When its 75 degrees F by 7:30 a.m., that's a warm day, no matter how you slice it. At the Hilo Farmer's Market, it really is "from dawn 'til it's gone" and the vendors carry mostly the same varieties of produce -- apple bananas, papayas, Japanese cucumbers, tomatoes. A few tables have prepared food, including…
The best malasadas on the Big Island ...
Tex Drive In -- Honoka'a, HI (only when they're hot)
Punalu'u Bakery -- Na'alehu, HI (made w/ their Hawaiian sweet bread dough)
L-R: traditional, liliko'i glazed, Bavarian cream filled
Our meals out on this trip to Hawaii were usually lunches. At Sombat's we ordered our usual Thai food staples -- spring rolls, green curry w/ chicken, pad thai w/ chicken. Spring rolls were hot out of the fryer and not greasy in the least. That's a pineapple mac nut dipping sauce (c'mon, it's Hawai'i!)
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