Farmer’s Market – Kukui Grove Shopping Center

A fun market to get hard-​to-​find tropical fruits not available in states — not cheap though for many things. Found a rare soursop ($ 4), large mango ($ 4), very good big longans ($ 3 bag), decent starfruit (only 25c), and some exceptional papayas.
We plan to check out some of the wellknown farmers markets (wed & sat) but didnt want to wait that long for good fruit so bought some on
Monday.

Great market! Lots of variety. Low prices! Every Monday 3 – 5 pm. Mahalo! All kinds rare & tropical fruit. In season… rambutan, lychee, longan, jackfruit, mamey sapote, eggfruit, chiku, on & on! See you there!

I am so glad I stopped at this farmer’s market on our way back to the condo. The produce and flowers all looked really fresh, and was fairly priced. The vendors were nice, and were happy to describe their fruits I had questions about. I left with a candy pineapple, an apple custard fruit, passion fruit, and lychees. The pineapple was really sweet! Can’t wait to dig in to the other fruits!

The last time I visited the Farmer’s Market at the Kukui Grove it was located behind the K-​Mart and now it is adjacent to the K-​Mart. Other than the slight geographical change not much else has.
There might be a total of 30 vendors, most of which have a very limited supply. I suspect there are only a few legitimate farmers in the mix with most being backyard enthusiasts. It is interesting to see the in-​season tropical fruits and vegetables that one very rarely sees on the mainland. I ended up buying a bag of longan, a custard apple and a huge grapefruit for about 3X the price for what they are probably worth.
One vendor was asking $ 3 for a single grapefruit (haole price) and $ 7 for a very small bunch of apple bananas — one would think that they use a mulch of composted black truffles and saffron for their trees for the prices that they charge!

Tiny, tiny farmer’s market right by Home Depot. I thought it would be fun to drop by and pick up some local fruit. I got some star fruit, rambuttan, and apple bananas. There were probably a dozen or so vendors and each had a table of offerings. It was slim pickings when I was there about an hour after it started). I’m not sure they had just sold out or whether they just didn’t have much to sell. The fruit was delicious though!

I guess I failed to read that this place is located behind K-​mart. When we got there, there were already a lot of people.
Found some fruits that reminds me of the Philippines and can’t find in the mainland like rambutan!
Hubby has been dreaming of drinking some fresh Coconut so he got his wish. and wow, it was refreshing and yummy.
Got to taste the mango passion pie from the pie lady. It was a little tart but you know it’s fresh.
Small but good place.

There seems to be a farmers market every day on this island. And they start lots later than the ones I’m used to on the mainland. I’ve tried three of them, and though this one’s the least picturesque (it’s in a parking lot behind a mall), it has a great selection and great prices (the one in Hanalei seemed extra pricey to me). You could say it’s the least touristy.
My lovely assistant and I walked out of here with bags and bags of delicious fruits, many of which I’d never heard of or tasted before. I am now in love with the custard apple, thanks to Linda.
Linda’s a farmer who sells great produce, tells you all about how to store it and prepare it. She’s super friendly. We saw her at the two other markets and she always called out «Aloha!» when she saw us walk by, and always threw in a few extra pieces. I’d give her 5 stars!

It’s way in the back if you are looking for it.
Most of the stalls had the same stuff, but all had fresh local produce that I haven’t seen at the markets. Fresh coconut, papayas, lettuces, crazy looking bananas, guava, longan, long beans, bitter melon greens, star fruit, dragon fruit and avocados to name a few things.