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#CatChat: Taste the Guava Smoked

By Catherine Toth Fox • June 27, 2013 • Food, Videos
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I’ve always thought of smoked meat as dry and, well, smokey.

Until I tried the offerings from Guava Smoked, a specialty smoked meat producer based in Kapahulu run by Scott Shibuya, a former high school graphic arts teacher who decided to turn his hobby into a career.

He uses only guava wood to smoke his meat, giving it a slightly different flavor than kiawe or other woods. (And these trees are invasive, so it’s eco-friendly. Plus!)

Shibuya will be one of several vendors at the Moiliili Summer Fest on July 6 at the old Varsity Theatre parking lot.

Here’s more about Shibuya and his smoked meats:

Moiliili Summer Fest, 5-10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 1100 University Ave.

Find Guava Smoked at the KCC Farmers’ Market from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu Farmers’ Market from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Neal Blaisdell Center, Kailua Farmers’ Market from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, and at the Mililani Farmers’ Market from 8 to 11 a.m. on the first and third Sundays of the month at Mililani High School.

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4 Comments

  • Reply Annoddah_Dave June 28, 2013 at 8:11 am

    CAT: Big Mahalos to Scott for helping to get rid of invasive guava and making guud fuud. If you didn’t know, once the guava bush takes hold, nothing, absolutely nothing can grow around it…even weeds!

    • Reply Catherine Toth June 28, 2013 at 12:09 pm

      I had NO IDEA! Interesting. Glad he’s contributing to the environment while making delicious grub!

      • Reply rayboyjr June 28, 2013 at 2:58 pm

        … unfortunately, the guava propagates so fast … that I’m not sure how much of a dent he can put in stopping the plant spreading …

  • Reply rayboyjr June 28, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    Hey Cat: I can tell it’s really good just by your reaction … and the description and what I see from the video makes me imagine something so delicious … damn, wish I had some now …

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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