Jay Eats Worldwide

After a full day at " The Bounty of He'eia " excursion, it's on to the first night of Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival .  "The MODERN Dragon: Morimoto and Friends" presented by Hawaiian Airlines, is tonight's Asian inspired theme celebrating the Year of the Dragon!   Since I'm a Dragon, I took  special interest in the evening... See What Jay Eats... Photo by Ed Morita East meets West at the MODERN Honolulu Photo by Ed Morita Some of the night's participating chefs (Left - Right)  Roy Yamaguchi, Ming Tsai, Masaharu Morimoto,  Alan Wong,  Hiroyuki Sakai, Chai Chaowasaree, Roy Choi,  and Sang Yoon. Photo by Ed Morita Fish Taco Chef Masaharu Morimoto Morimoto Waikiki Hawaii Photo by Ed Morita Event Co-Founder Chef Roy Yamaguchi  with Hawaii New Now's Guy Hagi, tonight's MC Seafood Tower Chef Scott Toner The MODERN Honolulu Hawaii Photo by Melissa Chang Ru...

After four fun food-filled days, I arrived at the Ko Olina Resort for the final Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival event.  After two nights of wonderful tasting events, I had the option to dine at another venue, but I chose to attend this event.  Since about half of the participating chefs were from Southern California, I had to represent.   Entering the event through Aulani A Disney Resort & Spa Mickey didn't recognize me last time I was here, but that's another story... lol The event was held on the beach at the Ko Olina Resort. Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa and JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa served as venue hosts   Chefs Jackie Lau and Jennifer Hamilton with the Roy's Restaurant crew ready to serve 3 different desserts Braised Beef Chef Mourad Lahlou Aziza San Francisco It was a beautiful Sunday evening at the Ko Olina Resort Photo by Ed Morita Meeting Chef Tetsuya Wakuda Tet...

While on Oahu , I enjoyed all of the food at the Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival and the dishes with Shinsato Farms Pork, Kuahiwi Ranch Beef, and a plethora of local produce and seafood.  So when local foodie and friend  Melissa Chang  invited me to a tropical fruit tasting, I wasn't sure what to expect. @Melissa808 sizes up a mango from Makaha Mangoes   When we arrived at the University of Hawaii, I learned that this was part of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers conference and we were to meet people who really knew their stuff.  Having spent many summers in Hawaii, I grew up with papayas, lychee, guava, lilikoi, and pineapples.  I have to admit, some of the fruits on the table were a complete mystery.   #fruitfail See What Jay Eats...  What an assortment of exotic fruits! It was great to taste many of these tropical fruits and some of these I had never had before. The exotic Dragon Fruit One of my favorites, b...