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...

Today is Columbus Day! It's known as Discoverer's Day in Hawaii, in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands.  I'm going to use this day to share my Five New Food Discoveries.  These were new places that I've visited last month and plan on returning back. Ka 'Ikena Laua'e The Kapiolani Community College (KCC) Culinary Arts' restaurant, run by student chefs and servers.  They have lunch and dinner menus, but check their schedule and reservations are recommended, click here .   Lunch being served table side by student servers Goat Cheese Tart and Tomato Vinaigrette Salad Fisherman's Stew Fish, Shrimp, Lobster Medallion, Scallops and Clams stewed in a  Saffron broth with Braised Fennel and Potatoes, Served with Garlic Crostini and Spicy Rouille The next up and coming  chefs of Hawaii View my post Hawaii:  KCC Student Chefs Ka 'Ikena Laua'e on the campus of ...