What is the Problem with Ahi?

8 12 2010

Okay, the problem with Ahi (Yellowfin Tuna) is….once you have eaten it fresh from the sea, and cooked to savor, you are hooked.  Of course, then the problem becomes your budget, and just how much Ahi is available.  If you are fortunate enough to live in Hawaii, and even more fortunate to live on the Big Island, you can become pretty spoiled very quickly,  because, it doesn’t get it any fresher, and most every restaurant and home knows how to prepare it well.

Although we don’t readily admit it, we are depleting the natural supply pretty quickly.  So you can imagine how my interest was peaked when my Google Alerts produced this little item about the future of my favorite fish….  http://www.staradvertiser.com/business/businessnews/20101113_ahi_farms_ocean_lease_okd.html

My first thought…..great news, I can  remove that from my list of what will be missing in my future. I don’t have to eat more than my fair share in fear that it will run out before I do…..Wok-charred ahi is here to stay…. and of course, kudos to Peter Merriman, who has it down to a science.

http://merrimanshawaii.com/recipes.php for the absolute best recipe, sauces etc…. enjoy!

Aloha

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

BigIslandRealE.com

LetsGoHawaii.com

 


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Hawaii Counts Beans from “the Great Manini”

1 09 2010

Do you have any idea how many varieties of coffee exist in the world? Do you care?  Well, as I enjoyed my first cup of guess what, Kona Coffee this morning, I found this article from the Maui News, fun and informative.

Of course, I knew that Hawaii is most likely the only state in the union, to produce coffee commercially, and we all know, that you can’t call it Kona Coffee unless it’s grown in a specific region.  I have tasted coffee from other regions of the Big Island,  Kau, Paauilo,  but I never guessed there are actually 80 varieties of coffee beans around the world.  http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/539755/The-cup-runneth-over-with-coffee-culture-trivia.html?nav=12

Now, I didn’t know how coffee arrived in Hawaii, and when I read that Don Francisco de Paula y Marin, (the Great Manini”), planted the first seedlings on Oahu in 1813, it added a whole new dimension to the Hawaii coffee connection.  I can’t imagine why no one has named a coffee brand after this amazing man.  I can very clearly imagine the label …….Don Francisco de Paula y Marin, 1813.  Wow! an instant success.

So now we have a name, a label, a theme song, as I learned this morning, Bach, very kindly composed in 1734, “Coffee Cantata”.  Imagine lyrics that included “coffee is more delicious than a thousand kisses and sweeter than muscatel wine” …hmmm….

Okay, you didn’t think I would leave you with just  the concept, did you? To quote, the Maui News article, “500 billion cups of coffee are sipped every year”.  So, if you could live on the Big Island, have a coffee plantation, give it a great label, a theme song and be fairly confident that if Bach loved it in 1734, that coffee is not leaving us any time soon, what would you do next?

Well, I put my cup down, called all my Kona Coffee experts and discovered this amazing opportunity! Now,imagine sitting on this lanai, watching your 2000 already mature coffee trees flourish……of course, while enjoying your own brew………

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

http://www.bigislandreale.com/Kaupulehu_Real_Estate/Spectacular3acre!_230763.aspx

http:www.bigislandreale.com

http:www.letsgohawaii.com


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Mr. President, Hope You Will Find A Big Island Getaway Now!

31 08 2010

I read that the Weinbergs would love to have you continue using their newly acquired Kailua Beach (Oahu)home for your Hawaii visits.Kailua has  a nice beach,(although I don’t believe it was ever voted one of the top 10 beaches) it’s close to all your high school friends, but the Big Island is a short hop and who wouldn’t want to stop by to see you.

You might enjoy looking at a couple of options, maybe check out Big Island Real Estate for the future.  Sometimes the Big Island, especially the Kona- Kohala Coast, appears to be a second home to Californians, from north of San Jose,  in reality, the Big Island represents the best of Hawaii, yesterday and today .

Take a four-part tour at this site, http://www.bigislandreale.com/Blog/tour-the-big-islands-hawaii-belt-road from the untouched town of Hilo on the bay, along the winding roads of the Hamakua Coast, through the quaint and charming plantation villages of Hakalau, Honomu, Paauilo, Honokaa and up the slopes to Waimea, then down the hill to Mauna Kea Beach (always one of the top 10 beaches)  and to the once barren coastline, now a golfing paradise, assuming it’s true that “obama plays golf”…now go to http://www.hawaiioceanfrontestate.net to see more of this Big Island Getaway…..

For more on the Obama’s Kailua Beach Getaway …..  http://www.iqrealestate.com/ShowNews.cfm/NEWS/68554

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

http://www.bigislandreale.com

http://www.letsgohawaii.com


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Have You Had A “Cup of Tea” With Your Hawaii Real Estate Professional?

27 08 2010

Step One for building a relationship with Hawai Real Estate

There are a lot of lessons to learn from Greg Mortensen’s incredible story “Three Cups of Tea”, most of all about building relationships. Have you had a cup of tea with your Hawaii Real Estate professional? Has email replaced tea?  Do we actually build relationships anymore or have they been replaced with text messages?

Think about spending a few days on the Big Island, start with a Hawaiian Vacation as an introduction to Big Island Real Estate. Have a “cup of tea”…ice tea…with Moani, at http://www.letsgohawaii.com, who loves to share everything you need to know about the Big Island, for a weekend or a lifetime.

Hawaii is truly a unique destination in so many ways. Your Hawaii Real Estate professional is often your introduction to the experience and taking the time to make sure you have at least one “cup of tea” with that person, so they get to know you, listen to your needs and care about you and your Hawaii experience can be step one.

As we become more and more dependent on “surfing” the web and not the waves, we need to remember to take a few minutes for that  “cup of tea”.

Dodie MacArthur

MacArthur and Company/Sotheby’s International Realty

http://www.bigislandreale.com

http://www.letsgohawaii.com


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