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Kava at Eat the Street in Honolulu

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Eat the Street is one of the premier dining experiences in Honolulu. This is a gathering of dozens of food trucks and portable food vendors that takes place once a month.

The food is in a word amazing. There are all kinds of different tastes from Inferno’s Wood Fired Pizza to ribs, lox, bagels, korean-mexican fusion food,  and even deep fried twinkies. The food is all over the map. The various explosive flavors are memorable and enticing. If you go once, you will want to return again and again.

In addition to all of your food groups, you will also discover hidden secrets, available to those who seek them out.

One of the Secrets was a full on Kava Bar right in the middle of all of the food vendors.

According to Wikipedia: 

Kava or kava-kava (Piper methysticum) (Piper: Latin for ‘pepper’, methysticum: (Latinized) Greek for ‘intoxicating’) is a crop of the western Pacific.

The name kava(-kava) is from Tongan and Marquesan;[1] other names for kava include ?awa (Hawai?i), ava (Samoa), yaqona (Fiji), and sakau (Pohnpei).

The roots of the plant are used to produce a drink with sedative and anesthetic properties. Kava is consumed throughout the Pacific Ocean cultures ofPolynesia, including Hawaii, Vanuatu, Melanesia and some parts of Micronesia. Kava is sedating and is primarily consumed to relax without disrupting mental clarity.

Kava is one of the oldest methods to relax in Hawaii. The unique properties allow it to be to used to take care of ones body and alleviate stress. The most important features of kava is the ability to relax while at the same time helping to enhance thought functioning.

One of the best places to experience Kava is through: KavaBoy. You can visit visit their website, and learn about Kava, right here.

In an effort to discover more, I spoke with Sarah, of KavaBoy.

Here is what she said:

 

You can learn more about Kava in Kava: Medicine Hunting in Paradise: The Pursuit of a Natural Alternative to Anti-Anxiety Drugs and Sleeping Pills

Respectfully submitted,

Albert Grande, Clerk and Bottle Washer
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Naked Cow Dairy Hawaii from Hawaii Secret Dot Com

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Here is a dream that should be supported. 

The Naked Cow Story and Vision

Naked Cow Dairy is a women-owned, family run cow dairy on the island of Oahu whose mission is to keep the art of caring for dairy cows alive and well in Hawaii and to bring Island-made signature local fresh-churned butter and artisan cheeses to the table. Hand-crafted dairy products ensure the health and happiness of the cows as well as the high quality of the product.

 

Started by sisters Monique van der Stroom and Sabrina St. Martin, Naked Cow Dairy is a labor of love that fills a void left by the closure of 75 (!) dairies on Oahu in the past  50 years. Monique came to the decision to start Naked Cow after working in other dairies on Oahu and watching each of them struggle and fail to compete with the cheaper mainland imports. She realized that in order to be viable it would be necessary to maximize the potential of the milk by creating value added foods like butter, yogurt and cheese. Sabrina, after leaving New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina, came to the dairy with a vision to expand the culinary reach of the product to restaurant chefs passionate about locally produced food and farmer’s market shoppers eager to support local farms.

The Impact

Hard Fact #1:  In order achieve longed for stability as a family operated agricultural business, Naked Cow Dairy direly needs to start making cheese.  By securing the waiting cheeselover market, this dairy will be able to thrive and grow.

Hard Fact  #2:  100% of cow milk cheese in Hawaii has been imported, some cheeses from more than 25,000 miles away.  Hawaii currently imports at least 80% of the food that we eat.  Let’s put a dent in these numbers!

Semi-soft Fact:  You would be helping Naked Cow Dairy make history by being the first cow milk cheese making operation in Hawaii.  


Soft Fact:  Imagine these cheeses made fresh right here on the island with milk from pasture-raised cows: mozzarella, jack, cheddar, gouda, brie, camembert, and more! mmmmm…..

 

What We Need & What You Get

This campaign’s goal is to raise $15,000 to equip our kitchen with a heating element for our 230 gallon cheese vat & low-temp pasteurizer. This part costs about $7000 to purchase and install. In addition we need to build and outfit a cheese aging room that will keep our delicious cheeses at the right temperature and humidity until they go to market. The equipment and buildout of the space we need is estimated to cost about $8000. With these parts of the puzzle in place we will be on the way to making Hawaii cheesy!!

 Other Ways You Can Help

– Make it a point to get your butter, yogurt and cheeses from Naked Cow Dairy – available at KCC & Kailua Farmers’ Markets, Kapolei Farmers Market, Ala Moana  & Haleiwa Farmers’ Market, Whole Foods Kahala, Maui (and soon Kailua), Foodland, Down to Earth, Kokua Market.  

– Tell your friends to make sure to stock their fridges with local milk (real local milk – which is only Big Island Dairy sold as Hawaii Fresh at the moment), butter, yogurt and cheeses.  Let’s grow our dairies instead of losing them!

– If you’re on twitter help spread the word by following us @nakedcowdairy – hashtag for this campaign is #cheesyhawaii

– If you are on Facebook, please like us! "Naked Cow Dairy Hawaii" (listed as a Farm/Agricultural Business)
You and your cheese loving friends can come along for our cheesemaking ride 🙂
 
– Buy locally grown and locally made always! Know your farmer know your food!!
 
 

 

Let’s help these farmers have their dream become reality!

Respectfully submitted,
Albert Grande
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Pizza Passion In Hawaii at Inferno’s Woodfired Pizza

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Add another star in the quest for great pizza in Hawaii….

Inferno’s Pizza.

Without a doubt, this is one of the true hidden gems in all of Hawaii. Inferno’s is a portable pizza operation. Street food delivered with aloha! First, the pizza is simply outstanding. Excellent crust in a kiawe wood fired oven.

If you are looking for outstanding Hawaii pizza, you will find it here.

The pizzaiolo Kyle and co-owner John ooze pure passion for pizza. They want to take care of their customers. Believe me, if you love pizza, consider your self taken care of! And at $8 and $10 a pizza, you cannot go wrong!

Kyle and John have pizza passion. The crust was incredible. A superb Neapolitan pie right in Hawaii! My prediction, is Inferno’s will open a sit down restaurant within a year…

 Tomato Pizza from Inferno in Honolulu

 Arguably this may be some of the Best Pizza in Hawaii. Discover amazing Hawaii Pizza at the Hawaii Pizza Directory at Pizza Therapy.

Inferno’s Woodfire Pizza
306 Kalihi St
Honolulu, HI 96819
(808) 375-1200

 

 Visit Inferno’s Wood fire Pizza, here.

Pizza all over Oahu,
Albert Grande
The Pizza Promoter and Pizza Blogger

 

Hidden for almost 100 years…

The Happy Italian Cook Book

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The Happy Italian Cook Book by Albert Grande

 

 

 

 

Visit Inferno’s Wood Fire Pizza at their website, here.

Chef Todd: Seared Ahi in Hawaii

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In this video Chef Todd Explains that when he comes to Hawaii, he loves to get fresh Ahi Tuna.

He says that he loves to cook wherever goes.

He takes us to a fresh fish market and buys fresh ahi.

From the intro of this video:

No matter what basic cooking method you use to cook fish, getting the freshest fish to cook will improve your final result. When Chef Todd Mohr is in Hawaii, he wants to cook fish, fresh fish. Today, he’ll explore how to cook fresh ahi tuna from the Koloa Fish Market on Kauai, Hawaii.

Enjoy:

One of the bigest treats in Hawaii is poke, (raw fish). You can get a poke mix, right here:

Tokkuri Tei Rocks: Incredible Sushi

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I recently met up with some fellow bloggers at Tokkuri Tei Restuarant (611 Kapahulu Ave Honolulu, HI 96815 (808) 739-2800).

The food was outstanding. Of course the company was great as well. Those in attendance included: Nate and Annie (House of Annie), Michele (The Accidental Scientist),and Deb (Kahakai Kitchen).

We were brought together by Food Buzz, as a way for their featured publishers to get to know one another. It was a wonderful evening. Very memorable.

Salmon Sashimi at Tokkuri Tei, Honolulu

The sushi was amazing. Each one I tasted was of the highest-melt-in-your-mouth quality.

The japanese food was also very good. For example there was a plate of portobello mushrooms, very tender and covered with a sauce which allowed the portobello to shine through.

All of the food was extra-ordinary. The soft shell crab was exquisite. A tofu salad we ordered was another standout.

Each dish was expertly prepared. The presentation of the food made it have extreme visual appeal. I would have to admit that Tokkuri Tei, has some of the best japanese food and sushi I have ever eaten.

As I mentioned before the company was also excellent and that may have added to the taste of the food.

I will definitely go back. As a matter of fact, Nate and Annie did go back several days later with Nate’s mom. (She insisted that they take her there.)

Nate ended up making a video. Here is a clip which shows how the salmon sashimi was prepared.

I recommend Tokkuri Tei, without hesitation or reservation. Enjoy.

Here is a grreat resource so you can learn to make your own sushi.

Be well. Stasy well. Sushi on Earth…
albert grande