RaRuRu: Kailua Farmer's Market

finally figured out where and when the farmers market is here. the good news is that it's all year round, but man, the hours they have it are a bit odd. i'm accustomed to markets being 6 hours or so in the middle of a saturday. but the market in my town is 5-7:30 on a thursday. i suppose it's nice for people who get off at 5, and since it's not friday they aren't rushing home to start their weekend... for me personally, i get off work at 3pm, so i just have to kill time until the market starts (but that's barely a problem.)

anyway, i went to the market which is in a covered parking lot downtown in a major shopping area. it was Bustling! there were a ton of people there. in fact i've read that you can even go there ahead of time and get the jump on the choicest items. you can pick out what you want early, but aren't allowed to actually purchase until the bell rings at 5pm. so it looked like about a third of the stalls were fresh produce from farms. another third was hot food, ready to eat (pizza, chicken, mexican food, bakery, abalone, ) the rest was flower stands and specialty items like roasted nuts, salsa, poi, dressings....)

my first time at the market i got a jicama, zucchini, some spinach (which turned out to be a bitter variety of "mountain spinach" )and a baguette for my man. i saw a bunch of items that i had heard of but have never tried, and then a handful that i have never seen or heard of before. and there were plenty of those apple bananas ( all under 1.50 a pound) Lots of leafy greens, bananas, papayas, avocados, summer squash

come, observe, see through my eyes:

a table from the farmer i seem to frequent most often. by the way, the farm tables are often set up in a U shape, and you shop while you wait in line (like i said, it was busy there). you slowly shuffle in the line past all of the produce and then by the time you get to the front , you are ready to pay.