This is the second post for my interview with Tamara Ching.
Today it's mostly about food--with a little sand fun thrown in.
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| Itsu's--Tamara's Favorite Ice Shave Shop |
First off, there is always
the question as to whether or not it is Shave Ice or Ice Shave…..I’ve always
called it “Ice Shave”. So with that cleared up, my favorite was pineapple and coconut mixed to make a pina colada flavor, or straight banana. We’d always get
our Ice Shave from a little old fishing supply store called Itsu’s. They were a
fishing supply store but also had a wide variety of candy, snacks, and other
food items. It was an almost daily stop for us.
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| Sand Castle Fun! |
No, I never learned the
hula or went surfing. Now I wish I had learned the hula. We did more boogie
boarding or body surfing the waves. I did however love building sand castles, sand
turtles and sand dolphins. At 45
years of age now, I will still will sit in the sand with any child, and help
them make a formation. It’s fun to
see how excited they are to see it when it’s done.
What is your favorite food?
Ume-a Japanese pickled
plum
Mochi-another Japanese
favorite made with rice flour
Spam Musubi-rice molded
into a rectangle with a slice of spam in the middle and seaweed wrapped around
it. It was a favorite beach lunch snack
Manapua-A Chinese sweet
bun with char siu pork in the middle of it
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| Kalua Pig and Lomi Lomi Salmon |
My favorite Hawaiian food
is:
Kalua Pig
Lau Lau
Poi
And Lomi lomi salmon
What are your favorite Hawaiian foods to
cook?
Quite often I will make an
oven version of Kalua Pig, and lomi lomi salmon.
Thank you so much for sharing, Tamara! I have more interview to share and then later (when I have a chance to prepare it myself) I'll share her recipe for lomi lomi salmon. Visit my recipe page to see the recipe from my niece for Kalua Pig. It's pretty much like Tamara's with a Traeger version too!
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Eeeps! Not sure I'd like all that meat and rice! lol Good thing I don't live there. Heh.
ReplyDeleteYou don't like fruit much, either, huh, Jessica??? You WOULD have a hard time in the islands! But I'm sure you'd love the gorgeous scenery and amazing culture!
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