TGIF talks local food too
I’ve definitely got food on the brain lately, especially “local” food. Today’s TGIF section of the Honolulu Advertiser highlighted some restaurants that use locally raised ingredients. The intro paragraph captures the essence of “why local?”:
We do it to support our community of farmers, ranchers and fishermen — the people in Hawai’i who bring gorgeous food to our plates. It’s also a way to support environmental principles and live “green.” But we can’t forget that locally grown food also can be healthy, and maybe more importantly, delicious.
Here are the restaurants that made the list, with my comments:
- Nico’s Pier 38 – Crave-able furikake ahi. Gets pretty crowded (and hot!) at lunch so go early.
- Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Seafood Bar
- Downtown @ the HiSAM
- town – Tried their food at a fundraiser at HiSAM (but haven’t actually eaten at Downtown @ the HiSAM). Quite tasty! One of these days I’ll have to try their restaurant.
- `Umeke Market – Gotta try their tuna melt (skip the onions, ask for spinach instead).
- 12th Ave Grill – Words can’t describe the yumminess…
You folks that work downtown will have to check out Downtown (capital “D”) at the Hawaii State Art Museum and let me know how it is.
You can read the whole article (including much better descriptions of their menu offerings) here.
Now that I’ve had you folks thinking about local food in the context of the community for a week, a question: Would you be interested in more info like this if it were easily available?
I think that’s quite enough food for now. We’ll be returning to our regularly scheduled elemental geekiness shortly.
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By the lone gunman, November 24, 2008 @ 8:43 am
I’ve eaten at Nico’s. That place is pretty darn good. I’ve had the seared ahi steak a couple times… Must have more… Yummmm.
Sansei… eh, we’ve all been there.
Hawaii State Art Museum? Is that what that stands for? Never ate there… Never ate at Town either… But it’s got a cool name.
Umeke Market… Looks and tastes healthy. Been there a few times…
12th Ave Grill… When it’s crowded and it’s raining… it’s not very pleasant… But the KimChee Steak was pretty good… tho I can’t say that, after tasting it, I’ve ever craved it…