we went to the farm fair at bishop museum today and enjoyed a lot of local products for lunch. i initially was going to post in "what's for lunch?" but figured it might be good to start a new thread.
we started off our visit with lamb masala (for eric) and thai red curry (for me) over brown rice from da spot's stand. the owners are an adorable young couple (she's japanese; he's who are often at the KCC farmer's market. every time eric and i get a plate there, we say to ourselves that we need to patronize them more often. i remember during the first year of our dating, we picked up a plate from their pumehana store front. back then, just as it was today, everything was sooo good, and for a very reasonable price. plus their baklava is yum!
we also had grilled corn on the cob that was too lightly slathered in lilikoi butter and had way more salt than the "herb seasoning" label would have indicated (i guess i'm a little "salty" that it cost $4 , but eh...i got caught up in the spirit of supporting local farmers/businesses).
eric pretty much inhaled a meadow gold ice cream cone that kids from 4H were running around selling for a dollar. he took one bite, i took one bite & told him he could have the rest, turned away just to make sure i didn't walk into a pole and then turned back and wow! the whole cone was gone. guess those cones don't last like they did when we were small keeds.
we enjoyed the coffee tasting, hosted by shawn steiman, whom we had the pleasure of meeting last winter in waialua when he hosted a tasting lesson. this time, he featured 2 coffees from molokai, one each from maui, oahu and kauai, and three from the big island (one from kona and the others from kau). one of the kau coffees was voted #7 of 10 of the best coffees in the world.
we were able to try butters from naked cow dairy, which is located in waianae as well as sausage from north shore cattle company. we'll be visiting both of them next weekend at the KCC farmer's market.
shout out to tutusue: north shore cattle has your favorite cut of beef! see here for pricing. we were told to email our order and then let them know which farmer's market we'd like to pick up from to ensure we get what we want.
eric and i have been trying to buy local as much as possible when it comes to our groceries. we're even thinking about subscribing to a CSA.
we would have taken pics, esp of the cute lil chicks that just hatched and the cute lil kids that were squealing adoringly at them. but as you can guess, we were too busy stuffing our faces. eric found it absolutely hilarious that each of the goats, pigs and cows had signs indicating what companies bought them. one pig was bought by alan wong's restaurant and at least one cow was purchased by wong's meat market . i couldn't help but giggle at the fact there was an unused grill standing like a sentinel next to all the cattle.
just wondering whether our fellow HTers are giving much thought to eating produce/goods from local businesses. so are you a locavore or do you try to be?
we started off our visit with lamb masala (for eric) and thai red curry (for me) over brown rice from da spot's stand. the owners are an adorable young couple (she's japanese; he's who are often at the KCC farmer's market. every time eric and i get a plate there, we say to ourselves that we need to patronize them more often. i remember during the first year of our dating, we picked up a plate from their pumehana store front. back then, just as it was today, everything was sooo good, and for a very reasonable price. plus their baklava is yum!
we also had grilled corn on the cob that was too lightly slathered in lilikoi butter and had way more salt than the "herb seasoning" label would have indicated (i guess i'm a little "salty" that it cost $4 , but eh...i got caught up in the spirit of supporting local farmers/businesses).
eric pretty much inhaled a meadow gold ice cream cone that kids from 4H were running around selling for a dollar. he took one bite, i took one bite & told him he could have the rest, turned away just to make sure i didn't walk into a pole and then turned back and wow! the whole cone was gone. guess those cones don't last like they did when we were small keeds.
we enjoyed the coffee tasting, hosted by shawn steiman, whom we had the pleasure of meeting last winter in waialua when he hosted a tasting lesson. this time, he featured 2 coffees from molokai, one each from maui, oahu and kauai, and three from the big island (one from kona and the others from kau). one of the kau coffees was voted #7 of 10 of the best coffees in the world.
we were able to try butters from naked cow dairy, which is located in waianae as well as sausage from north shore cattle company. we'll be visiting both of them next weekend at the KCC farmer's market.
shout out to tutusue: north shore cattle has your favorite cut of beef! see here for pricing. we were told to email our order and then let them know which farmer's market we'd like to pick up from to ensure we get what we want.
eric and i have been trying to buy local as much as possible when it comes to our groceries. we're even thinking about subscribing to a CSA.
we would have taken pics, esp of the cute lil chicks that just hatched and the cute lil kids that were squealing adoringly at them. but as you can guess, we were too busy stuffing our faces. eric found it absolutely hilarious that each of the goats, pigs and cows had signs indicating what companies bought them. one pig was bought by alan wong's restaurant and at least one cow was purchased by wong's meat market . i couldn't help but giggle at the fact there was an unused grill standing like a sentinel next to all the cattle.
just wondering whether our fellow HTers are giving much thought to eating produce/goods from local businesses. so are you a locavore or do you try to be?
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