Jim Gor­don and Dar­ren Park­man, stars of the pop­u­lar Cana­dian TV show, “The Travel Guys,” vis­ited Sum­ida Farm today with Chef Mavro. Farm owner David Sum­ida told the story of his multi-generational water­cress farm, showed hand-harvesting, and of course offered tastes fresh from the spring-fed field in Aiea, just out­side Hon­olulu. Chef Mavro invited The Travel Guys for din­ner. What’s on the menu? Sum­ida water­cress and dozens of other fresh Island ingre­di­ents. George Mavrotha­las­si­tis, aka Chef Mavro, is a found­ing mem­ber of Hawaii Regional Cui­sine and a pas­sion­ate advo­cate of farm-to-table menus.

The Travel Guys with David Sum­ida and Chef Mavro May 27, 2009

Jim Gor­don and Dar­ren Park­man aka The Travel Guys

Chef Mavro invites The Travel Guys to dinner 

Chef Mavro was happy to pre­pare a grilled hebi with tomato, He’eia limu,
shal­lots, tar­ragon sauce in sup­port of the restora­tion of the He’eia fish­pond.
“Such a won­der­ful group of peo­ple! And once I vis­ited the fish pond I knew
I had to do what I could to help,” com­mented Mavro.  http://kgmb9.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17640&Itemid=173

Look­ing for Sum­mer Wines? Check out Todd Ashline’s wine col­umn on Caber­net Franc:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090520/LIFE0202/905200342&template=taste

Sum­mer Wine Rec­om­men­da­tions by Chef Mavro Som­me­lier Todd Ashline

Watch KHON TV2 tonight Sun­day, May 17, 2009, “Let’s Go Fish­ing” at 5:30 p.m. Chef Mavro and host Ben Wong visit the Big Island Abalone farm; fol­lowed by an abalone cook­ing demo in Chef Mavro’s kitchen in Hon­olulu. Show will be posted on the Video sec­tion of our site shortly.

Big Island Abalone show­cased in Chef Mavro recipe