Archive for October, 2009
Every year my family takes a vacation to Hawaii around Christmas time. We love it because Hawaii offers all of the amenities of a tropical paradise and we never even have to use our passports. Although the beaches and sightseeing are great, our favorite part of the vacation is enjoying the island cuisine.
You will never have fresher Mahi Mahi than you will in Hawaii. Our favorite spot to go is a tiny restaurant on the Kona Coast of the Big Island. They catch the fish right outside the restaurant and coat it with macadamia nuts and their authentic Hawaiian seasoning. My dad jokes that it is worth the trip just to eat there one night.
I’ve never been the most inventive cook. In fact, it took a wake-up call from my kids to get me to deviate from a long established routine. I had a solid repertoire made up of six or seven dishes that could be prepared without even thinking about it. One night, when I had some extra time on my hands, I finally succumbed to my kids’ wishes and branched out with a new recipe. My wife and I had been reminiscing about our Hawaiian honeymoon, most notably the delicious cuisine we experienced in the islands.
Rather than cooking my old standby – chicken breast marinated in Italian dressing – I decided to put a new spin on things by treating the family to some more exotic fare. I used an organic chicken dry rub to add delectable flavors and spices to the dish. Unlike previous dry rubs I’ve tried, this one really brought out the natural flavor of the chicken instead of masking it.