North Shore Gloomday

Sunday January 30th.  This was chocolate day at the Farmers Market which meant that OnoPops was beefing up their chocolate selection.  I really hoped for something like dark chocolate gouda, something that Scoops on Heliotrope would do, but I ended up with mexican chocolate, and Joe got lilikoi 50/50.  I think they might be better than Viva Pops, but there isn't a watermelon cilantro lime pop.  OnoPops does have adorable little characters though, sort of like on the Otter Pops, but more detailed.

OnoPops at the North Shore Farmers Market

I feel as though it appears that we only eat frozen treats, but that truly is not the case.  Someday, I will prove it.  We did get some macadamia nut pesto,  asparagus and rosemary french bread at the market too.  This Sunday was gloomy and rainy.  Too rainy for the beach so we walked around town for a while.  It's strange, you forget that you are in the country, until a brood of chickens walks by.  

This week we decided to give Aoki's a try.  Basically shave ice is a big deal, especially on the North Shore.  Aoki's and Matsumoto's are the two big ones, but then everywhere else has it too.  I would venture that there are at least 15 places to get shave ice.  The rivalry stands between Aoki's and Matsumoto's (and then there is shave ice in town, but that's a whole other thing).  My take on it is this; Matsumoto's is the most popular, they have good shirt designs, lots of flavors and maybe a better location.  I think because of their popularity though, they aren't getting the perfect ice consistency.  (Is anybody still reading this?  I think I'm overly obsessed with shave ice.)  Aoki's makes their ice perfectly, but their flavors lack dimension and definition.  I got watermelon with pineapple, but I wouldn't have been able to tell what either flavor was if I hadn't ordered it.  Why is the pineapple blue?  Matsumoto's has way better flavors.  

Mango with Strawberry Cream and Pineapple with Watermelon.