Waking up to Waikiki and getting some musubi. What a great start.
Byodo-In temple where we saw wild pigs, a giant black salamander, koi, & black swans. We spoke to some biologists as they cleaned the koi pond and got rid of invasive tilapia and red devils. You guys found inner peace, inner peace, dinner please! And we asked Buddha for good health for our family.
Do you see the rooster in the tree?
Roasted cacao still in the shell. Unshelled we have nibs.
These tiny hooded stamens can’t be pollinated by bees. They need midges which live in decaying leaf matter.
True kalo (taro)
Swamp taro. Have to boil those for at least three hours.
Fermented beans taste like wine.
21 degrees estate: (1) Winter harvest 70%, (2) all season blend 70%, (3) single origin 85%, (4) canoe plant blend, coconut milk, caramelized turmeric, (5) coffee, cardamom, & rose, (6) earl grey tea
Learned a lot about chocolate making. Got to taste raw cacao, roasted nibs, fermented cacao beans, and the flesh of the cacao fruit.
Got some poi and laulau and headed to Ho’omaluhia Botanical Gardens to eat lunch under the Ko’olau mountains.
Got dinner to go at Adela’s Country Kitchen. Loco moco with fried rice & lechon with garlic moringa noodles.
Another wonderful evening out on Waikiki.
Another example of showing up and life happening- complimentary tanghulu and heard a beautiful cover of White Sandy Beach.
Dinner at the Pig & the Lady