Eating our way thru Hawaii - part 2

Aloha again! Back to my favourite topic - FOOD!!

Breakfast at the Volcano Village's My Island B&B was sumptuous and wholesome. They had cereals, cakes, breads, fruits, yoghurt, muffins, and also this delicious hawaiian papaya eaten the hawaiian way - with a twist of lime, pineapples and macadamia nuts.


Hilo farmer's market had these pineapples for sale. SOOOOO tempted to cart one back to Singapore!! But resisted!!


When we were shopping for water in Kona, guess what we found?


In Waimea, we had dinner at Daniel Thiebaut's famous restaurant. The seared ahi/tuna was really good.



Still in Waimea, we were so tired of thinking of what to eat next so we stumbled into this new restaurant that had just replaced one in the same location.



In the end, we did get soft and started to yearn for some Chinese cooking. We all know what Chinese food standards are like in a foreign country, so we settled for Thai. It wasn't half bad too. Wish we had asked for extra spicy green curry because it was more sweet than anything.


Geocaching! How else would we have found American's Southernmost Winery?!?

After we completed the cache (priorities!), we went for a tasting and loved their interesting blends like Hawaiian Guava and Macadamia Nut Honey. Bought a few bottles to share with friends back home.
They only opened at 10am so we had to wait around for a bit...




I'm not sure why but when we're on tour, ice cream was a not-so-rare treat!! We tried all sorts.




After 2 weeks under the hot hawaiian sun, cloudless skies, walking on lava with no tree shades, I think I look almost Hawaiian already.


The hot and dry weather in Kona was starting to get to us. Thankfully we ate at Merriman's Market Cafe and had a really great lunch, al-fresco style. The cold watermelon gazpacho soup was refreshing.


Coffee isn't one of America's strongest drinks. Starbucks is everywhere and we know what that's like. But Kona coffee is world famous and everywhere we go, we see signs proclaiming that they have Original Kona Coffee.


For our last few nights on the Big Island, we stayed at a coffee plantation Mango Sunset B&B and the owner (Hans Eckert) gave us a really comprehensive tour. Kona coffee must be grown on rocky volcano slopes, ripened on the tree, and handpicked.

This guy does everything himself! We were really impressed when he told us that he had bought some massive equipment and was going to assemble it himself. He seems to run the whole B&B and farm by himself.

Breakfast at the farm - lazing on the lanai with cereal, milk and fried mushrooms...


..looking out at the coffee plantation (we spotted some wild boars - oh dear..) and in the distance, the airport.. not looking forward to going back to work..