i was going to say that this was the first good food we had in Hawaii. but in fact, we stopped at the farmers market in Kona on our way to the hotel. there, we picked up mango, papaya, bananas and avocado-- all local. so in fact, the first good food we had was at breakfast with fruit and local granola. but this was the first good food we had out somewhere, at cerviche dave's. and it was absolutely delicious.
dave makes 4 cerviches daily (or multiple times a day) with whatever the very freshest and best fish is that's caught that day. this day, it was marlin, delicious marlin. we went another day and it was ono which was good too but not as good.
dave recommends that your first time there, you get the variety plate with a taste of all the cerviches. one has thai flavors: coconut milk and lemongrass. another (we're going counter-clockwise around the plate) has shrimp and pecans (troy did not eat this one, wanting to live to see another day), the next: lilikoi (passionfruit) and macadamia nuts. the last one has mexican flavors: a bit of spice, black beans and corn. our favorite was the lilikoi, a flavor i've become completely addicted to and am going through withdrawal now being stateside.
after the variety plate, we had a tostada, topped with cerviche and avocado and it was eaten before i could get a picture of it. dave gave us some of his choppino next which was good but not as good as the cerviche. the bread comes with it is made my his girlfriend and is super yummy.
