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Maui Dining Guide
Island Foods
Island style eating incorporates delicacies from many
different cultures. The following guide will give you a
brief introduction to some of the more popular items in a
wide variety of culinary delights available on Maui.
Hawaiian
- poi
- a starchy paste made from mashing cooked taro with a
little bit of water; sometimes slightly fermented, poi
is categorized as one, two or three finger poi by the
thickness of its consistency.
- kalua pig
- a whole pig cooked in an imu, or underground oven.
- laulau
- pork, salted fish and taro leaves wrapped in a ti or
banana leaves and baked in an imu, steamed or broiled.
- lomi salmon
- lomi means massage, rub, press or squeeze in
Hawaiian; the salmon, usually raw, is worked with the
fingers into a mixture of vinegar, onion and spices and
eaten cold as a salad or side dish.
- haupia
- a pudding made of coconut creme.
- 'opihi
- a limpet collected from shoreline rocks and
considered a delicacy eaten raw or cooked.
- 'ulu
- breadfruit, when cooked it tastes something like
sweet potatoes.
- hulihuli chicken
- whole chickens roasted over a barbecue by turning
(huli) rotisserie style.
- poke
- sliced raw fish or octopus mixed with salt, seaweed
and chili peppers.
Korean
- kim chee
- hot, spicy pickled cabbage and other vegetables.
- kalbi
- marinated and barbecued short ribs.
Chinese
- char siu
- pork marinated in sugar, salt, soy sauce and red
food coloring.
Japanese
- teriyaki
- beef marinated in soy sauce.
- tempura
- vegetables or seafood deep fried in batter.
- shoyu
- soy sauce
- sashimi
- raw fish, usually ahi tuna, thinly sliced and served
with green wasabe and soy sauce.
- sushi
- rice and bits of fish and vegetables wrapped in
seaweed.
- wasabi
- Spicy hot, green horseradish usually served with
sushi and sashimi.
- saimin
- a popular noodle soup flavored with vegetables and
beef.
- bento
- a take-out box lunch.
Portuguese
- malasadas
- donuts without holes
- bean soup
- a rich spicy kidney bean soup with vegetables and
Portuguese sausage.
Game Fish
- mahimahi
- one of the least expensive and most common eating
fish, often referred to as dolphin but technically it is
not; dolphins are mammals and mahimahi is a fish.
Weighing 10 to 65 pounds, it has a broad head and body
that tapers down to its tail; also known as dorado.
- a'u
- the broadbilled swordfish or marlin, weighing up to
250 pounds each; not easy to catch, which is often
reflected in its price, but excellent firm, moist, meaty
steak like white flesh.
- ono
- also called wahoo or king mackerel, the name also
means delicious in Hawaiian and certainly applies
- ulua
- a prized, hard-fighting game fish belonging to the
"Jack Crevalle" family that ranges up to 125 pounds;
also known as pompano; spearfishermen.
- uku
- the gray snapper
- ahi
- yellowfin tuna, excellent cooked or raw and often
found in sushi bars.
- ahu
- skipjack tune, heavier than ahi.
- aku
- bonito or skipjack tuna, a deep red-fleshed fish
excellent cooked or raw as sashimi.
- opakapaka
- the pink snapper
- onaga
- red snapper, a local favorite, caught in deep
waters, with juicy, white tender meat.
- kumu
- goatfish; firm, white meat. Steamed kumu is an
island specialty.
- mano
- shark; firm, white meat.
- moonfish/opah
- Mild, firm, pink flesh.
Other Island Foods
- apple bananas
- a smaller, denser, smoother texture than regular
(Williams) bananas.
- barbecue sticks
- teriyaki marinated pork, chicken or beef pieces
barbecued and served on bamboo sticks.
- breadfruit
- melon-sized starchy fruit; served baked, deep fried,
steamed or boiled.
- crackseed
- Chinese-style spicy preserved fruits and seeds.
- giri giri
- home-made sherbert
- guava
- about the size of an apricot or plum. The inside is
full of seeds, to it is rarely eaten raw. Used primarily
for juice, jelly or jam.
- Hawaiian supersweet corn
- the finest corn you ever had, even raw. Grown in
Kula.
- huli huli chicken
- Hawaiian barbecue style
- ka'u oranges
- big island oranges. Usually, the uglier the orange,
the better it tastes.
- Kona coffee
- grown on the Lona coast of the Big Island. Smooth,
mild flavor; available everywhere.
- kulolo
- steamed taro pudding
- liliko'i
- passion fruit
- loco moco
- rice, meat patty, egg and gravy.
- lychee
- a reddish, woody peel that is discarded for the
sweet, white fruit inside. Be careful of the pit.
- macadamia nut
- a large, round nut
- manapua
- steamed or baked bun filled with meat.
- mango
- bright orange fruit with yellow pink skin. Distinct,
tasty flavor.
- manju
- cookie filled with a sweet center.
- Maui onions
- grown in Kula, some people eat them like apples.
- musubi
- cold steamed rice, sliced spam rolled in black
seaweed wrappers.
- papaya
- melon-like, pear-shaped fruit with yellow skin best
eaten chilled.
- pipi kaula
- Hawaiian-style beef jerky. Excellent when dipped in
poi.
- plate lunch
- an island favorite as an inexpensive, filling lunch.
Consists of "two-scoop rice", a scoop of macaroni salad
and some type of meat, either beef, chicken, or fish.
Sometimes called a box lunch.
- Portuguese sausage
- pork sausage, highly seasoned with red pepper.
- pupu
- appetizer, finger foods or snacks.
- saimin
- noodles cooked in either chicken, pork or fish
broth.
- shave ice
- a block of ice is "shaved" into a ball with flavored
syrup poured over the top. Best served with ice cream on
the bottom.
- smoothie
- usually papaya, mango, frozen passion fruit and
frozen banana, but almost any fruit can be used to make
this milkshake-like drink. Add milk for creaminess.
- taro chips
- sliced and deep-fried taro; resembles potato chips.
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