Maui Food & Dining

For a little over a buck each, you can buy yourself and the kids a cold creamy concoction in strawberry and/or pineapple flavor. Be ready to soak up the smiles and sugar-addled adoration. Guri Guri from Tasaka’s in Maui Mall, should be on everyone’s to eat list.

Maui’s Monkeypod Kitchen celebrates Oktoberfest with a special four-course dinner paired with hand-picked beer selections.

Maui hot spots will be featured in tonight’s Season 2 premiere of Drinking Made Easy, a series broadcast on the HDNet national network.

At Wow-Wee Maui, Kava is offered by the coconut shell, for around $6. This muddy murky drink might seem a bit mysterious to the tourists and the locals who haven’t been introduced to an ‘awa circle.

If you’ve got an affinity for sweets, then Komoda Bakery upcountry is a place worthy of a visit. This rather longstanding fixture in the Makawao community was established back in the plantation days of Maui.

Avid patrons of Chef Alan Wong’s cuisine can exhale a happy sigh, as he will soon open a restaurant at the Grand Wailea Resort in early 2012.

Fernando’s Mexican Grill & Cantina in the Queen Ka’ahumanu Mall offers the uninitiated and the Mexican food lover a good selection of menu options that meet expectation and the reality of mall food offerings.

Your dose of java, live music, baked goodies, wraps, salads and more is conveniently located in Wailuku, at the Wailuku Coffee Co.

Maui chefs will conduct free Grown on Maui cooking demonstrations this month as part of a month-long Agriculture Awareness campaign.

On a hot day, there’s a myriad of dessert options open to anyone to ease the heat. You can choose ice creams or shave ice, or how about a combination of the two? At Bistro Manila Maui, a menu item called Halo Halo might be just what you’re looking for.

Maui Grown products are being featured throughout the month as part of the Maui County Farm Bureau’s effort to raise awareness. The campaign kicks off TONIGHT at Wailuku First Friday.

Maui Coffee Roasters in Kahului serves up great coffee that has customers waiting for their doors to open each morning.

The taste education series is a monthly event presented by Slow Food Maui that highlights locally grown food and culinary practices. Future events are planned on raising poultry and catering on Maui.

Ko is getting a face-lift, and until the new-year, this approximate 6-month renovation at the restaurant will get Kama’aina 50% off all their pupus, salads, entrees and desserts every night.

Except for the din of voices, the clatter of silverware, and the dispersed art-type lighting that is a bit too warm for the space, Beverly Gannon’s Joe’s is yet another locale with good food and great views.

When a waiter or waitress asks what temperature you’d like your dish cooked, you immediately understand that something is up. Attention to detail by amazing degree is what Duo has to offer.

The Maui County Farm Bureau will present the second annual Maui Ag Day with a focus on Understanding Food Safety Certification. The session runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, August 26, at the Haliimaile Pineapple Company

If you know who Serpico is, then you can understand the parallel this pizzeria has to the man himself.

In Kahului there’s a little local Japanese food place that might be missed if you’re not really looking. It really is like a kind of hole-in-the-wall type of mom-and-pop establishment. Koko Ichiban-Ya is simply good comfort food.

Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice satisfies sweet and cool cravings with homemade syrups, powdery ice with just enough crunch, and add-ons that will make you smile.