Yesterday, I checked out the “1st Annual Hawaii Rice Fest” at the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Here’s the website: http://www.ricefest.com/. Proceeds of the festival benefited the Lanakila Meals of Wheels program described here: http://www.lanakilapacific.org/more-than-a-meal.asp.
I think events like these are best described through pictures. So here we go.
Hawaii Rice Fest
For each donation, the donor received a pair of red chopsticks, cool.
Lanakila Meals on Wheels Booth
Chopsticks for a Cause
This vendor was introducing a polished brown rice to Hawaii. Their process involves polishing the wax off of a grain of rice without damaging the bran or germ of the grain. According to the vendor, other processes do not completely remove the wax.
Global Industries Corporation
According to their flyers, their brown rice is accepted by sushi chefs.
Brown Rice Ball Samples
Too bad they didn’t stick in a tiny bit of ume, it would have been perfect (just kidding).
Other booths.
Arturo's Booth
Sauces and Salsas
More Sauces and Salsas
Hawaiian Kine Booth
Fried Rice with Kamaboko and Hawaiian Kine Products
Pelekunu's Teri Sauces Booth
Fire and Meat, What Could Be Better?
Primo Sushi Booth
Kat's Sushi Booth
Kat's Sushi Bar
Kat’s Sushi offers a mobile sushi bar for parties, hmmm, the possibilities.
Don Ho's Island Grill, Smile!
Pacific Soul Patrol Food Truck
The guy in orange is Sean Priester, former executive chef of the Top of Waikiki. I’ve eaten from his food truck a couple of times, they make a killer vegetarian chili, their fried chicken, wow, and their cornbread is one of the best (in my opinion). http://pacificsoulhawaii.com/.
Pacific Soul Patrol Food
Got To Have Leonard's 🙂
What festival would be complete without royalty? This is the Narcissus Queen and Court. They were helping in the kiddie area.
Narcissus Queen and Court
I went too early so I missed the cooking and recipe contests. There’s always next year. 😉
All for a good cause.
The Mouse
Great coverage. And fast! Mahalo for checking out the Rice Fest! 🙂