{"id":391770,"date":"2023-05-17T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=391770"},"modified":"2023-05-17T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:06:12","slug":"camakane-catering-keeps-chamorro-cuisine-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/camakane-catering-keeps-chamorro-cuisine-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"CamaKane Catering keeps Chamorro cuisine alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_391771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391771\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CamaKane-pix-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CamaKane-pix-1-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-large wp-image-391771\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CamaKane Catering sells Chamorro meat bento at Sabalu Market.<br \/>(MARK RABAGO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CamaKane Catering serves as an oasis of Chamorro cuisine at the Sabalu Market where Filipino, Thai, Korean, Chinese, and even Tex-Mex dishes abound.<\/p>\n<p>Elsa Kanaeshi and her husband, Chavez, opened their stall that specialized in Chamorro meat bento at Sabalu Market across the Kristo Rai Church last May 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sell smoked meat bento plates. We serve smoked meat that has been prepared the traditional way. They each come with a serving of red rice, coco, finadeni, and your choice of a smoked chicken leg quarter, a serving of smoked pork butt, or a serving of smoked beef fingers,\u201d she told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Kanaeshi said their bestseller so far is their pork butt bento and what\u2019s unique about their setup is like the local Joeten Superstore, CamaKane Catering hands out samples of their smoked meat to passing customers.<\/p>\n<p>They also offer kelaguin biringhenas or eggplant kelaguin and vegan lantiyas or custard cake.<\/p>\n<p>Kelaguin biringhenas is grilled eggplant mixed in with coconut milk and local herb, and spices, while vegan lantiyas is coconut custard pudding poured over coconut sponge cake and topped with cinnamon.<\/p>\n<p>As for the business\u2019 name, Kaneshi said CamaKane Catering is a combination of her and her husband\u2019s last names Camacho and Kaneshi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pronounced \u201cCa-ma-Kah-Neh.\u201d We are a local caterer that prepares Chamorro dishes the traditional way. After about a year of smoking meat for family gatherings, we decided to give catering a try.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391772\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CamaKane-pix-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CamaKane-pix-2-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-large wp-image-391772\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chavez Kanaeshi, left, and Elsa own and operate CamaKane Catering. (MARK RABAGO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kanashi said after three months of selling their Chamorro smoked meat at Sabulu Market they\u2019ve gotten a lot of positive feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of words of encouragement and praise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Like other vendors at Sabalu Market, CamaKane Catering moved temporarily to Sabalu Market\u2019s old location at the Civic Center in Susupe to make way for this month\u2019s Taste of Marianas at the Garapan Fishing Base.<\/p>\n<p>CamaKane Catering\u2019s bento plates range from $9 to $13 depending on the type of smoked meat you choose. They can be both reached at CamaKane.Catering and CamaKane Catering on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CamaKane Catering serves as an oasis of Chamorro cuisine at the Sabalu Market where Filipino,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":391773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[23782],"class_list":["post-391770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-chamorro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}