Jimmy Jasper of JJ’s Broiler in Nawiliwili on Sunday declared it the biggest food and beverage day in the country. “We started doing this 10 years ago, and today we’re giving away about 80 prizes,” Jimmy said, clad in a
Jimmy Jasper of JJ’s Broiler in Nawiliwili on Sunday declared it the biggest food and beverage day in the country.
“We started doing this 10 years ago, and today we’re giving away about 80 prizes,” Jimmy said, clad in a Steelers jersey in a restaurant filled with football pennants and paraphernalia. “Super Bowl Sunday is here.”
Jennifer Jasper, Jimmy’s sister, said JJ’s Broiler in the Anchor Cove Shopping Center would distribute prizes at the end of each quarter.
“We’ve got $25 gift cards from a lot of the Anchor Cove merchants, shirts, hats, sweats and all kinds of stuff,” Jennifer said. “We travel a lot and each time, we bring back a little. The signs and National Football League stuff came from Florida.”
Jimmy Iloreta, the food and beverage manager at the Courtyard by Marriott at Coconut Beach, was expecting a standing-room-only crowd as he and his staff readied the Voyagers’ Landing for maximum seating at the Waipouli resort.
“This is about appetizers and small kine food,” said Chef Rafael Camarillo, executive chef at the Courtyard. “We’ve got the New York Turkey Drumsticks in the oven right now. They’re really huge.”
Camarillo said the Courtyard created a special Super Bowl menu which consisted of the New York Turkey Drumstick, Meatball Sandwich with French Fries, Super Nachos, Tom’s Onion Rings and happy hour pricing on drinks after noon.
Susan Pittman of Clayworks at Kilohana barely had time for comments Sunday as soup patrons started pouring in the door when she opened at 11 a.m.
“We’re sold out,” said Pittman, who got the help of her sisters and family to help with what she calls Souper Sunday. “It’s been really, really busy.”
Clayworks has been hosting its annual Souper Sunday event for the past 17 years. Proceeds from each year’s sales of handmade glazed pottery filled with special gourmet soup benefit a local charity.
“We try to do something different each year,” said Joi Labok, Pittman’s sister, who enlisted help from her husband Bruce, the engineer on the Kilohana Railway locomotive.
“This year, we have potters’ wheels set up with the development of the ‘green’ bowl in progression from a lump of clay to where it is ready for glazing,” Labok said.
The display is intended for diners who prefer to dine in, although most of the patrons Sunday were taking their soup to enjoy elsewhere on game day.
“This is a testament to how good the people of Kaua‘i are,” Labok said. “They are so generous and want to help others who need help.”
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@ thegardenisland.com.
