Big Island Grinds

Freshly made cream puffs in Hilo!!!

L-R: Coconut, lilikoi, and custard cream (there was also a rum chocolate cream, but we ate it before we could get to the camera)

Amazingly light, fresh, and the ganache was soo delicious! Not really missing Beard Papa’s anymore. So happy to have somewhere here with fresh cream puffs… and they are right down the street from our house!

Call for daily specials.

Puff City
1348 Kilauea Ave
Hilo, HI 96720
808-961-6964
www.puffcityhilo.com

Need a little break from shopping at the Hilo Farmer’s Market? Check out Hilo Bay Sugar Shack, located right next to the Farmer’s Market. They make a great halo halo, the popular Filipino desert.

The fruits in the halo halo were really good, especially the shredded coconut, which tasted really fresh. There were even slices of fresh avocado and it was topped with a cherry (kind of odd, no?). Make sure to top it with ube ice cream! It’s the only way to have it. Maybe they get some of their fruits from the Farmer’s Market, which is why it tastes really good.

They also serve ice shave, ice cream, smoothies, and other kind of snacks.

Sorry for the late post, but get 12 days right? I hope all of you are having a wonderful Christmas!

We baked some Ultimate Triple Chocolate cookies with Macadamia Nuts, adapted from the awesome Ultimate Double Chocolate Cookies recipe from Allrecipes.com.

Modifications to original recipe:

• Add 1 cup of coarsely chopped mac nuts
• Add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

How can go wrong, brah??!

I don’t understand why people love these so much. They are hard, bland and stale.

They do taste really good with coffee though. Maybe it’s the Hawaiian version of biscotti?

Well, maybe I do understand them after all. Good cookies these are.

Mt View Bakery Inc
18-1319 Old Volcano Rd
Mountain View, HI
(808) 968-6353