Island Life brings Hawaiian bites to farmers markets and festivals
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DA. I.G. plate is Instagram worthy, but makes it tough to let your phone eat first. Photo: Kate Murphy/Axios
The Island Life Foods crew was grilling up Hawaiian specialties at the SAMAFEST Philippine cultural arts festival at Balboa Park on Saturday afternoon, and they're regulars at local farmers markets.
Best bites: The Da I.G. plate gives you a little bit of everything.
- Try a classic spam musubi, spicy and shoyu poke, huli huli chicken, pork ribs, tri-tip steak, creamy mac salad and rice, all topped with furikake and a sweet soy sauce drizzle.
- Add sriracha to kick the heat up a notch.
Stop by: Find Island Life Foods at the Ocean Beach farmers market on Wednesdays (4pm-8pm) and the Hillcrest farmers market on Sundays (9am-2pm).
Other snacks we tried: The sweet and saucy furikake wings from Good Eatz Kitchen are the crispiest I've had in San Diego, and their pork lumpia (Filipino fried spring rolls) were delicious.
- The ube mochi brick topped with coconut flakes from All Things Ube was a buttery, chewy and sweet little treat.
