With all the eating we did, it was a miracle we returned from Maui the same jean size!
breakfast: Start the day at Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop, family run and focused on farm-to-table fare. Try the Seared Ahi Benedict, made with tuna so fresh you won’t miss your regular benny’s bacon. Dessert first thing in the morning? You’re on vacation! The heavenly Coconut Cream Pie will make you forget your swimsuit woes—coconut, after all, is a superfruit. Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop, 820 Olowalu Village Rd., Honoapi’ilani Hwy., Lahaina, 808-662-3600, www.leodas.com
lunch: Eat like a surfer at the Big Beach BBQ food truck—keep your eyes peeled for it on the side of the road en route to Big Beach Makena. The fresh fish taco is truly fresh, created from the daily catch rotation. Big Beach BBQ, Big Beach Makena, Makena, 808-264-6332, www.facebook.com/bigbeachbbq
dinner: Enjoy the upscale sunset at Kō (translation: sugar cane) while sampling chef Tylun Pang’s delectable takes on Hawaiian classics. Order the Spicy Tuna Poke Bowl, served in sushi rice with spicy aioli, and Lumpia—Filipino spring rolls filled with pork and shrimp. Kō, located in the Fairmont Kea Lani, also mixes some of the best cocktails on the Island, using local Pai pineapple vodka. Kō, 4100 Wailea Alanui, Maui, 808-875-2210, http://korestaurant.com
dinner II: Top Chef fans won’t want to miss Maui’s culinary sweetheart, Sheldon Simeon, who runs local hotspot Migrant by working closely with area farmers to enhance his Pan-Asian menu. Get your greens with the Kumu Farms Organic Kale Salad and protein with the Hibachi Hanger Steak, served with Nouc Cham (classic Vietnamese dipping sauce), pickled shallots and watercress. Migrant, at the Wailea Beach Marriott, 3700 Wailea Alanui Dr.,
Kihei, 808-875-9394, www.migrantmaui.com
drinks: Fancy a nightcap? Hula over to Capische? in the picturesque garden of the Hotel Wailea for a Lilikoi Vespar, concocted with gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc and Lilikoi (passion fruit) puree. If you’re feeling snacky, opt for chefs Brian Etheredge and Christopher Kulis’s Salumi and Cheese board while losing yourself in the ocean’s hypnotizing ebb and flow. Capische?, 55 Kaukahi St., Wailea, HI, 808-879-2224, www.capische.com
E ʻai kākou … let’s eat! —Anya Georgijevic
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