Hawaii: North Shore Eatz
As a guest of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Oahu Visitors Bureau , I was offered a few excursions during my visit. One of the trips was a food tour of the North Shore. It's been awhile since I've had time to visit the North Shore and one of my favorite places on Oahu. Life is much different here than in Honolulu, but the food is just as good. See What Jay Eats... Our first stop Kahuku Farms 4th Generation farmers of the Matsuda/Fukuyama families. Photo by Lindsay Chambers (Oahu Visitors Bureau) Our group ready to tour the fields. Papaya trees A Kahuku Farms beauty! Kalo (taro) A Hawaiian staple The root is used to make dishes like poi, the stalks and offshoots are replanted, and leaves are used to cook with too. What a sustainable food source... I want to bring some of the leaves home to make luau stew... Japanese eggplant A lovely bunch of bananas After ...