Hawaii: Exotic Fruit Tasting
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...