Lemongrass Cafe and The Pig & the Lady Burma Culinary Series + Fundraiser this Sunday, December 6

The Pig & the Lady is joining Pacific Gateway Center/Lemongrass Cafe to do a series of pop-up fundraisers to support Nā Kūpuna Makamae, also known as the Kakaako Old Pumping Station! 
 

A Resource and Training Center for Hawai‘i’s beloved seniors — NKM will provide innovative, quality services and programs dedicated to our seniors, their families and community that will empower, educate, enlighten and entertain. These programs will address the critical needs of seniors and their caregivers and improve the quality of life for all. Driven and led by kūpuna for kūpuna, NKM will be at the forefront of caring for and enabling Hawaii’s seniors.

The first in this fundraising culinary series is this Sunday, December 6, 2015. There are two seatings, 11am and 12:45pm.  It's only $25.00 for a dynamic lunch featuring exotic and savory Burmese dishes with The Pig & The Lady's famous PHO GA as the main dish.  As this is part of our challenge grant, every dollar earned will be doubled for NKM:

Check out the full menu: for this Sunday's fundraiser: 

PHO GA
Poached chicken, chicken cracklins, chicken fat vinaigrette

MANDALAY FRITTERS
Made with healthy black beans, ginger and sweet glutinous flour

EGGPLANT SALAD
Seasoned eggplant, tofu, red onions, red chili and spices

NGA PYAW THEE KYAUK HNYIN HTOTE
Steamed banana sticky rice in banana leaves

PANDAN ICED TEA
Pandan leaves brewed in jasmine tea

Please spread the word to your family and friends! Date is approaching fast!  Come and join us!  Bring family and friends!  Limited seating!  When can you go to a fundraiser with such a meaningful purpose for only $25?  

To book a reservation, go to the fundraiser's Eventbrite Page now.

What: Burma Culinary Series by Lemongrass Cafe + The Pig & the Lady

When: Sunday, December 6, 2 seatings: 11am + 12:45pm

Cost: $25 per person / Purchase tickets here

About the Pacific Gateway Center
The mission of Pacific Gateway Center  (PGC) is to help immigrants, refugees, and low-income residents of Hawai‘i gain access to opportunities and services through the building of skills that lead to self-sufficiency.  Inherent in our mission is a deep respect for the integrity of diverse cultures represented by our targeted population and the communities we serve.

PGC is driven by its organizational values of aloha, creativity, diversity, humor, integrity, mutual respect, teamwork and food (needed to sustain life and integral to social, economic, political and cultural frameworks locally and globally). 

This Week's Farmers Market Schedule 12/2 - 5 + Mililani Craft Fair + Mama Le's Next Pop-Up 12/9

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! We had a quiet Thanksgiving lunch and dinner at both the Le and Fukuhara households and it was very fun and relaxing. We also had the pleasure to throw a surprise birthday this past Sunday for our fearless leader, Chef Andrew, and had it at Bills Sydney in Waikiki. It was a real drag to literally drag him out to Waikiki and make up some excuse for him to come along, and he kept throwing lots of obstacles in the way (“I have a meeting with the plumber” or “I have to get a haircut”) but it was worth it. 

This week leading into December, we are back on our regular farmers market schedule. Since the weather permits such type of cuisine, we are going heavy on the noodle soups this week. Here’s this week’s highlights:

#MAMANoodles:
BUN MOC — Pork balls, Vietnamese ham, fresh cut noodles, clear beef broth

GRILLED PORK CHOP PHO & BRAISED SHORT RIBS PHO — Mama Le’s famous pho is the base for this week’s special proteins, grilled pork chop and braised short ribs. 

#MAMARice:
SMOKED SPARE RIBS RAGOUT — Smoked spare ribs in Mama Le’s famous tomato based ragout (ragu)

#MAMABanhMi:
NEM NUONG BANH MI — Vietnamese grilled pork sausages & meatballs 

In addition to the farmers market, we are also going to be at the Mililani Craft Fair this weekend! Check the graphic below for further details!

Finally, and just around the corner, we have Mama Le’s next farmers market pop-up scheduled for next week, December 9 at the Blaisdell farmers market.  $45 per person, limit to 30 people only. It will be a four course meal and dinner starts promptly at 5pm. 

As many of you know, Mama Le's pop-ups are fun, communal experiences with shared plates, and lots of interaction. This pop-up is Mama's take on Southern Vietnamese hotpot or LẨU VỊT NẤU CHAO. Duck is the main protein and the fermented soy bean broth is quite flavorful and packs a punch. Perfect for this cooler December weather! There will also be some appetizers, and of course, a dessert crafted by Rachel Murai and her PIA team. It's going to be a doozy for sure. 

Here's the menu for Mama Le's next pop-up on December 9 at Blaisdell:

1st course
"CANH GA CHIEN NUOC MAM"
Fried Chicken wings mixed with Mama Le's Nuoc Mam fish sauce 

2nd course
" GOI VIT QUAY"
Roasted Duck salad with banana blossom, cabbage salad, mint, shallots, nuoc mam cham dressing

3rd course
" LAU VIT NO CHAU"
Hot Pot style. Duck, Taro, fermented soy bean paste broth , ong choy, mustard cabbage, vermicelli noodles

4th course
" ICE CREAM & SORBET PARFAIT”
Sorbet by Rachel Murai

To make reservations, email alex@thepigandthelady.com. 

Back to this week's farmers market, as always, you can check the full menu over at the Farmers Market Menu Page. 

This Week's Farmers Market Schedule + Thanksgiving Week

It’s Thanksgiving week and we want to give thanks to all of our wonderful patrons who have made us who we are. It’s been a humbling experience to feed so many of you and we wake up everyday, wanting to pinch ourselves at how lucky we are in doing what we love. Therefore, MAHALO to all of our amazing customers and please know we will continue to strive to make your dining experience a great one. 

One of those experiences is making ordering take out at the restaurant as seamless and easy as possible. After a rough patch (we admit in the system not being so great to order takeout), we've partnered with Chow Now and have also launch an official app, for both iPhone and Android, to make the process now as simple as a few thumb presses on your screen. Both versions are available on the iTunes Store and Google Play. Just type in (with quotation marks, for all you Boolean logic fans), "Pig and the Lady" and the app should pop up. Oh, and it's free too. Now ordering take-out has never been easier. Or you can also order directly through our website.

As for Thanksgiving itself, Rachel and her #PIA team are knee deep in Grandma Suzuki’s Pumpkin Chiffon pie orders. The sheer volume was something that was completely unexpected and the team is working around the clock to ensure everyone has their orders ready. This calls for another big MAHALO!

As for this week’s farmers markets, we will be off on Thursday so no Kailua farmers market, but we’ll be at Blaisdell tomorrow and KCC on Saturday. Here’s the specials of the week:

#MAMABANHMI
BO LUC LAC — Mama Le’s grilled rib-eye steak, cubed and served with a vinaigrette and waioli lettuce in a warm baguette. You can’t get any better than this!

MARINATED GRILLED PORK CHOP BANH MI -- Mama Le’s special pork chop marinade and grilled on-site at the farmers market. 

#MAMARICE
SPARE RIBS RAGOUT — Mama’s French/Vietnamese style stew with peas, stewed carrots and spare ribs. This is the epitome of comfort food. 

SPARE RIBS DAIKON — slow cooked, stewed spare ribs with juicy chunks of daikon

#MAMANOODLES
POACHED TURKEY PHO WITH CRANBERRY SIRACHA SAUCE — We serve this every Thanksgiving week at the farmers market. Gotta stick with tradition!

BUN BO HUE WITH PORK SHANK & BRISKET — Mama’s famous Hue style noodle soup.

Also, for KCC only, we are also going to serve OXTAIL PHO and PORK JOWL PHO too. Check out the full menu over at the Farmers Market Menu page.  

This Week's Farmers Market Schedule + Restaurant Week + HNL Night Market

We are participating in Restaurant Week with special tasting menus for both lunch and dinner service! This is the 8th year that Honolulu has held this week-long celebration of Hawaii’s amazing eating scene and we are honored to be a part of it. Check out the unique menus we have in store for this week. 

In addition to Restaurant Week, we’ll also be at the HNL Night Market this Saturday night! It’s fashion themed and called “Run Way” and is part of Hawaii Fashion Month. Night Market is going to be from 6pm - 11pm and check back on our Facebook page for the full menu later this week. 

Regarding farmers markets, we’re on our regular schedule this week:

Wednesday, Nov 18
Blaisdell 4 - 7pm

Thursday, Nov 19
Kailua 5 - 7:30pm

Saturday, Nov 21
KCC 7:30 - 11am

Specials this week include the following:

COM GA ROTI — This is Mama Le’s rice special of the week, a classic roasted chicken and rice combo. Make sure to take photos and hashtag hus at #mamalerice

CHA CA LA VONG BANH MI — This is our famous turmeric grilled fish but in a banh mi sandwich! We have a ‘po boy’ variation on our regular restaurant lunch menu and it’s very popular. #mamalebanhmi

BO KHO — Mama Le’s classic Vietnamese beef stew with fresh rice noodles. This is savory, hearty, comfort food at its finest. It’s especially perfect to eat with this odd windy weather we are experiencing this week. 

As always, the full menu is over at the Farmers Market menu page. 

This Week's Farmers Market Schedule & Specials + KAMPAI! Sake Tasting Event on Monday 11/16

First up, “Happy Birthday, Alex!” The P&L team celebrated our general manager’s birthday at Any Place Lounge last night and fun times were had and karaoke was sung. If you see Alex at the farmers market this week, make sure to wish him a “happy birthday!”

Last night at Alex's surprise birthday party at Any Place Lounge in Moilili. Good times! Instagram by 808Soos.

Last week’s Mama Le pop-up event was a smashing success. We are exploring the option of making this a monthly event, but are still figuring things out. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, check out some photos from last week’s pop-up over on our Facebook page. Mahalo to Orlando Benedicto for taking photos of the event. 

For this week’s farmers market, we’re on our regular schedule. Specials include MI VIET TIM, Mama Le’s featured noodle soup. This is a Chinese influenced noodle soup with stewed duck leg. For featured banh mi, we have BANH MI SIU MAI, or SPICY PORK MEATBALL. Finally, for the featured rice dish, we have Mama Le’s STUFFED TOFU W/ MINCED PORK and is cooked in a tomato sauce. Finally, as an extension of last week’s BUN CHA pop-up, we will be making BUN CHA PORK BELLY, with fresh veggies and vermicelli noodles. All good stuff! And as always, you can view the full menu over at our Farmers Market Menu page. 

Finally, a quick reminder that next Monday, November 16, we are partnering with the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) and are going to host a SAKE TASTING EVENT at the restaurant from 8pm - 10pm after the screening of KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE. The film will screen at the Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18 at 6pm. 

Chef Andrew will serve a menu inspired by the sake that are featured in the film, and these 4 unique sake will also be served! It’s for sake lovers and a great after-film dinner too! Plus, the director, Mirai Konishi, as well as Kosuke Kuji, fifth-generation president of Nanbu Bijin brewery, will be in attendance. 

Check out the menu for this sure to be memorable event:

• Okunomatsu Sakura daiginjo ~ Banana Blossom Salad with lemon dashi, purslane, grapefruit, parmesan, almonds
• Nanbu Bijin daiginjo ~ Konbu Beignet with tofu sweet garlic cream
• Iwaki Kotobuki yamahai junmai genshu ~ Shiitake Spaghetti with aromatic porcini broth, shallots and Meyer lemon
• Tamagawa tokubetsu junmai ~ Chan Chan Yaki Don of salmon and cabbage sauteed in butter and saikyo miso, served atop jasmine rice

The SAKE TASTING EVENT is a separate ticketed event from the film screening.  To purchase sake tasting tickets, visit kampaisake.eventbrite.com. 

Monday, November 16, 2015
KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE Screening 
6:00pm - 7:40pm
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
Buy tickets here

KAMPAI! AFTER-FILM SAKE TASTING EVENT
8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Pig & the Lady
Buy Tickets here

Buy Everything but the Turkey as part of our Thanksgiving takeout offerings

The Pig and The Lady wants to be a part of your Thanksgiving meal! Order your take home meal below. Pick-up will be on Wednesday, November 25 at our Chinatown location. You can pick-up between 5:30pm - 10pm. Last orders will be taken on Monday, November 23.

Check out some of the side dishes we have in store for this year, including the ultimate dessert of Chef Rachel's GRANDMA SUZUKI'S PUMPKIN CHIFFON PIE. Yes. We can assure you that if you order this for your Thanksgiving potluck party, you'd be the hero of the evening!

Check out the full menu and fill out the online form to start ordering away! Read more on how to order.... 

THIS WEEK'S FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE + SPECIALS 11/4 - 7

Another busy Kailua Farmers Market last week Thursday.

November 3, 2015

We will be on a regular farmers market schedule this week:

Wednesday, Nov 4
Blaisdell
4pm - 7pm

Thursday, Nov 5
Kailua
5pm - 7:30pm

Saturday, Nov 7
KCC
7:30am - 11am

As many of you know, Mama Le’s BUN CHA HANOI POP-UP is tomorrow at Blaisdell, and it’s currently sold out. BUN CHA HANOI is a popular style of pork BBQ but eaten in a savory room temperature broth with fresh vegetables and vermicelli noodles. In addition to this, Mama Le is also crafting a 5-course menu around this dish and making other Vietnamese dishes that are not as well known as the Vietnamese cuisine that many locals are familiar of. 

Although this pop-up is happening at the Blaisdell farmers market, we are still going to have regular service. Specials this week are the following:

• PORCHETTA BUN BO HUE — This is Mama Le’s classic pork shank noodle soup but with slow cooked porchetta included.
• SMOKED KEILBASA SAUSAGE & EGGS PHO — So this should be interesting. Think of this as a breakfast style pho!
• PORCHETTA DIP BANH MI — If we are going to have Porchetta on the menu, we definitely have to make it into a banh mi sandwich! 

Aside from the pop-up and farmers market, the team is pretty busy this week with various events around town this weekend. 

Saturday, Nov 7, we are doing serving our food at the Hawaiʻi H.O.M.E. Project’s 7th Annual Food and Wine Tasting Fundraiser – Hoʻola me ke kahiau," Healing with compassion through selfless giving”, at the Waikīkī Aquarium. This is a fundraiser for a UH Medical school program that funds student-run medical clinics around the island at homeless shelters. 

In addition, we are also working at the HBA Legacy Night, an annual fundraiser that honors Hawaii Baptist Academy alumni, who are captains in their industry, as well as individuals who do good service to the community and the school. Our sous chef Brandon will lead this team, since he is an HBA alumnus. In fact, we have several graduates from the school and sometimes their shifts align and the entire kitchen becomes an HBA reunion!

On Sunday, Nov 8, we are back at Ward Village (IBM Bldg) for the Ward Courtyard Brunch! Chef Brandon will be there again, from 10am - 1pm. At at the same time, Alex, our general manager, will be back at the restaurant hosting a baby shower. Whew, lots of stuff to do!

Reverting back to the farmers market, you can check out the full menu over at the Farmers Market Menu page.

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