Did this: Empty Bowl 2015
Thousands gathered in Our Kaka‘ako on Saturday for the annual Empty Bowl Hawaii, which benefits Hawaii Meals on Wheels. Potters across Hawaii have been working for the past two years to create 5,000 soup bowls for this year’s event. More than two dozen restaurants participated, crafting all kinds of gourmet soups to be served in the bowls — everything from a Smoked Kalo Chowder to a Thai Coconut Chicken Curry.
We arrived nearly an hour early and were 10th in line to choose our ceramic bowls, which would come home with us.
Professional potter Jeff Chang entertained the crowd and started throwing pots early in a bowl-making demo.
Once the gates opened, we were greeted by the artists that contributed 50 or more bowls for this year’s event.
Fuki Ikeuchi and Janet Kelly showing off their bowls.
Now it was time to peruse from thousands of bowls to find the ones that called to us.
Will one of these come home with me tonight?
With so many to choose from, how could we choose just one?
These bowl whisperers made sure to get all of the bowls that called out to them.
We ended up taking home five bowls.
Now it’s time to eat! The Cafe Kaila team made a creamy chicken tortilla soup.
Street Grindz made a hearty, smoky venison chili.
Time to eat.
Another great Empty Bowl in the books, see you next time.
