"You Like Beef?" at Alan Wong's
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Alan Wong’s Honolulu will host their first Farmers Series Dinner of 2010 on Tuesday, February 2nd, featuring Big Island beef from Kuahiwi Ranch in Ka‘u. Al, Sami and Michelle Galimba of Kuahiwi Ranch will join Chef Alan Wong to talk and taste their delicious Hawaii-grown rib eye.
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Michelle Galimba of Kuahiwi Ranch. Photo: courtesy of Alan Wong’s Restaurants. |
For seventeen years, Al Galimba, his wife Sami, and their children Guy and Michelle have been raising cattle on the Big Island in the district of Ka’u, the southern-most tip of the United States. The 10,000-acre Kuahiwi Ranch stretches from sea level to the 2,100’ elevation where the cattle roam freely in the pastures and graze on grass. Raised without the use of antibiotics or hormones, these happy cows are given a 3-month period of access to all-natural corn and barley to supplement their grass diets when they mature.
Featuring the Galimbas of Kuahiwi Ranch, Chef Alan Wong’s Farmer Series Dinner presents “You Like Beef?” where guests will experience a side-by-side tasting of local Kuahiwi Natural Beef and commodity beef. The menu will also feature the return of Ron and Lita Weidenbach’s North Shore Tilapia and introduce a new arrival to Hawaii’s food scene — farm-raised sturgeon from Hilo.
Here’s a look at the special menu:
To Start – A Side by Side Tasting
First Course
A Tasting of Five Small Appetizers
- Joe Wilson’s Kona Lobster with Old Fashioned Creamed Waimanalo Corn
- Fresh Soy Milk Panna Cotta, Ma’o Farms Swiss Chard Ohitashi
- Ron Weidenbach’s North Shore Farm Raised Tilapia, Smoked, Edamame Horseradish Sour Cream
- Kuahiwi Ranch Beef Carpaccio on Parmesan Cheese Crisp
- Ahi Lumpia, Seared Ahi, Soy Mustard
Wine pairing: Crémant d’Alsace, Brut Rosé, Lucien Albrecht Alsace, France
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Kuahiwi Beef Preparation. Photo: courtesy of Alan Wong’s Restaurants. |
Second Course
Hilo Farm Raised Sturgeon with Ho Farms Baby Tomato and Marine Agrifuture Sea Asparagus Salad
Wine pairing: Palmina, “Larner Vineyard”, Malvasia Bianca, 2008 Santa Ynez, California
Third Course
Kuahiwi Ranch Rib Eye “Two Ways” with Red Wine Ume Sauce, Soy Braised Beef, Yuba
Wine pairing: “Mongrana”, Querciabella, 2007 Maremma Toscana, Italy
Dessert
By Pastry Chef Michelle Karr
Wong Way “Banana Split” with Kahuku Farms Bananas
Wine pairing: Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, Domaine de Durban, 2007 Beaumes-de-Venise, France
The Farmer’s Series Dinner on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 will be the only menu served that night. No ala carte menu will be presented. Reservations are available from 5 to 10 p.m.
The Farmer’s Series Dinner is available for $80/person or $110 with wine pairing (plus tax and gratuity).
For reservations, please call (808) 949-2526.
The Farmer’s Series Dinner invites guests to "Taste Hawaii" and enjoy the best food products our Islands have to offer as combined and created by one of Hawaii’s best chefs. Enjoy an opportunity to talk first-hand to the farmers and learn more about how it got to your table. To learn more about the Farmer’s Series dinner, visit alanwongs.com.
