Kaka‘ako Farmers Market offers a super variety of fresh produce/fruits and prepared foods (including mochi and baked goods)! Visiting this Honolulu farmers market is a Saturday tradition.
When people talk about farmers markets in Hawaii……
Teruya’s Andagi (Oahu)
Teruya’s Andagi (Honolulu, Oahu) is one of my favorite takeout spots. They’ve been around since 1987, making local Japanese bentos, hot andagi, and sweet potato mochi.
Head this way for local Japanese bentos!…
Plantation Iced Tea
Plantation Iced Tea is a popular drink in Hawaii, and found on menus of restaurants and cafes. It’s made from black tea, pineapple juice, and simple syrup. Refreshing on a warm day!
All you need is three ingredients….
Ti Leaf Versus Luau Leaf
Preparing a Ono Seafood (Oahu)
Ahi Assassins (Oahu)
Fresh Leonard’s Bakery (Oahu)
Leonard’s Bakery in Honolulu is where you go for malasadas, a popular Hawaii dessert. Malasadas are golden on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and super onolicious. Here’s everything you need to know about visiting Leonard’s Bakery.
Hot dough, fried golden, rolled in sugar. Made to order! Meet Leonard’s malasadas….
Lomi Lomi Salmon
[This post was originally published July 22, 2019. It was updated September 26, 2019 to include a step-by-step photo recipe on how to make Lomi Lomi salmon at home.]
Lomi Lomi Salmon is a Hawaiian side dish (made from salted salmon, tomatoes, onions, and green onions). It’s a must-have for any Hawaiian meal or luau. Here’s everything you need to know about Lomi Lomi Salmon, plus a step-by-step photo recipe!
Lomi Lomi Salmon at home. Step-by-step recipe below ^_^
No real Hawaiian lunch/dinner is complete without lomi lomi salmon….
Garlic and Fish Sauce Eggplant
Garlic and Fish Sauce Eggplant is one of our family’s go-to dishes. We ate it often as kids and eat it even more as adults. It’s easy to make (and tastes even better the next day).
Eggplants are my favorite fruit (can you believe eggplant is a fruit, not vegetable).
I love them in all forms and dishes. Baked, broiled, steamed, fried…you name it! But there is one eggplant dish I love more than all the others….
Hawaiian Boiled Peanuts
Hawaiian Boiled Peanuts are a local snack we all grew up eating in Hawaii. Here’s where to get it, how to make it (and eat it) ^_^
Growing up in Hawaii, I always thought that boiled peanuts were a local snack….
Tea In Hawaii
Locally grown tea is a new crop for the Hawaii agriculture industry. Most of it comes from the Big Island where the east side is populated with small tea gardens that grow and process 100% Hawaii teas. You can also visit the tea gardens!
Tea room at Tea Hawaii & Company
Did you know Hawaii is one of the few places in the US that can grow tea?…
Pumpkin Crunch! Lemon Crunch!
Pumpkin Crunch Bars/Cakes and Lemon Crunch Cakes are popular local desserts in Hawaii. Growing up, we ate them often at birthday parties and potlucks. Now as adults, we make it at home or buy it from local bakeries!
Pumpkin Crunch Cake from Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery (Oahu)
It’s a local favorite!…