Hawaii 2019 (page 10 of 11)

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Day 10

The end is getting near but Greta is sitting outside on our lanai typing, and watching two little geckos skitter around on a support beam while Mike reads by the pool. We are getting in all the outdoor life that we can.

After a late night last night, we slept in a bit (Mike made it until 6:30 am, then went for a run). As we only have one meal’s worth of eggs left, we decided to go out for breakfast today. Frenchman’s Café got excellent ratings online, so we thought we’d try it. It was just a tiny little shop in a marketplace off of Ali’i Drive but not quite in the middle of the most popular area, so we were able to get in right away to order at the counter. Mike got the “French Polynesian” crepe which had Pineapple, banana, honey, coconut flakes & whipped cream. Greta got a galette (savory crepe) – the “Mediterranean” - which contained tuna, olives, tomatoes, parmesan, pesto, plus a little rice/salad side. Both plates of food were beautiful and very tasty.

We headed back to the condo to relax for a bit before going to the Ola Brewery tour. We found the place easily (although Google Maps still isn’t the greatest here, and turn lanes are not marked early enough). The tour runs daily at 1:30 and you’re supposed to book it ahead of time, but a few people showed up at 1:30 and hadn’t booked the tour yet. We started a bit late, but that was OK. In our tour group was a couple from San Francisco (he’d just moved to CA from Mpls after living there for the first 20 years of his life), a couple from Japan, a group from Washington DC and a couple other people as well.

Our tour guide was both the President and Marketing Director. We found out that it was a very new company. They’d started out earlier making an energy shot with a fruit that was native to the island. They started to move into non-alcoholic drinks and then decided to make cider as well. Using a grant from the state for new industry, they worked with a company to design a canning assembly system that could do both hot & cold canning, which was a first for everyone. Once they got all the equipment in place for cider, they realized that they should get into the craft brew industry as well. They started in canning beer & cider in Dec of 2017 and now have 6 different ciders as well as a handful of new beers. They brought in a lot more equipment right away and seem to be doing very well.

The tour was very interesting – we got to see both the cider & beer making areas (which have to be different addresses (different suites) because they are different types of alcohol, as well as the canning facility. The tour ended in the tap room (where it began) with a tasting. They also make a coffee-leaf tea that anyone who was under 21 could drink. Hopefully, the company continues to do well and grows more. We happened to find the beer originally when we bought a 6-pack at Costco of their IPA (which was quite good). Right now it’s only available in Hawaii, but sold on all the Hawaiian Islands.

We headed back to the condo for a bit, and then to Sushi Shiono for supper. It had been described as “the place where Japanese people go to eat sushi when on the Big Island”. We ordered one of the “love boats” where the chef selects what to serve you. There was a bit of sashimi and that was VERY good; the sushi roll was also excellent. The selection had more cooked meat than we were expecting (teriyaki beef & chicken plus seafood tempura) which was good, but we’d been hoping for more sushi. Oh well – guess we’ll have to go back to Hawaii again someday.

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