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Vol. 7 - Kapu Haole Welcome back to The Queens’ Table! We have missed you much during our quarantine hiatus, and though we are not fully up in pumps and running back to our favorite food spots yet, we had the opportunity to creep through the back door of Nashville’s hottest Hawaiian pop-ups for this, THE FOOD ISSUE! This awesome opportunity came from the campy, comedic podcasters over at Gay Space. You may know these two gal pals from the Church Street scene as @traceyottomey and @ mrmikegill. Check them out @gayspacepod for all kinds of interviews with special guests and surprises down boots. We all met up at Kapu Haole, East Nashville’s premier pop-up for killer cocktails and inspired Hawaiian fare. Head chef Sarah Liu utilizes the kitchen at Babo, a sweet Korean bar on Riverside at Porter. Many of the flavors spark similarity between Korean and Hawaiian, but it's her attention to detail and comfort food style that makes this a charmer. She started us out with a round of Asian Orange, a refreshing vodka cocktail that tastes just like an orange creamsicle, only better. As we caught up on all things current and quarantine, Sarah presented us with bowls of fresh Poke, a salad of raw chilled salmon, a perfect light appetizer on a hot summer evening. Shortly after that came the Hawaiian Yuca Fries, her unbelievably delicious take on disco fries. The table went silent as we devoured these super crispy and savory delights. Spam Musubi was next on the list. Now, for anyone not familiar with spam, it is canned pork notorious for, well, being canned pork. It was made popular as a non-perishable food source for 22
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