24, Oct 2008
Generalizations about Maui Food
So, a week of food on Maui. We had some very good sashimi, some excellent ice cream, and some great fried rice. We had one very good “fine dining” experience and a few disappointing ones. We had some outstanding Vietnamese food and some awful Vietnamese food. We laughed, we cried,…
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24, Oct 2008
Hali’imaile General Store (Maui)
Hali’imaile General Store is considered one of Maui’s best restaurants, and we were really looking forward to my birthday dinner there. I was mentally writing this review off and on for a while, but I’ve gotten tired of it in my head even before I wrote it down. so let…
28, Sep 2008
Ashley’s South Shore Blue Moon Cafe (Maui)
We were hoping to find a nice little local hole-in-the-wall in Ashley’s Cafe (it seems to alternately go by the blue moon cafe, ashley’s south shore cafe, or whatever). It was even recommended by Greg ‘n’ Jeff, owners of the condo where we stayed. It wasn’t particularly memorable except they…
28, Sep 2008
Seawatch (Maui)
Seawatch is another of Maui’s highly-reviewed restaurants. Nice spot. Pleasant patio. It was basically well-done (and pricey) hotel food. So, yeah. Also, would have been nice if they’d told us the place was mostly taken over by a wedding.
27, Sep 2008
Milagros Food Co (Maui)
The town of Paia is supposed to be charming and interesting, and Milagros is supposed to be the best burger on the island, or something. Paia seemed mostly like the rest of the places for tourists to buy stuff, though maybe a big more hippie. Milagros was pretty run-of-the-mill. Though…
27, Sep 2008
Vietnamese Cuisine (Maui)
You may remember when I tried lots and lots of pho places in seattle. A few were very good, most were fine, and a couple were distinctly not very good. Well Vietnamese Cuisine in Kihei was definitely the worst pho I’ve ever had. You know pho is not very good…
27, Sep 2008
Baskin-Robbins (Maui)
I don’t think I really need to review Baskin-Robbins. I just wanted to say that we stopped in here a couple times as part of our standard “ice cream every day” approach to vacation, and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to see peppermint ice cream. See, I have…
27, Sep 2008
Ono Gelato Company (Maui)
We stopped at Ono Gelato twice during our time in Maui and tried the: seamist (tea and lime with a little mint and lemongrass), lilikoi (aka passionfruit), lemon, sour cream, and ferrero rocher. The lilikoi was amazing; E loved it, and she’s a huge passionfruit fan. I thought it was…
25, Sep 2008
Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar (Maui)
Sansei Seafood and Sushi is another of Maui’s very well reviewed restaurants, but for once the hype is worth it. Everything we had was good, but the special deluxe poke was really really good. Also we chatted with these two teenage girls at the sushi bar who gave us some…
25, Sep 2008
Makena Grill (Maui)
If you drive south through Kihei (strip malls, public beaches) and then continue on and through Wailea (fancy resorts, sweet but still public beaches) and keep going you reach Makena, which just seems kind of wild and untouched, except for the occasional super-nice and very expensive house, and lava rock…