Jay Eats Worldwide

If you want good food, you go where it's produced, the farm! Market Fresh Bistro is located in Maui's Upcountry, within walking distance of where some of the food is grown. MFB is headed by Chef Justin Pardo, who's vision is to use all Maui grown ingredients. On this night, we were treated to a special multi-course tasting menu. Chef Justin prepared and plated all of the dishes and personally explained each dish. I knew we were in for a special evening. See What Jay Eats... Tasting Menu April 6, 2012 Amuse Bouche Kupa'a Farms Lemon Thyme Marinated Baby Beets* Herb Goat Cheese Garlic Naan Salad Course "Two on a Plate" Tamimi Farms Heirloom Tomato Salad (Left) Kula Herb Goat Cheese Fritter Evonuk Farms Parsley & Kalamata Olive Vinaigrette Upcountry Vegetable Salad (Right) Coca Farms Green Beens DMOC Farms Roasted Rainbow Carrots Kupa'a Farms Watermelon & Black Radish Kupa'a Farm...

Being in the food industry, I've always been interested where our food comes from. When I try a new variety of a farmed product, it's amazing how climate, soil, cross-pollination, water, etc. plays an important part in growing something incredible. Farmers are really artisans, especially when collaborating with chefs and developing these special ingredients. Outstanding in the Field , the California-based "restaurant without walls" is making its first-ever farm dinner visit to Hawaii. 'Outstanding in the Field' founding chef Jim Denevan did his first farm dinner in his hometown of Santa Cruz, California in 1999. By 2011, they have staged 87 dinners throughout North America and for the first time, in Europe. This month, they're kicking off the season in the Hawaiian Islands. Chef Denevan and crew have created outdoor dining events in country farms and urban gardens, on mountain tops and sea caves, on islands and ranches. Wherever the loca...