Tip Sheet for May 16, 2012
Location Alert: We’re back on Concert Hall lawn today folks! Relocating to parking lot next week on Mayn23)*** 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: Big Island Abalone grilling fresh, locally raised abalone on half shell.
Sips: Akamai Foods’ Chef Sharon makes fresh squeezed juices made with locally sourced fruit (rare tropical fruit is her specialty). Lassi too, featuring Naked Cow Dairy yogurt.
Treats: Mary the Nut Lady of Hawaii’s Best brings oven glazed nuts, ginger and coconut featuring locally sourced butter, honey, sugar, salt, coffee and more.
Featured Farm: Wow Farm brings Kamuela grown tomatoes and cucumbers.
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.
Naked Cow Dairy: Oahu’s only dairy, women-owned and operated! Fresh churned butters in a variety of enticing flavors (Waianae Pesto, Hawaiian Salt, Big Island Honey, Maui Lavender, Black Summer Truffle and more), yogurt and cheeses! All made with milk from pasture-raised local cows!
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.
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.
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 such as Lilikoi, soursop, calamansi papaya and more. Lassi featuring Naked Cow Dairy yogurt too when we’re lucky!
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 a variety of soup and salads featuring locally-grown veggies, herb, fruit and meat. Kahuku Corn Chowder, Pit Farm Tomato Basil Soup, Island Beef Bourguignon Barley Soup. Also in offer: 100% local Kanu Challenge inspired Island-style Borchst and Garden Gazpacho.
Pig and The Lady: Chef Andrew Le and the Le family present the following menu- Appetizer: Bo Lo Lot (local pork wrapped in betel nut leaf, grilled), Dau Hu Nhoi Thit Sot Ca Chua (Aloha Tofu stuffed w/ Shinsato pork & shiitake, braised in local tomato). Rice: Xoi Ga Lop Xuong (Savory Vietnamese sticky rice with very moist chicken, lup cheong, baby shrimps, herbs), Com Ga Hoi An (organic Vietnamese chicken salad, fish sauce vinagrette, chicken stock & tumeric infusted jasmine rice). Cari Chay Farmers’ Market Veggie Curry (medley of produce bought from the farmers market – eggplant, yams, taro, sweet potato, carrots, lemon grass infused, served with warm baguette. Soup: TBA Dessert: Banh Chuoi (ripe apple banana w sweet mochi rice, steamed in banana leaf).
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), quesadillas, local toms salsa and MA’O cilantro garnish.
Zarie’s Mediterranean: Spreads inspired by Mediterranean cuisines.
Black Sand: Sandwiches, salads and more.
La Tour Bakehouse (formerly known as Ba-Le Bakery): artisan breads, whole grain hamburger and hot dog buns, croissants, danish, granola, corn puffs, rice cakes and much more.
Ono Pops: Mexican-style Paleta frozen pops made with local and seasonal ingredients – in a fun mix of foodie flavors
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
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.