Shopping Village where the Safeway Store is finishing up its renovation work.
Chef Bell said he’s never been to Hawai‘i or Kaua‘i, but already excited … his favorite Orly’s cookie is the ginger cookie that brings the atmosphere of Christmas on its first bite of the soft chew morsel … what? Orly’s customer Dillon Seely (he’s the ‘Ohana Motors’ sparkplug that saw the Surfrider Foundation of Kaua‘i get a Toyota pickup to use for their shoreline cleanings!) and his family didn’t even swing by the cookie section or the breads section that Chef Bell plans to expand on.
Chef Bell said Orly, they worked together at the Hyatt Las Vegas, told him, “The center — Orly is one of the power guards — is here!”
Between “throwing flour” like he did the morning following his arrival on Kaua‘i, Chef Bell said he has three goals while on the Garden Island — learn to play the guitar (‘ukulele?), learn the Filipino language and settle in so his daughter can join him.
Mahalo, Chef Bell, for bringing some Las Vegas to Kaua‘i, and what is Sharron Weber’s favorite at Orly’s Patisserie?
