ʻO ka hapa nuiʻo Silicon Valley ma luna o ka puʻu a hiki i Half Moon Bay eʻoluʻolu i nā kahakai a hoʻokuʻu ke kaiʻo California. ʻOiaiʻo ka wainaʻana a me nā meaʻai meaʻaiʻaʻole paha he mea āu e hui ai me kēia kahakai kahakai,ʻo kēia māhele o San Mateo County kahi lōʻihi o ka mahiʻai a mahalo i nā meaʻai hou a me ka'āina. I koʻu hoʻomaopopoʻana ua hāʻawiʻia kekahi lumi kuke e ka lumi kuke i ka lumi kuke, ua hoʻoholo wau e hele i Half Moon Bay no kaʻaina ahiahi a me ka waina.
Ua hoʻomaka mākou i ka hopena o kā mākou lā me kahi kali ma La Nebbia Winery (12341 San Mateo Road). Aia kēia wahi waina ma kahi Alanui 92 ma ke ala kiʻekiʻe e like me kou heleʻana ma luna o ka puʻu i Half Moon Bay mai San Mateo. ʻO nā hua puna hua waina he 40 makahiki mai kēlā a me kēia o Kaleponi e hāʻawi aku i kahiʻike kūlanaʻo California no nā malihini. ʻO kā lākou hōʻailona hōʻano pūnaeweleʻo kā lākou "Barrel a Bottle". Ma ka hola Sākiaʻewalu i hoʻokahi makahiki, hiki iāʻoe ke lawe mai i kāu mauʻeke waina maʻemaʻe a me ka wainaʻole i loko o ka hale kūʻai i kahi e piha ai lākou i ka waina nui a hōʻailona i $ 5.75 i kēlā me kēia. He ala maikaʻi loa ka hoʻohana houʻana i nāʻeke a me nā ukana i nā waina maikaʻi ma ke kumukūʻai nui.
Ka aʻoʻana i ka kuke
Ma hope o ka ho'āʻoʻana, ua hele mākou i ka papahana nui - he papa kuke i Toque Blanche (604 Main Street). Hāʻawi aku ka hale kūʻaiʻo Downtown Half Moon Bay i nā mea lawaiʻa o ka'āina, nā mea kuke mai nā wahi holoʻokoʻa o ka honua, nā papa kuhikuhi, nā waina maikaʻi a me nā beer liʻiliʻi. Hāʻawi ka hale kūʻai i nā hananaʻai kīhāhā e hōʻike ana i kahi papaʻehā a me ka hoʻohui waina Italian i kohoʻia.
Ma kā mākou haʻawina haʻawina, ua hāʻawi nā kumu i kahi hōʻike o kēlā me kēia papaʻai me nāʻano kuke. ʻIke lākou i kahi e hoʻomākaukauʻia kēlā me kēia pākaukau No kā mākou papa, ua hoʻomākaukau nā kumu i nā pāʻokoʻaʻekolu: ka'ōpēpelu māpulu me ka lemon gremolata, ka salakeke mamaoro me ka vinaigrette zinfandel-apricot, a me ka moa i ka umauma o ka mīmī.
No ka meaʻai, hana lākou i nā kalo niu a me ka pahu kāleʻa. Ua hoʻomaopopo maikaʻiʻia nā meaʻai a pau, a haʻalele wau i ka hilinaʻi e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopili hou i ka papa kuhikuhi.
Ma hope o ka papa, konoʻia nā manuhiri eʻimi i ka hale kūʻai - hāʻawiʻia nā poʻe i 10% mai kahi kūʻai aku i ia pō. Hoʻokumu kokeʻiaʻo Toque Blanche i ka hale kūʻai waiwai maikaʻi o ka Bay Bay kahi waihona o ka poʻe heluhelu o ka'āina a me nāʻano kīʻaha kīʻaha kūikawā a me ka ipu lepo o ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO lākou ka mea iʻike nuiʻia no La Chamba, he mea hana maʻalahiʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele i laweʻia mai ko Colombia mai. Hana kēia mau mea nani i makana nui no kekahi meaʻai meaʻai i kou ola.
ʻO nā meaʻai hou e hana ai ma ka mokuʻo San Mateo County:
- E kiʻi i kahi hōʻailona o ka Harley Farms Goat Dairy
- E kipa aku i ka makai o ka māihanaʻo Half Moon Bay (Pōʻalima, 9 am1pm, Meiʻo Kekemapa)
- ʻO nā hua'ōmaʻa a me ka mālamaʻana i nā mea kanu ma Coastways Ranch (340 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero)
- E kipa aku i nā kālaihana o nāʻoihana: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Hop Dogma, Highway 1 Brewing Company