Aloha, friends, ohana and patrons! Before we highlight this week’s farmers market offerings, we want to announce that Chef Andrew Le and his brother, general manager and farmers market director Alex Le, will be participating in the RiseHI’s THEY DON'T SHIP TO HAWAII: Showcasing Kama'aina Creators & Doers, a conference showcasing local entrepreneurs and makers who are fighting the good fight in innovating and in the forefront of the creative industries in Hawaii. This event takes place on Friday, May 13, 5:30pm - 9pm at Next Door.
Chef Andrew and Alex, who will be doing a presentation called “From Pop-Up to King St.”, where they discuss the evolution of The Pig and the Lady with a video presentation, photos and personal anecdotes to this unique success story. Oh, and once the conference is done, the Pig team will be serving heavy pupus for all participants too!
To read up more on the speakers and purchase tickets to the event, click here.
Back to regular business: We’re on our regular farmers market schedule — Wednesday, May 11 (Blaisdell, 4-7pm) / Thursday, May 12 (Kailua, 5-7:30pm) / Saturday, May 14 (KCC, 7:30-11am). Here are the specials for the week:
#MamaNoodles
PORCHETTA BUN BO HUE — pork belly/porchetta, brisket, calamansi, satay, fresh cut noodles, lemongrass
#MamaBanhMi
PORCHETTA FRENCH DIP — smoked onions, chili sambal-hoisin, maggi butter, pork pate, house pickles
#MamaRice
HAINAN CHICKEN — poached free range chicken, rice cooked with chicken broth, variety of three sauces (shoyu-sesame, ginger scallion, garlic chili fish sauce)
As always, you can check the full menu over at the Farmers Market Menu page.
Plus, one last thing — We are going to make a big (VERY BIG) formal announcement. Very, very soon. Stay tuned!!!!