With two mainland visitors in tow I headed down, on their last night here, to Longhi’s Wailea for a sumptuous and nearly 4 hour long dining extravaganza! As luck, a regular companion in my “restaurant” life, would have it, we...
Read MoreEven if by serendipity, my partner and I were turned away from a few of our favorite upcountry restaurants last night [long waits] and ended up at Hana Hou Café in Haiku. As it turned out it was a stroke of great luck as dinner...
Read MoreIncredible cabin karma this week. After 3 days at 6,500′ in PoliPoli cabin we called the DLNR to see if it was possible to get a cabin in Waianapanapa at sea level. The woman snikkered and said not much chance as...
Read MoreAcclaimed Maui chef, with the Midas touch, Mark Ellman’s Mala Ocean Tavern has a new little sister and she is anything but little. Situated oceanfront at the Marriott, Mala Wailea boasts that there isn’t a bad seat in the house,...
Read MoreI’ve been party to quite a few fantastic, off-the-menu dinning adventures that Ivan invented and executed incredible menus for. I wrote about each back before this was a blog site, you can read them here.
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