NEWS:
Koloa Community Market
Today’s Pau Hana Friday drink is a chardonnay from J Vineyards served at the Kauai Grill. Daniel Lane photo.
The Koloa Community Market is now closed. “A variety of circumstances pulled us in this direction,” writes market manager Pattie White in an email. “The timing, especially now that the summer tourism has declined, has considerably reduced foot-traffic. I believe the location and size proved to be a seasonal market, so who knows? Maybe next spring I’ll try again and have it remain open only through to end of August 2013.”
Panda Express
Yesterday, the Star Advertiser reported that sexual harassment charges have been filed against the Panda Express in Kauai. Three teenaged workers filed a suit with The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming that a male supervisor sexually abused at least three teenage females since 2008. The corporate offices of Panda Express declined to comment on the pending litigation.
State-wide Drought
CBS News reports that Kauai has joined Oahu, Big Island and Maui in an ongoing drought. After eight straight weeks of severe drought during the growing season, the U.S. Agriculture Department has designated Kauai County as a disaster area. The declaration will give Kauai farmers access to assistance.
Tasting Kauai
On our last culinary tour, I poured fresh coconut juice from the fruit farm, for our guests. Daniel Lane photo.
On a happier note, Tasting Kauai is honored to be featured in this week’s edition of MidWeek Kauai. It has been an honor and a privilege to write about Kauai’s food growers and makers for MidWeek Kauai, and I’m happy to provide extended coverage here on our website, as well as culinary tours that showcase the best of Kauai’s food.
The Right Slice
Owner and baker Sandy Poehnelt makes her pies by hand. Daniel Lane photo
Waves from Kauai’s The Right Slice made it all the way to New York. A New York Times article shows Sandy in her bakery with the quote “I make the crust by hand. I make the filling by hand. But to build my business, I need a hand.”
Sandy is being featured in a UPS marketing campaign for small business solutions. She’ll be featured in print (including Martha Stewart Living), as well as television, radio and online ads. Without a national bookstore on Kauai, Sandy is having a hard time getting the October issue of Martha Stewart Living. So if you subscribe, the next time you get a slice, consider giving her your well read copy.
Fine Dining at Kauai Community College
Tuesday, October 2, Wednesday, October 3, and Thursday, October 4
All lunch entrées served with freshly baked breads and includes a choice of starter and dessert.
Starter
Shrimp Louis
Pasta and Roasted Vegetable Salad
Vichyssoise
Entrée
- Grilled Spiced Turkey Burger, Pineapple Chutney, Lettuce, Tomato, Alfalfa Sprouts, Fresh Pita Bread, Tabouleh, $15.50
- Fisherman’s Stew, Garlic Bread, $19.50
- Salmon en Papillote, White Wine Sauce, Vegetable Tagliatelle, $19.75
- Roast Stuffed Leg of Lamb, Roasted Potatoes with Herbs and Garlic, Ratatouille, $18.50
- Osso Bucco, Artichoke and Mushroom Risotto, $22.50
Dessert
Chocolate Panna Cotta
Lemon Soufflé, Crème Anglaise
Call 808-245-8365 for reservations.
EVENTS:
Saturday, September 29
Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill
5 to 9 p.m., $45
Join Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill for “A Visit to Morocco” featuring Sudeeka Belly Dancers, exotic music, and a four-course dinner.
First Course: (choose one)
Chickpea and Orange Salad with Red Onions, Black Olives
Melon Salad with Mint, Orange Water
Spicy Eggplant Tomato Salad
Second Course:
Lamb Kefta with Cucumber Yogurt and Roasted Cumin
Third Course: (choose one)
Chicken Tagine with Clams and Vegetables
Snapper Tagine with Preserved Lemons, Green Olives, Thyme
Fourth Course:
Beignets with Honey Orange Water Sorbet
For reservations call 808-742-7117.
Sunday, September 30
Startup Gardening with One Song Farm
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., $36
Lisa and Sun are holding a workshop that’s geared towards people who really want to garden, grow food and live sustainably.
Learn the basics as they apply to Kauai:
- Soil testing and preparation
- Controlling weeds diseases and insects
- Making compost
- Monitoring your garden from seed to table
Sun embraces a plant that has gone to seed. Sun and Lisa plant seeds they have saved fro three generations. Daniel Lane photo
Twenty-two years ago, Sun arrived on Kauai with a vision of organic and sustainable agriculture on the islands of Hawaii. Since then, he has committed his life to that vision. Through a lot of trial and error Lisa and Sun have learned to work with the land and produce what grows easily on Kauai.
Their call their approach bio-intensive, which means fuel-free and machine-free gardening. Going beyond organic, they offer a low-tech way to grow food using a small space.
One Song Farm has a large dedicated following, and their goal is not only to provide quality food for the community, but to also educate the community.
For directions, contact Lisa and Sun at 808-635-3020.
Saturday, October 6
Merriman’s Fish House, Poipu
3 Year Anniversary Benefit, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Merriman’s Downstairs Cafe is celebrating their third anniversary with live entertainment, and 25 percent of proceeds from food sales go to the Kauai United Way.
Grown
Monday Night Dinner, Caffé Coco, 6 p.m., $50
Caffé Coco is continuing with Collin Darrell‘s Monday night dinners. The October event features Doug Kocol from Salt Kitchen and Tasting Bar on Oahu. Kocol’s charcutier versatility is a treat to experience, and his artesian techniques can apply to many ingredients. Collin is putting him to the ultimate test, and removing his key ingredient, meat. The tasting menu will include five vegetarian courses for $50 plus tax and gratuity. No BYOB fee.
Makana Terrace
5:30 p.m., St. Regis Princeville, $95
Makana Terrace is hosting a four-course dinner paired with Ferrari Carano wine. The California winery grows white and red grapes on 19 estate vineyards in four appellations totaling over 1,400 acres.
The dinner will feature a 2011 Fume Blanc 2011, 2010 Chardonnay 2010, 2010 “Siena” Sangiovese Malbec Red Blend and a 2008 “Tresor” Cabernet Sauvignon 2008. Look for this Sunday’s post which will outline the menu and wine parings.
For reservations call the concierge at 808-826-9644.
Friday, October 12
Princeville Wine Market
3 to 6 p.m., free
Daniel Braun of the Princeville Wine Market. Daniel Lane photo
Join Princeville Wine Market for a free wine tasting featuring premium California Chardonnay in that oaky, buttery style that is so popular these days. “We have picked five fine samples of this style of wine that are rich, yet still elegant and balanced,” says owner Daniel Braun. You must be 21-years or older to attend. Princeville Wine Market is located near the South entrance of Princeville Center near First Hawaiian Bank. For more information call 808-826-0040, or e-mail daniel@princevillewinemarket.com.
Friday, October 19
Kauai Culinary Tour
8 a.m. to 3 p.m., $130
The first course from our last culinary tour. Grilled eggplant with Lebanese dressing and marinated tomatoes. Daniel Lane photo
We have so much fun on our day-long culinary tours. We get to share the best of Kauai with people who care about good food, and where it comes from. We visit chef’s gardens, fruit farms, sit in on an outside cooking demonstration at the Marriott, and enjoy a four-course lunch made with Kauai Grown ingredients. And because we believe good food should be served with good beverages, we end the day with artesian beverages made on Kauai.
Stephanie Krieger, owner of Nani Moon Mead, is featured in this month’s culinary tour. She’ll close the meadery and give us an exclusive tour and tasting, and once you’ve sampled them all, you get to take a bottle of your favorite home.
Stephanie makes her mead with local fruit, honey and spices in small batches they day the fruit arrives. Each variety is lush, and tastes of Kauai! For more information, visit our Culinary Tours page.
ONGOING:
RumFire
RumFire’s Big Eye Tuna with Kauai Kunana Dairy feta. Daniel Lane photo
For the month of October, RumFire will donate all food and beverage proceeds from RumFire’s sunset view Table #53 to the Kauai United Way.
“We warmly welcome this opportunity to serve our community and invite our RumFire guests to support this worthy Kauai charity,” says Sheraton Kauai General Manager Chip Bahouth. “Through the participation of our diners, our goal is to raise $3,000.”
Basic Orientation to Aquaponics and Worm Composting
$35, October 6 through December 1, Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, Kauai Community College
KCC aquaponics instructor Bernie Tsao. Daniel Lane photo
For an alarmingly low price, the Kauai Community College is offering a Basic Orientation to Aquaponics and Worm Composting workshop. Nine, 3-hour sessions will be held on Saturdays. The course introduces ecosystem methods in sustainable agriculture, the practice of farming using principals of ecology, and the relationships between organisms and their environment. Crops that require high levels of soil nutrients can be cultivated in a more sustainable manner with the use of environmentally friendly fertilizer and management practices.
Learn:
- How to build and operate a worm composting farm
- Seedling propagation
- Aquaponics infrastructure, system building and operational care
- Aquaponics water quality and management
- Direct and indirect benefits of aquaponics and worm composting from the economic, social and environmental perspectives
To enroll, call 808-245-8318
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