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TODAY - Vintage BMX Show & Reunion

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Central Oahu Regional Park - Hawaii
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Mililani Farmer's Market

It was our last day back home in Hawaii. Our plane was leaving at 10pm that night back to L.A, so we could not miss the farmers market that was just a 3 minute drive from my parents house in Mililani.
This one takes place at my old high school gym parking lot, which was kind of trippy to go back to.
We just wanted to poke around before hitting the beach one last time, so we thought we'd get some brunch here. BBQ chicken thighs and corn on the cob was one of the choices... but nah... kept looking...
Picked up a couple of sweets for my mom from this lady. Homemade bread pudding and chocolate scones (the chocolate came from her family's farm on the Big Island):
Usual local fair... I wondered how the chili was, but too early for that. Kim chee fried rice? Char siu fried rice? Can't be better than my mom's... pass, pass...
This lady's booth, Hawaiian Chef, had some interesting stuff though:
We got stuck here for a bit. I wanted one of everything. Not pictured here is a bottle of her sliced "Bread & Butter Pickles" which were fucking off the HOOK (I'm not even a big fan of pickles). Chili Pepper Jelly was weird and interesting, so we got that for our neighbor.
Still couldn't decide, so I got myself some lilikoi lemonade. Lilikoi is passion fruit, which grows wild in Hawaii.
Tasted goooood. Not too sweet. Missed the taste of lilikoi!
...and then I came across this sign on her table. Poi battered fish? Eh? Hawaiian Chef said it was swordfish. I saw her preparing someone else's plate and it looked good. Had to try it, so we ordered and split it.
I've got to tell you that out of everything we ate on this trip back home, this was the best thing yet. The hearty swordfish's juices were trapped perfectly within the thick poi (smashed taro root) batter. The tomatoes, sea asparagus and tangerines went perfectly with the local greens. Then lilikoi vinaigrette over all the veggies. Served with a scoop of brown rice.
Damn, that was good. We only had that small plate so we could save room for later. Yup, weird hanging out at the old high school.
Borrowed my pop's truck and headed to the west side of the island, along the Waianae coast.
We kept going and going until the road ended.
And the road ends at Kaena Point State Park, where this amazing tide pool is at. Nobody was around except those 3 girls on the right and a fisherman. Waves crashed against the rocks and trickled over, causing fresh water to come in. Super clean and glassy. Perfect place to chill out. Little fishes swimming around you, it was choice.
Grabbed a shot of this guy before we bailed.
More tales for the belly coming soon. Thanks for all the emails and comments! Click here to read past food posts. Aloha!

231 Years Ago

Death of Captain Cook:





Forgot to post this one earlier this week.




Hawaiian Homeland Security.

The Hoff

In January, we went and ate at Ola in Turtle Bay with some friends. I seen Knight Rider so I took a picture.

I should've paid more attention because I found out later some dude was there to nab a pic of the Baywatch guy so he could make some paparazzi side cash. Fuuuuck. Oh well.

I miss Libby's.

Kam Swap Meet - Pearl City, Hawaii

It got warm pretty quick that Saturday morning. It was just before 9am and I was already breaking a sweat. It's just unusually so when you're at the Kam Swap Meet in Pearl City. I think this lady shopper was feeling it too.
Taking place at the old Kam Drive In Theater, this swap meet's been going on for over 35 years. Long as I could remember. I always thought that this was the better of the swap meets on Oahu because you find more cheap junk here. I scored two really choice aloha shirts for $5 each. The other swap meet is mostly just packed with new Hang Loose shirts for tourists.
And the oddities you find at Kam Swap Meet is always funny. You can buy algae eaters right next to fried shrimp chips.
Produce is pretty cool especially for me since I've been off the island for a while. Taro sold regularly:
And if you're into eating like I am, everything just made me hungry.
Bananas made think of Hawaiian/Puerto Rican style Pasteles but nobody had any for sale.

Yup, Hawaii swap meet food is off the hook. This place had crazy lines for their Guava Chicken and Kalbi Shortribs.
The Guava Chicken smelled gooooood, cuz.
Next door had Malasadas, brah.
But maybe I'll get a few of these Crispy Gau Gees. Just like cripsy won tons but with a lot more pork filling. I hadn't had any in a while.
Manapua seemed like the last thing I'd want among all the other choices of food.
There were some good eats and lots of junk to sift through but I walked outta there with this stuff. $20 got me 6 copies of late 50's Hot Rod and an unused 1961 Hawaii motorcycle license plate.
Pretty stoked. Good times.

Nam Fong of Chinatown, Honolulu

So after we went to the beach and ate at Ono Hawaiian Food that day, we had another errand to run before heading home to my parents house. It was New Year's Eve and we usually have some family show up from my hometown of Wahiawa to celebrate.







Although my mom is an amazing cook (which is why everybody comes over!), we can't expect her to cook everything. So my dad had me stop by Nam Fong to pick up some roast duck, roast chicken, cha siu pork and my personal favorite - Chinese roast pork.
Nam Fong is like a Chinese BBQ butcher I guess, don't know how else to describe it. Nam Fong is take out only and is very well known in Hawaii for their roasted meats. This place is notorious for their long lines. I've heard of people waiting in line for 2-and-half-fucking-HOURS to get meat from this place. I shit you not:
There was about 10 people in line when I got there but we're way ahead of the game. Our order was called in a week prior so I walked past everybody, paid and bailed.
We didn't get far until my younger brother said there was a Chinese bakery next door. Oh oh.
I can't eat, dude, we just ate at Ono Hawaiian Food. But if you get this, maybe I'll try a bite:
What the hell is this? My wife asked. I don't know. I think it's the stinky stuff you put on rice... my mom will know.
It was tempting but I had to fight it... trying... so... hard... and this Chinese lady in the yellow shirt was trying hard to sell us on stuff.
God dammit, I'll just have a piece of Macadamia Nut Candy then:
I bet the manapua here is good. It's called manapua in Hawaii and cha siu bao in Chinese. They were piping hot.
Yeah, don't take checks from these guys. Watch out:

The line at Nam Fong was getting way longer on our way outta Chinatown. Roast duck and roast chicken on the left. Roast pork and cha siu on the right.
Tune in next time for our trip to Kam Swap Meet in Pearl City, HI.