Honolulu Farmers' Market

The only time, I'm consistently envious of other people is Saturday mornings, when I'm looking through my Twitter feed & see all the pictures from their trip to KCC's Farmers' Market. My simply*awesome sister & I ALWAYS talk about waking up early & going to KCC on Saturday morning, but neither of us are willing to sacrifice sleeping in on the weekends. I've accepted the fact, I'll most likely never attend KCC's Farmers' Market but I found an alternative that works for me.

After my appointment, I spontaneously decided to check out the Honolulu Farmers' Market & wanted to find out why my boss religiously makes a trip to stock up on veggies for the week. Looking at produce & eating delicious food at the Farmers' Market was a nice way to end my work day vs. sitting in traffic for an hour.

I walked around the Blaisdell Concert's lawn, before deciding what I wanted to devour & almost screamed with delight, when I saw Zaratez Mexicatessen had a tent. I've read numerous tweets praising the food created by this L.A. style taqueros & pretty much sang my order to the chef. I inhaled the heavenly aroma of my Mexican deliciousness & I couldn't stop smiling as I ate the mouth-watering tacos, rice & beans because hands down that was the BEST Mexican food I've ever had in my life. I can't wait to return to their tent & sample their entire menu!

Beef Taco Plate from Zaratez Mexicatessen

I felt like everyone walking around the Farmers' Market had a drink in their hands & I wanted to fit in with the "cool kids." There's a vendor called Pacific Kool who sells a variety of Hawaiian Ginger drinks, I loved the flavor of my sweet + tangy flavor of my Berries & Ginger drink. I also loved that I didn't feel rushed when making a decision on which Hawaiian Ginger drink I wanted to order (when there's so many delicious options, I'm very indecisive).

Berries & Ginger drink from PacificKool

The fastest way to my heart is through my stomach & you'll win me over with my favorite dessert is baklava. I've always had respect for people who go through the long & grueling process of making baklava + how could I not indulge my sweet tooth especially when it costs $1.50 a piece? I'm so happy I saved some baklava for the next day, it was easily the highlight of my lunch.

Heavenly Bakalava

I'm hoping to become a Farmer's Market regular & I can't think of a better way to support local farmers by keeping money within the community.

For more info visit the following:
Address: Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall Lawn
777 Ward Avenue. Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Email: farmersmarket@hfbf.org
Hours: 4 - 7 PM
Website: http://hfbf.org/markets/