Food & Drink

Plan a trip

Check-In

Check-Out

Adults

Children

Rooms

Promo Code

Special Rates

Check Availability

AAA/CAA Rate

Kamaaina Rate

Senior 50+ Rate

Airline Employee Rate

Government Rate

Travel Industry Rate

Travel Club Rate

Special rates require proof of eligibility at check-in

You're one step closer to paradise...

Food & Drink

Trip Ideas Home
Total Number of Articles - 107

|< < 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Bangkok Cuisine

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

It's easy to miss Bangkok Cuisine, nestled in the center of a strip of nondescript shops and offices on Dairy Road, but keep your eyes peeled. This little place, with just a few tables and lots of burgundy linen and gilt trim, turns out what is arguably the best pad thai on Maui. You can also expect to find curries, satays, and hot-and-spicy soups. The stuffed chicken wings are particularly good, as is the Cornish game hen. If you're coming from or going to the airport, this is a good place to stop. www.bangkokcuisinemaui.com. Credit cards accepted.
Read More
Ba-Le Sandwiches & Plate Lunch

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

It began as a French-Vietnamese bakery on Oahu and has branched into popular small restaurants sprinkled throughout the Islands. Some are kiosks in malls; others are stand-alones with some picnic tables out front, as is the case at this location, which is one of four on Maui. Vietnamese pho (the famous soups laden with seafood or rare beef, fresh basil, bean sprouts, and lime) share menu space with local-style saimin; plates of barbecue or spicy chicken, beef, or pork with jasmine rice; and sandwiches. There are a slew of tapioca flavors for dessert. www.ba-le.com. Credit cards accepted.
Read More
Asian Star

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

This restaurant in Wailuku's Millyard (a light industrial area) is the best choice for Vietnamese food on Maui. Owner Jason Chau grows his own Hawaiian chili peppers, mint, basil, chives, lemongrass, and green onions around the perimeter of the parking lot, and these seasonings add robust and concentrated flavors to his dishes. Try the lemongrass chicken or tofu, the garlic beef or green papaya salad, the crispy sesame or orange beef, the clay pots with crunchy, charred rice bits on the bottom, and the bun, bowls brimming with cold vermicelli noodles and topped with chicken. Credit cards accepted.
Read More
Aloha Mixed Plate

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

From the wonderful folks who bring you Maui's best luau—the Old Lahaina Luau—comes this extremely casual, oceanfront eatery, which is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you've yet to indulge in a local-style "plate lunch," this is a good place to try it. A consistent award winner in local magazine and newspaper polls, each plate combines foods representative of Hawaii's ethnic mix. Take a plate of your Chinese chow mein noodles, marinated and grilled Korean kalbi ribs, Japanese teriyaki beef, and, of course, the requisite macaroni salad and two scoops of rice to a table so close to the ocean you just might get wet. Want to go whole hog? Try the Alii Plate of traditional Hawaiian foods: laulau (taro-leaf-wrapped bundles of meats and fish), lomilomi salmon (a cold salad of raw salmon, tomatoes, onions), poi, rice, and haupia (luscious coconut pudding). Oh, and don't forget the mai tai! www.AlohaMixedPlate.com. Credit cards accepted.
Read More
A.K.'s Café

Destination: Maui
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

Nearly hidden between auto-body shops and karaoke bars is this wonderful, bright café serving good island fare. Chef-owner Elaine Nakashima not only knows how to make everything taste delicious, she knows how to make local flavors more healthful, too. Her Thai chicken, local fish preparations, roast turkey plate, and even her sweet potatoes (either steamed or fried) are excellent. Elaine's crab cakes are so good—some say the best on Maui—that retail markets around the island stock them in their freezers and their prepared-food sections. The place takes on a lovely warm glow at dinnertime, and impromptu contemporary Hawaiian music is not uncommon. www.akscafe.com. Credit cards accepted. Closed weekends.
Read More
Top 10 Hawaiian Foods to Try

Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

Food in Hawaii is a reflection of the state’s diverse cultural makeup and tropical location. Fresh seafood, organic fruits and vegetables, free-range poultry and meat, and locally grown products are the hallmarks of Hawaii regional cuisine.
Read More
The Plate Lunch Tradition

Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Copyright © 2012 by Fodor’s Travel, a division of Random House Inc. All rights reserved.

To experience island history first-hand, take a seat at one of Hawaii's ubiquitous "plate lunch" eateries, and order a segmented Styrofoam plate piled with rice, macaroni salad, and maybe some fiery pickled vegetable condiment.
Read More