Tip Sheet for February 15, 2012
Location Alert: We’re back at the Concert Hall Lawn today!
Next weeks (Feb 22 & 29): We’ll be parked temporarily on the Blaisdell lot at corner of Ward and Kapiolani. ** Free parking always available, generously provided by Blaisdell in their parking structure. Just let the parking attendants know that you’re coming to the farmers market and please thank them!
Follow us on twitter @HNLFarmers for markets updates, specials & ono pics! Today’s Market Specials
Eats: Licious Dishes serving up raw, vegan, gluten-free fare. Salads, savory spreads, entrees, desserts, grainless granola, kombucha and more!
Sips: Pacifikool stirring up refreshing coolers made with their Hawaiian Ginger syrup.
Treats: Ono Kuki bakes up cookies in classic and crazy local recipes like Potato Chip Arare! All recipes feature Wahiawa’s Peterson Upland Farm eggs.
Featured Farm: Big Island Abalone brings fresh abalone raised on their Kona aquaculture farm. Hibachi grilled too.
Scheduled Vendors
Otsuji Farm: One of Hawaii Kai’s last remaining farms. Kales, lettuces, beets, komatsuna, mizuna, daikon, cilantro, green onion, spinach, mint and more. Also – serving up Jonas Otsuji’s famous Sushi Surfer Sliders: Farm fresh kale and eggplant tempura topped with local caught ahi, and special drizzle!
Ho Farms: Ho Farms offers a wild array of cherry tomatoes: Black Cherry, Kahuku Golden, Grape Toms, and more! Eggplant, long beans and squash too.
Nalo LIFE: Nalo Greens, Dandelion Greens, Braising Greens, Baby Kale (less cooking time for you), Baby Swiss Chard, Tat Soi, (their sub for spinach), Purslane, Okra, Baby Eggplant, fresh cut herbs, Nalo’s Morimoto Tomato (smaller), Nalo Tomato. In addition to their own farm offerings, they also sell produce from other farms – Sumida Watercress, Kamiya Papaya, Fat Law Baby Cucumber, Nozawa Corn, Ho Farm tomato, just to name a few.
Hawaiian Style Chili: Serving up scrumptious dinner plates: Seared Ahi with Shiitake Mushroom, Kalua Pork, Garlic Shrimp, with rice and Nalo greens. Bowls: chili made with local beef, Portugese Bean Soup.
Licious Dishes: Raw, vegan, gluten-free fare. Salads, savory spreads, entrees, desserts, grainless granola, kombucha and more!
Chef Sean’s Soul Patrol: Soul food with a Pacific twist – Sassy BBQ Fried Chicken, Mohala Farm Colllard greens, Ribs, Kukui Sausage and Chicken Gumbo, Kahuku Corm bread and more!
Da Spot: Egyptian, Mediterranean, Thai inspired dinner plates all served with brown rice and salad. Baklava too made with local honey.
Inferno Pizza: Stone oven baked pizzas topped with farmers market fresh local veggies and Guava Smoked Shinsato Farm pork!
Guava Smoked: Shinsato Farm island-raised pork smoked with Guava wood. Local Smoked Meat burger, kebabs and frozen packages of smoked meat.
Akamai Foods: Chef Sharon brings her famous oatcakes: Date & Flax Seed, Cranberry & Walnut, Mango & Pumpkin with Pecan. Also premium rum cakes: Pumpkin and Dark Chocolate, Taro Coconut, and original. She also brings gourmet tofu steak musubi made with brown rice. She features a rare seasonal tropical juice weekly, this week: calamansi citrus!
(Maybe) Wow Farm: Heirloom, Roma and Beef Steak tomatoes, family-raised in Kamuela on Big Island. Sun Dried beefsteaks too, if we’re lucky!
3 Ladles: These creative soup makers bring soup featuring locally-grown veggies, herb, fruit and meat. Kahuku Corn Chowder, Wow Farm Tomato Basil Soup, Island Beef Bourguignon Barley Soup. Also in offer: 100% local Kanu Challenge inspired Island-style Borchst, Garden Gazpacho and Detox Soup! Detox Soup. This week’s special: Small Kine Farm Creamy Mushroom. Also on the menu: banana muffins and hot cider.
Kiba Cafe: Chef Neil Hong serving up dishes featuring locally grown meats, fish, veggies and herbs. Menu for tonight: Kulana sirloin with ponzu & ume cucumber tomato salad & fried rice, local caught hebi Ginger Green Onion Chinese-style, Misoyaki Shinsato Farm pork.
Pig and The Lady: Noodle soup this week: Bo Kho (Vietnamese-style beef stew w/Kulana short ribs)! Also on the menu: Dau Hu Sot Ca Chua (stuffed braised tofu with Shinsato Farm pork, pepeiao mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, with quinoa jasmine rice) in addition to Com Ga Hoi An (Vietnamese chicken salad with turmeric and fried shallot rice, Heo La Lot (skewers of ground Shinsato pork wrapped with betelnut Leaf and grillled), Jasmine Tea iced and infused with pandan.
Zaratez Mexicatessen: Mexican cuisine featuring locally grown ingredients! Opening night menu includes: tacos y mulitas y burritos de carnitas (featuring Shinsato Farm pork butt) or suadero (Kulana brisket), chorizo & egg burritos (featuring Ka Lei eggs), quesadillas, local toms salsa and MA’O cilantro garnish.
Zarie’s Mediterranean: Spreads inspired by Mediterranean cuisines.
Ba-Le Bakery: artisan breads, whole grain hamburger and hot dog buns, croissants, danish, granola, corn puffs, rice cakes and much more.
Hawaii’s Best Ever Brittle: an assortment of nut brittles and candied nuts
All Hawaiian Honey Co-op: Hand harvested honey from Windward Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii Island.
Ono Pops: Mexican-style Paleta frozen pops made with local and seasonal ingredients – in a fun mix of foodie flavors
Ono Kuki: Cookies in classic and crazy local recipes like Potato Chip Arare! All recipes feature Wahiawa’s Peterson Upland Farm eggs.
Hawaiian Cheesecake: Cheesecakes featuring locally-sourced ingredients! Likiloi, Waimea Strawberry, and also featuring a recipe including specially brewed Kahlua made with local coffee.
Aikane Plantation Coffee: Bags and brew from Phil and Merle Becker’s coffee farm in Ka’u on the Big Island. Chocolate covered beans too.
Big Island Abalone: fresh and hibachi grilled Big Island abalone
Khamphout Farm: Family farm brings their greens, herb and seasonal tropical fruit. Fiddleneck Fern shoots, bamboo shoots, shredded green papaya, and other specialty items.
Straight from the Source: Fresh from auction fish, whole or fillet. Poke bar and fresh poi too.
PacifiKool: Coolers made with their signature Hawaiian Ginger Syrup, fruit, herbs. Also, bottle of syrup to go.
Aunty Nani: Fresh baked cookies.
PIT Farm: big variety of Asian vegetables and herbs, green onions, cucumber, Manoa and Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, bittermelon, carrots, beets, apple bananas, papayas, and seasonal fruit.