John & Susan Entering Koloa Fish Market, Koloa Town, Kaua’i

Koloa Town, Kaua’i

Kalua Pig Plate Lunch, Poipu, Kaua’i

Lau Lau Plate Lunch, Poipu, Kaua’i

Haupia, Poipu, Kaua’i

The shave ice was good, but we needed a proper lunch, so we stopped at the Koloa Fish Market for some plate lunches. Like Jo Jo’s, the fish market is kind of a shack, just a small old building, but the food is excellent. The freshest fish, and great plate lunches. I first got a plate lunch from Koloa Market with Caroline the last time we were in Kaua’i and I couldn’t wait to have one again. Dallas and John got Kalua pig, Susan and I opted for the lau lau. In Chicago there’s a Hawaiian restaurant that we go to sometime that has many local favorites like loco moco and kalua pig and kalbi ribs, but no lau lau. I wasn’t going to pass up my one chance in who knows how long to get the lau lau.* Lau lau is pork and butter fish wrapped in taro leaves (that you eat) and cooked in ti leaves (that you don’t eat)… except I don’t think mine had the butter fish. Dang, that’s like the prize you hunt for! But it was still good. Included in each of the plate lunches were white rice, poke, chicken long rice, and lomi lomi salmon. I also got a piece of haupia so that Susan and John could try it.

After chowing, we laid around by the pool and hot tub waiting for Allison to arrive. And somehow she finally did. And somehow she found her way to Lihue to our condo in Poipu with hardly any directions at all. Allison had been to Kaua’i one time before, but it was years ago. I don’t know how she remembered.

We also stopped at Big Save to stock up on some supplies. I feel like we went to Big Save to get more for everyone at the condo every time we passed it! More Hawaiian Sun, more beer, more creamer, more coffee, etc.