There are few things in life more welcomed on a lazy Friday afternoon than an oversized blueberry cream cheese scone from Diamond Head Market. Especially when you've just had your wisdom teeth taken out! I was lounging around the living room this afternoon, after a lunch of scrambled eggs with feta and a strawberry smoothie when my mom walked in the door, just having come back from a lunch of her own.
"Kathy! Scones!" she announced, knowing I would immediately leap up from whatever laziness I was indulging in (painkillers for wisdom teeth make you awfully tired). Leap up I did, and in reward I encountered one of my favorite sights in the world: a filled bakery box. Her good friend had just given her not one, but a lovely half dozen of Diamond Head Market's famous scones, speckled with the most joyful shades of fresh blueberries. I've heard plenty about these scones, but never had a chance to eat one myself...until now.
These scones are gigantic as far as scones go, and they're a wonderful sight to see. It would be difficult to not smile upon encountering a freshly baked scone, and practically impossible upon seeing a good six of them all lined up neatly in a picture perfect box. I picked the first on the right to call my own and immediately broke off a piece, it's substantially lighter than most scones with a crumb more akin to cake than biscuit. The dough itself is buttery moist and richly speckled with blueberries and dabbles of cream cheese chunks. But the best part is the crumbly crisp edge. Whereas the majority of scones have straight edges that simply cut off, these mound off in a dome shape, with sugar sprinkled all over the surface. This way, you get a myriad of textures running from the cut of a soft, near creamy center to the crunchy brown shell and bits of crispy edges with the occasional nibble of sugar crystals. It's a scone to be coveted, and enjoyed on afternoons with your drink of choice, though I found a glass of iced matcha to be particularly refreshing. Painkillers didn't do my teeth any good, but this scone sure healed anything that may have been broken!
Diamond Head Market & Grill
3158 Monsarrat Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
(808)732-0077
9 comments:
Hmmm...I'm jealous. Those scones sound and look soooo good! I love scones and many regular bakeries have these...well, they call them scones but they're not. I've been to Diamond Head Market but haven't tried their scones yet. Maybe next time... We don't have a lot of good upscale bakeries on this side...I think I had to go to Great Harvest Bread company in Kailua to get a good scone...and I was addicted to their lemon poppy seed bread for a time. :)
was that really a wisdom tooth extracted, or one of your numerous sweet tooths, eh? Just kiddin.
Mmmm those sound good! My mom loves Sconees scones from Kaimuki which I take back to Maui every time I go visit. I have no idea what makes a scone "good" but blueberry and creamcheese ALWAYS sound good to me : ) I remember your post on Sconees a while ago and I swear all I could think about was cornbread after I read it. I love their coffee cake too!
hmmmm, are these scones really that good? you've made me very curious. i think i'll try one when i get back to hawaii.
speaking of which, when you're back in new york next year, you have to stop by new haven and try a scone from one of our local cafes. I need your opinion on it - because i personally think it's the best scone i've ever had.
my GAWD! I just finished with catching up on your Friday 13th posts (that looked enough to feed a small nation!) and now you give me this...scones. Blueberry ones too. Now I know that I could make my own but I so wish that bakeries made scones here (or even knew what they were). You said the magic phrase....a filled bakery box. Ha! That sounds like a perfect title for a blog!
Hey Da Weekend Foodie!
I didn't know there was a Great Harvest in Kailua! I always go to the one near Kahala mall, their breads are sooo goood! but kinda expensive yeah? i remember during easter they were selling some kinda special loaf for $12! Insane! :)
Hey Ron!
lol, it was indeed a wisdom tooth - 2 to be exact!
Hey Kat!
Oh man, I used to live my Kaimuki and go to Sconees alll the time. The best is when things go half off at the end of the day, lol :) I'll have to give the coffeecake a try!!
Justin!
I'm moving up to nyc on the 8/25 but don't start work till mid-october...so I'll have plenty of time to visit! :)
Hey Rowena!
lol, now you have me thinking I should change my blog name! :) Making baked goods for others are satisfying, but when I want a pastry for myself, I'd rather someone else make it for me, lol!
Heh. After I got mine taken out, I lived off of cheeseburgers, pork buns, etc. Soft, easily chewed stuff. Pudding was my friend. Lovies da pudding.
Just back from honolulu and had a blueberry scone almost every day. On the last day I had to pick between getting a Leanard's Malasada with mango cream or a blueberry scone from Diamond head, and the scone won! It is a great reward after the hide to the top of Diamond head.
I too LOVE their blueberry cream cheese scones and ever since I moved off island to NC I miss the scones and have been trying to find a recipe but I know it will never be the same. My to do list on my next visit back to Hawaii is to eat these scones! :o)
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