Maui Food And Dining

Authentic Texas-style barbecue is not something you’d expect to find on the shores of Maui, but at the Iron Imu BBQ Company, you can expect to find the unexpected.

Alan Wong’s Amasia in the Grand Wailea Resort opened in June 2012. Now it’s been announced that the doors will close permanently in early November.

Next Saturday, September 27, Kokua for Kupuna – Hale Makua Health Services’ signature fundraiser – is being held at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Ka’anapali.

Makena Beach and Golf Resort’s monthly Food and Wine Education series continues this Saturday, Sept. 20 with an ‘Italian Experience.’

Join Kupu Maui this Saturday, Sept. 20, for a “decadent look at a little cacao farm in Haiku” and a similarly chocolately dinner. Kupu Maui is keeping the chefs for the evening a mystery until the meal itself.

If the words “slightly salty” bring to mind terms like brackish, saline and briny, then prepare to log a whole new entry in your mental (and culinary) database.

Did you know that one in five Maui children do not know where their next meal is coming from? This Saturday, Sept. 13, the Blue Hawaii event offers a chance to help.

Veg Out in Haiku is something of a fast food vegetarian restaurant. Location: Obscure strip mall. Ambiance: Utilitarian. Prices: Wallet-friendly. Food: Depends.

Hotel executives say the award will allow them to present a $5,000 scholarship annually to a Maui Culinary Academy student as part of the hotel’s Tylun Pang Aspiring Chef Scholarship.

The Kāʻanapali Kitchen Stadium Under the Maui Moon gala dinner featured chefs from Maui and the US Mainland, who presented a six course meal highlighting Maui-grown products.

This Saturday August 30, the Makena Beach & Golf Resort offers their monthly Food and Wine Education Series Dinner, featuring Chablis, Beaujolais and Bordeaux.

This Friday, August 29, Maui Brewing Company is donating 50% of the profits from all house beers sold from 6 to 10 p.m. to the Monk Seal Foundation.

Kick off the start of the Ka’anapali Fresh and Hawaii Food and Wine Festivals with a special beer dinner featuring Japengo Restaurant and Maui Brewing Co.

Family friendly, easy-on-the-budget dining options on Maui are rare. Penne Pasta Cafe in Lahaina fills that niche, although the food itself often underwhelms.

Next Sunday, August 31 is Ka’anapali Kitchen Stadium: Under a Maui Moon, a Hawaii Food and Wine Festival Gala Dinner featuring local and national celebrity chefs.

Tomorrow night in Paia you can check out a variety of never-before-seen fancy schmancy-named cocktails brewed up by the fine folks at Dazoo and Pau Vodka.

Whoever said “the best things in life are free” clearly never dined at Ka’ana Kitchen at the Andaz. Granted, it ain’t cheap, but the quality justifies the price.

This Saturday, the Maui Coffee Association presents their 7th Annual Seed to Cup Coffee Festival with everything from gourmet eats to a coffee-themed fashion show.

This Saturday, Aug. 16, the second annual Huliau Food and Film Festival, a farm-to-table celebration of local agriculture featuring local chefs.

From its two Kahului locations, Fernando’s Mexican Grill offers everything from tacos and burritos to Camarones a La Diabla spicy enough to make a grown man cry.