A Sunny-Side-Up Day

My Wife Diana, and Lois of Ka Lei Eggs

We went to buy some eggs yesterday, but instead of going to the supermarket, we decided to pay a visit to a company that my wife’s family’s local delicatessen patronized until they closed the business last year – Ka Lei Eggs.

Ka Lei has been around for years and years. In fact, the owners are third-generation egg and poultry farmers.

Lois Shimabukuro-Wakai, the company’s president whom my wife knows very well, put her work aside, and came out to talk with her. While waiting for Lois, we bought a flat of jumbo eggs (two-and-a-half dozen for a very reasonable $8 … and they were fresh!).

The company’s eggs can be found in many Oahu supermarkets, as well at the Ka Lei Eggs Retail Outlet, 439 Kalihi St. in Kalihi, which is where we went. They also have an uptown store – Ka Lei Marketplace, 3585 Waialae Ave. in Kaimuki.

If you live on Oahu and buy eggs, you really should buy Ka Lei eggs. They’re straight from local hens. Call them. Their Kalihi phone is (808) 841-7695; their Kaimuki phone is (808) 737-7665.

Take it from me – Craig, the Good Egg. I love ‘em flipped, flopped, or staring me right straight in the eye.