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Pau Hana Friday for October 19

By on October 19, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Hukilau Lanai

Island Orchid at Hukilau Lanai. Daniel Lane photo

Island Orchid at Hukilau Lanai. Daniel Lane photo

 

One of the best fine-dining deals you can find on Kauai, is the Food and Wine Tasting Menu at the Hukilau Lanai. The five-course dinner ($40 for food and wine, $28, food only) is available from 5 to 5:45 p.m., and can be ordered gluten-free. Recently the Tasting Menu changed to:

  • Island Gazpacho with koloa Rum Pineapple Basil Sorbet, St. Gabriel Riesling Auslese, Mosel, Germany
  • Candied Ahi with Coconut Chipotle Sauce, Gazela Vinho Verde, Portugal
  • Sausage and Warabi with char-grilled house-made longanisa and tomatoes, Torres “Las Mulas” Rose, Central Valley Chile
  • Fresh Catch served on quinoa with Kauai-grown kale salad and preserved lemon vinaigrette, Poggio Anima Sangiovese, Toscana, Italy
  • Choice of Artesian Cheese Duo or Big Island Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee, R.L. Buller & Son Muscat, Victoria, Australia

Owners Ron and Krissi Miller feel a responsibility to source local and sustainable ingredients. On their website, the Hukilau Lanai menu is interactive. If you hover over an ingredient, it will show you what farm it comes from. If you click on the ingredient, you can get even more details. Continue Reading →

Kauai Pau Hana Friday for October 12

By on October 12, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Kauai Kunana Dairy

Today's Pau Hana Cocktail is a Poipu Cooler from Brennecke's Beach Broiler. Click picture for recipe. Daniel Lane photo.

Today’s Pau Hana Cocktail is a Poipu Cooler from Brennecke’s Beach Broiler. Click picture for recipe. Daniel Lane photo.

 

Our friends at Kauai Kunana Dairy shared this good news with us.

“Finally, after three administrations and years of pleading, we are going to be able sell our value added farm products at the Kauai Sunshine Markets!  Look for our stand at the Kapaa Wednesday Sunshine Market and, hopefully, at the Koloa Monday Market.  Under the new market rules, qualified, bona fide value-added food products that contain 50% Kauai grown farm ingredients will be available for sale at all County Sunshine Markets.  All vendors are being required to reapply for market permits and have their applications reviewed to affirm that they are really farmers and not re-selling produce from Costco or another middle man. (Yes, sadly, this is all too common!)  A huge shout out to Derek Kawakami who introduced the legislation while he was on the County Council and to Councilmember JoAnn Yukimura for her support and work in initiating the first Sunshine Market in 1978! 

Another happy note is that our fellow farmers, Ned and Marta Whitlock received approval for their Special Use Permit from the Kauai Planning Commission to begin construction on their farmworker housing once the other county agencies have reviewed their building plans!

We presently have an overabundance of Certified Organic arugula, chard, and vine-ripened cherry tomatoes in our garden. Louisa also has a very limited edition of her select mold-ripened aged cheeses.

Ryan is making a killer mango lemonade juice drink lightly sweetened with agave.

That’s it for now, back to the garden!

SAY NO TO GMO!”

The Wooton Family Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday For October 5

By on October 5, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Tasting Kauai

Gaylord's Mai Tai made with Koloa Rum. Click the picture for recipe. Daniel Lane photo

Gaylord’s Mai Tai made with Koloa Rum. Click the picture for recipe. Daniel Lane photo

 

If things look a little different to you, it’s because our website is getting an update. Besides a slightly different look, we are adding a payment option so tours can be booked online. Marta is writing a series of e-books which will be compiled into one book called A Culinary Romp Through Paradise: The Foodie’s Guidebook to Kauai. The book will have detailed listings of farmers markets, farmers, seasonality and descriptions of exotic produce, restaurants and food trucks, products made on Kauai with ingredients grown on Kauai, food related events, grocery stores that carry local products and more.

A series of e-books will be released as they are completed, which will be chapters in the final book. Since we are frequently asked, by locals and visitors alike, “Where are the best paces to eat?” we have compiled a list of our Top 20 Restaurants. We also support the Kauai artisans who hand-craft their products with passion, honesty and quality ingredients. Our Top 20 Artisans list features our favorite farm-fresh goodies.

Details can be read under the “Books” tab, which will be completed early next week. For now, you can check out what’s coming. Later, you’ll be able to download our Top 20. Part One: Restaurants, the first in our e-book series, is due to be released in November 2012. We have a lot of tasty information to share, and want to serve it like a multiple course dinner. Each e-book can be consumed and digested at you’re leisure, and just when you’re hungry for more, the next e-book should be fresh out of the oven! Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for September 21

By on September 21, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Winter Sun Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

Winter Sun Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

Today’s Pau Hana Friday cocktail shot is from our last culinary tour. Besides the tasting, Stephanie Krieger of Nani Moon Mead gave us an exclusive tour of her meadery, and taught us how to make a Winter Sun Margarita. It was a refreshing ending to our day-long tour.

I always learn something on these tours. Guy Higa, executive chef of the Kauai Marriott Resort, does a cooking demonstration while he makes our four-course lunch. Last time, I learned that if you boil tofu for a minute, it takes the water out. I had no idea. I always pressed it between paper towels and hand cloths! This time, I learned that to make the best fried noodles, you must take them straight from the boiling water and into a hot pan with oil. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for August 24

By on August 24, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Kauai County Farm Fair

Tortilla Republic's Poipu Heat Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

Tortilla Republic’s Poipu Heat Margarita. Daniel Lane photo

With carnival rides, live music and a petting zoo, the Kauai County Farm Fair is the big news this week. Rides include a Century Wheel, Crazy Plane, Dizzy Dragons, FireBall, Merry-Go-Round, Pharaoh’s Fury, Bumper Cars, Spring Ride, Super Sizzler, and Umbrella and Zipper rides. It’s a festive sight, especially at night when all the rides turn their lights on.

The Kauai Grown booth is festooned with seasonal produce, mostly from Yoshii Farm, and features a rainbow of beautiful fruit and vegetables including dragon fruit, avocados, oranges, pineapple, mamey sapote, huge mangos, and lettuce. Last night, Honi Honi Honey their honey, which you could sample at the honey tasting booth. There were about 10 varieties, including an 8-year-old honey harvested from the Kauai Coffee Farm. It looked and tasted like molasses. Continue Reading →

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