A friend in Kaaawa offered to stop at Waiahole Poi Factory and pick up poi for me.
Never having tried their poi, although driving past almost daily during the 27 years or so that we lived in Kaaawa, I couldn’t say “no.”
She dropped it off on Wednesday.
These are my first unguarded reactions.
Color. I have never seen such light colored poi, almost white.
And its taste matched the color. About as mild as you can possibly get. Under other circumstances, I might describe it as so mild that it is almost tasteless.
I understand that Waiahole draws on different local farmers, and the variety of taro used may differ between these batches. I’ll have to find out more about that.
But this poi is a tough sell for me. I like my poi on the sour side. When I buy a bag of Taro brand poi at Times, I’ll just leave the bag on the counter for a week or longer, and just wait for it to develop more flavor.
That seems to be the opposite of the Waiahole poi experience.
I’ll be interested in the comments of others more familiar with the Waiahole Poi Factory’s product.
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Taro Brand, three days old, Safeway Pali for me!
I have tried Kauai poi and prefer Taro, and have never stopped at Waiahole Poi Factory, although, like you, I have driven by it many times.
The real treat, out that way (City boy here — everything on the other side of the Pali is Country) was Slavonic Steak at the Crouching Lion, a place you have mentioned many times. Do you have any idea what went into the Red Lion cocktail? Gin and ???.
Prayers and best wishes for your upcoming surgery. Probably no gin for you for a bit.
Aloha!
You’re right. My last alcoholic drink was the evening of February 27. The next day I reported to Straub’s Kahala Urgent Care and learned that my liver had gone nuts, cause then unknown. I thought it would be harder to go “cold turkey” on wine and liquor. Not so much! It turns out that there are priorities, and no matter how much I ejoy a good wine or a nice scotch, staying alive is way up the priority list!