When Allison “Allie” Chu and her sister Julie Chu Fieman describe how Oysters Hawaiʻi came to be, they finish each other’s sentences – which makes sense, because the business runs the same way. One brings the vision, the other makes it real. Allie, a former Miss Hawaiʻi, actress and classically trained opera singer, fell in love with oysters during her years living and working part-time in New York.