June and I went to Alan Wong’s Restaurant on Monday evening, when Chef Alan featured Hamakua Springs Country Farms. We were the third farm in their Farmers Series of special menus. The food was unbelievable – beyond words. We also chatted with the guests and it was a great experience.
Today we received an email from Arizona. This is what it said:
I was in Honolulu last weekend and had the great fortune to dine at Alan Wongs. The server indicated that the produce used in the dishes at Alan Wongs came from your farm. I was so smitten with the food at the restaurant that I purchased the cookbook. That said, I will be having a dinner party next month at my home and it is my ambition to use recipes from the Alan Wong cookbook. I think the best way of achieving the level of quality that I experienced at the restaurant would be to use the really extraordinary produce that I enjoyed during my meal. I am not sure whether or not you have the ability or the interest in selling and shipping your produce to the mainland but, if you do, I would celebrate the opportunity to order all of the products that I need from your farm and have them shipped to me via overnight for use in my attempt to replicate the wonderful food at Alan Wongs.
Unfortunately, we are unable to ship to the mainland due to quarantine restrictions. We also chatted with a couple who told us that they had just been to Monaco and Paris and that Alan Wong’s Restaurant had the best food by far. June and I could not believe they were talking about the four-course dinner featuring tomatoes that came from our farm.