So after 5 happy goofy days with our friends Ashley and Yuting, we parted at the airport and Paul and I headed for Maui. So I read this great tour book "Maui Revealed" and the most valuable lesson I learn from it was to make a stop at Costco as soon as you landed Maui. Seeing how expensive things were at the centrally located metropolitan Waikiki, we cannot afford to miss our chance so Paul wasted no time to approach the help desk at airport. Deterred by Paul's eagerness, the guy at the help desk rolled his eyes and replied in a monotone "right off the airport, you'll see it next to the Big K on your left"--these boring, cheap mainlanders...
Once stepping inside Costco, I saw a whole row of "Maui Revealed" in piles selling for $10.99....I am just never tired of getting tricked into these gimmicks of these Hawaiians!! But the pineapples was selling for $2.99 so I guess it's all good.
We headed to Paia for lunch. It was a complete opposite of Waikiki--they have a whole shop selling nothing but "hemp" products just to give you an idea (although they claim that hemp is not exactly marijuana and you can't get high from hemp, but seriously why else would I want to wear hemp shirts or wash in hemp shampoo and burn hemp incense?!)
I had an okay mahi burger at Paia Fish Market (I'm being critical here for my own future reference--the food's really not that bad for a quick bite--my trip planning to NZ reminds me how I have no recollection of restaurants at all, I may have an awsome/awful meal but I don't recall the name or where it's located, my memory is pretty useless when it comes down to such preciseness, so now you know the real reason why I keep this blog), and we couldn't wait to try the crepe at Cafe Des Amis--Paul and I are huge fans of crepe, although it really is just the French pancake--and what a disappointment!! the crepe was really dull and the service was crap! The waitress saw the soft drinks we carried from Paia Fish Market and she just grabbed the cups and put it on the floor!! And you make crappy crepe?! That is just unacceptable!!
And when I asked for our check, she tried to grab the dish before I put tips on it. I told her to hold for a second, and I dugged our all the pennies and nickles and gave her $0.26 tips for her service. I probably should have left her none, but hopefully this was more insulting.
Service wasn't all that bad after this unhappy incidence. We checked into our hotel Diamond Resort at Wailea, the guy started apologizing for the weather as it starts to rain. But in fact, it was the best weather I had for the whole time I was in Hawaii, as my face was for once not soaked in my own sweat but in rain. So we wasted no time and head out south to La Perouse Bay.
(La Perouse Bay, the beach behind us is covered by lava rocks)
(On the road to La Perouse Bay, this is probably not the Hawaii in our dream, but so pretty nonetheless, you may see the lava rocks on both sides of the road)
The first night of Maui finished with a fine touch at the Pupu Lounge. Personally, I would never go to a restaurant that calls itself "pupu" no matter what language you're speaking. But it was THE best food and service we had for the whole trip!! Paul had a mahi steak and I had some local fish called walu (don't know what it is but really delicious) and the waiter was smoking hot! Even Paul was smitten although he would never admit it.I'm afraid I cannot top it off with anything else, all other Maui stuff will have to wait until the next blog....
2 comments:
I wonder what 'pupu' means?! Remember pupu springs in the south island? That was the most beautiful cold spring I have ever visited!
I think pupu in Hawaiian means appetizer (or "Entree" in your part of the world)--but seriously, it doesn't sound very tasty, does it? :)
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