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Thanksgiving on Maui 2011 – Where To Eat Round-up

By on November 19, 2011 in Community, Events, Family Fun, Holidays on Maui, Where Local Eat

 

Photo from @MauiTime via @AlohaLuxuryProp

UPDATED November 19, 2011 As promised (although delayed) here’s the update for this Maui Thanksgiving Round-up. Some more restaurants to choose from:

Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa is holding a Thanksgiving Island Harvest on Thursday, November 24,2011 3:00pm – 8:00pm $52 per adult & $25 per child (age 6-12) plus tax & gratuity. For reservations, 808.921.4600

Westin Kaanapili Ocean Resort with Pre Fixe or Buffet – A gourmet sit-down, four-course Thanksgiving Dinner or an amazing epicurean buffet? Either way, Westin Kaanapali resort villas is prepared to host you. The Ocean Pool Bar and Grill’s menu is tantalizing, and their buffet features seafood, cheese and fruits, carving stations, salads, hot selections and desserts. They will be serving their Thanksgiving Day Buffet from 3 to 8pm. The price is $48 per adult and $24 per child, age 4 to 12.

 Marriott Vacation Club will have a Thanksgiving Day Dinner Buffet at Longboards Ka’anapali Restaurant on November 24, 2011 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. *$45.00 for adults,*$22.50 for children 6 -12 Keiki (children) 5 and under are free Credit card required for reservation. Cancellations within 24 hours of reservations will be charged $45.00. *Discounts, coupons and special rates not available. *Prices are inclusive of tax. Call 808-667-1200 or press ext.51 from your villa or suite. 18% gratuity added to parties of 6 or more.

 Pacific Whale Foundation will host a  Thanksgiving dinner at sea. The dinner cruise provides visitors and residents a way to spend the holiday in a unique Maui style. The two-hour cruise will depart from historic Lahaina Harbor at 5:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. Guests will enjoy all of the traditional Thanksgiving fixings, as well as cocktails, a beautiful sunset, live entertainment, and the opportunity to watch for humpback whales returning to Maui waters. The cruise will take place aboard the ultra-smooth, eco-friendly catamaran Ocean Discovery. The price for adults is $84.95, children (ages 3-12) is $49.95, and children ages 2 and under go free with a paying adult. Guests can save 10% by booking online, and Pacific Whale Foundation members save 20% on their ticket price, whether booked online or by phone. For reservations, please call Pacific Whale Foundation at (808) 249-8811 or visit www.pacificwhale.org and click on “Eco Tours” and “Holiday Cruises”.

 Duke’s Beach House will be offering a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for $33.95 offered from 4pm, as well as our regular a la carte menu. Keiki Thanksgiving Menu for $14.95.

Five Palms Beach Grill will have a spectacular three course Traditional Turkey Dinner or a selection from our limited ala carte dinner menu. Three course Menu is $36.95

Gannon’s Restaurant will be offering our Al La Carte Dinner Menu as well as a Traditional Turkey Dinner Buffet for $38.00.

Joe’s Bar & Grill wll also have a Thanksgiving Feast|Baby Green Salad, Traditional Turkey Dinner Homemade Pumpkin Pie. $36.00, Open at 5:00. Regular menu also available

Tiki Terrace (Ka’anapali Beach Hotel) Bountiful Buffet 60 + items Rotisserie Roasted Turkey fixins, Prime Rib, Seafood, Salad, n Dessert bars. children $20 Adults Lunch $39.95 Dinner $46.95 Evening Hula n Music.

Wolfgang Puck’s Spago in the Four Seasons Resort Maui (FKA Spago – Maui) A Complete Thanksgiving Plate featuring Organic free range turkey and all the trimmings will be available in addition to our regular menu for just $48.00 per person.

Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapu   is having a Thanksgiving Brunch $32 per person, $20 for Seniors and $12 for Keiki (7-13 yrs old).  November 24 – 11Am to 4PM.

King Kamehameha Golf Club presents a Thanksgving Buffet 10:00Am and last seating will be at 1:30pm.  $36 per person, 12 and under is $18, 5 and under complimentary.

At Buzz Wharf, you can dine in or take out – call 244-5426.

Let me know if you hear of anything else or if you want to be added in.  Aloha!

 

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PREVIOUS POST DATED November 6, 2011:

 

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.   I still do not know what we’re doing this year, do you?

I am thinking… maybe we should just try something different this year. Instead of  hosting  a Thanksgiving dinner,  maybe we should go to a buffet or a special dinner in a restaurant.  And so the other day I tweeted and asked who among the restaurants and resorts on Maui are doing a Thanksgiving special, and I received some replies from my favorite hotels and restaurants.

If you are visiting on Maui during Thanksgiving and wondering where to eat, I recommend the following. Check out the links for menu and reservation details.

Four Season Resort  is preparing an amazing Thanksgiving at Dou

Grand Wailea Resort is doing a  Grand Thanksgiving Luau at Honua’ula.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House  is having “The Harvest” – a Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner in both their Lahaina and Wailea.

The Westin Maui Resort and Spa has two options for you in their resort:  Ono Bar and Grill and the Tropica Restaurant & Bar are both celebrating Thanksgiving with a special dinner.

I will be updating this post and will be adding to the list so check back in a week or so.  However, I think the choices above are plenty, so if I were you, I’d already make a reservation so you won’t have to think about it.

Now all I have to do is to convince my husband that we just go out on a Thanksgiving dinner so I won’t have to cook.  Wish me luck! :)

And oh,  that “turkey in a bikini” photo above, that is just to make you smile. I don’t think any of the restaurants listed above would be presenting their turkey that way.  In case you want to know how to make that turkey in a bikini for thanksgiving (I call it the Maui Thanksgiving Turkey), click the following link:  the sexy turkey recipe.

 

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Maui Participates in Blog Action Day 2011 – Food and Culture

By on October 16, 2011 in Blogging, Community, Family Fun, Where Local Eat

One of my favorite events in my kids’ school back when they were in elementary school is the day they call “Culture Day”.  On that day, the children celebrate the culture of their ethnic backgrounds. It’s fun for them to trace what their ethnic backgrounds are and it’s very common to have a mixture of two or more cultures.  For example, my kids are half American (English & German), half Filipino.  They are known as Hapa kids (which in essence means half and half).  One feature of this Culture Day is potluck.  Kids will bring a dish that’s from their ethnic origin and share it with everyone. I love this! What a great way to connect the kids with their culture and keep the tradition going.

Like what I said, I love the Cultural Day Potluck. It’s like taking the trip all over the world!  Listed below are some food from various cultures that have been infused into Maui’s food culture. I thought it would be good to have a list here for those who are vsiting  on Maui and are curious about these ethnic food.
 
HAWAIIAN
Ahi: yellowfin tuna, mostly grilled but there are other ways to cook it too.
Laulau: pork, butterfish, beef or chicken wrapped in taro leaf and steamed in an imu (underground oven).
Haupia: coconut pudding, one of my favorites!
Long Rice: cellophane noodles made from mungbean flour; Cook with chicken, it’s my daughter’s favorite soup – the chicken long rice.
Poi: staple starch of the Hawaiian diet, made from boiled taro root, boiled and pounded. They feed this babies and kids a lot but adults love them too.
Poke: raw fish with seaweed and sesame oil. Variated is Tako poke which is made with (tako) octupus instead of fish.
Taro: a tuberous vegetable used to make poi

 FILIPINO
Adobo – pork or chicken in a vinegar and garlic sauce. Most Caucasians like this.
Pancit: egg or rice noodles ‘n stuff. There are a lot of variations – pancit canton, pancit bihon, pancit loglog, sotanghon, etc.
Lumpia: appetizer similar to spring roll. Some are fresh (like that on the photo) some are fried.  It can be made of vegetable or ground meet (lumpia shanghai) or banana (turon).
Pinakbet: okra, string beans, tomatoes, shrimp paste simmered with fish or pork. Oh so nutritious.

JAPANESE 
Edamame: whole boiled soybeans. Great healthy snack.
Maki-sushi: sushi items rolled up in seaweed
Furikake: a flavoring accent of seaweed, salt, sesame
Saimin: noodle soup. a lot of variation on this.
Sashimi: thin slices of very fresh salt water fish
Manju: sweet bean paste buns
Shumai: small steamed dumplings
Sashimi: thin slices of very fresh salt water fish
Tempura: vegetables, meat, or seafood quick-fried in light egg batter

KOREAN
Kim Chee: heavily seasoned pickled vegetables
Kal Bi: barbecued short ribs marinated in a shoyu and sesame blend

PORTUGUESE
Caldeirada: seafood stew
Caldo Verde: kale and potato soup
Feijao: beans

THAI
Satay: beef, pork, or chicken on skewers with peanut sauce
Tom Yum: spicy lemongrass soup with shrimp and meat

VIETNAMESE
Pho – beef noddle soup with sprouts, herbs, chilis and lime

The list above is not comprehensive at all.  Those are just the ones common on Maui that has somehow got integrated in Maui’s food culture.  There’s a lot more cultures wih fine cuisine to be represented, Italian, Mexican, Indian, French, an so on. Please feel free to dd some of your favorite ethnic food in the comment section below.

On this Blog Action Day 2011, I want to encourage everyone to keep on teaching our kids about culture and food.  With the busyness of our daily lives, it’s so tempting to feed our kids the fastfood kind of food. However, it must not be so.  Let us take time to nuture the culture and keep the cultural food tradition going.

 

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