Wrapping it Up & Additional Resources
Over the last five weeks, I’ve gone over a variety of easy to make dishes from my family and Hawaii as a whole. Today, I’ll be using this last blog post to provide some additional resources if you’d like to learn more.
Resources
- Wikipedia has an excellent page on traditional Hawaiian food and the history behind it.
- Sam Choy is a famous chef from Hawaii and has lots of great cookbooks (available on Amazon) that are simple & straight to the point.
- Serious Eats did a great job covering local foods that I didn’t have time to. Mochi, malasadas, shave ice…they’re all amazing.
- If you’re on the islands and are feeling something fancy, try Roy’s, Merrimans, or anything by Sam Choy. These stay true to the heritage of local Hawaiian cuisine while putting a fancy twist on it.
Other Favorites
Spicy Ahi Poke
This one is usually the first thing I grab to eat every time I visit home. It’s a poke dish like the one I made for this blog, but with a deliciously creamy and spicy sauce. If you like Sriracha, this should be on your list. I found another blog that looks like it’s nailed the recipe. If the picture above looks good to you, go check them out at http://tworedbowls.com/2013/06/17/spicy-ahi-poke/
Honey Toast
If you visit Honolulu and feel like dessert, do yourself a favor and visit Shokudo. They’re locally famous for making honey toast — a combination of toasted bread, honey, ice cream and a syrup like caramel or strawberry.
There are also pieces of cubed, honey-soaked bread in the middle. There are recipes online, but none of them seem to include those honey-bread-cubes, which in my opinion are what makes their version so amazing.
You know that saying “home is where the heart is?”
I have to respectfully disagree, because home is also where the stomach is. The one comfort food that brings back memories of simpler times, or the one that your Mom or Dad always used to make. The dish your grandma makes every new years eve, or even just your favorite pizza toppings.
No matter how dangerous the world might seem, or how uncertain your life may be, good food will always be there to put a smile on your face.
A hui hou kakou (until we meet again)
