Jay Eats Worldwide

During my trip to Honolulu for the Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival , one of the places I wanted to return to was Prima in Kailua for some modern Italian.  Only open for about a year, Prima is that casual place that has great food. A few of us took a break from the festival food and stopped in for dinner. See What Jay Eats...  While looking over the menu and specials board, we enjoyed the fresh bread. Specials tonight Headcheese Adobo Really good... Sweetbread with Biscuits (another special) A variety of mushrooms Pizza Time! Prosciutto Rucola Tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula, parmesan A favorite of mine... We had a few other dishes, including Pappardelle - curry bolognese, fried curry leaves Meatball Pizza Dessert Time! Their famous house made ice creams jasmine, pineapple, lilikoi, and peanut butter. The peanut butter was my favorite Almond cake with figs It was another gre...

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...

Last year I attended the Hawai'i Food and Wine Festival event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village .  Besides all of the great food, I knew that the proceeds went to non-profit food and culinary organizations in Hawaii and was looking forward to this year... Day 3 of the festival and today's "Signature Event" is largest event attended.  The highlight is to showcase Hawaii's sustainable story, as well as, the many celebrity chefs who are active in the "farm to table" movement.        See What Jay Eats... Demonstrating traditional paiai, young, unfermented and undiluted taro ground with a traditional lava rock on a wooden board. Paiai used in Chef Lee Anne Wong's Crispy Paiai Chef Lee Anne Wong Cooking Channel's "Unique Eats" New York Chef Susan Feniger Border Grill and STREET Los Angeles Chilled Korean Noodles with Sriracha Grilled Skirt Steak Chef Susan Feniger Everyone enjoy...

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...