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Koloa Fish Market

March 17th, 2007 · No Comments

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

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Koloa Town, Kaua’i

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Kalua Pig Plate Lunch, Poipu, Kaua’i

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Lau Lau Plate Lunch, Poipu, Kaua’i

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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.

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Heyyyyy Makahuena

March 13th, 2007 · No Comments

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Makahuena, Poipu, Kaua’i

By now the Makahuena is like our home away from home in Poipu, Kaua’i. This was my third time staying there and Dallas has stayed there at least twice as many times as me. It’s nice to get to know the South Shore and Poipu and Koloa Town so well and have it as a home base every time.

This year we had a lot of people so we got two condos. The one I stayed in was 3 levels, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, with a great kitchen (stainless steel appliances and marble countertops) and living room area. The other condo was a a little less homey and less nicely furnished and decorated, but it was huge. The living area was about double as big as ours and it was right on the oceanside. But it was also under construction on the outside, which made it noisy. That condo was 2 bedrooms. The rates on each condo were more than we’ve paid in the past, but still only about half of what everyone else pays and when you split it all up, it’s megacheap.

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Around Kaua’i's South Shore

July 20th, 2005 · 3 Comments


Kathy :: Grand Hyatt, Poipu, Kaua’i


Koloa Town, Kaua’i


Koloa Town, Kaua’i


Koloa Town, Kaua’i


Rachelle, Koloa, Kaua’i


I thought the gas would be more expensive. These are only a few cents higher than Chicago prices. Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Kalaheo, Kaua’i


The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger :: Gillin’s Beach, Kaua’i


Gillin’s Beach, Kaua’i


Kite Surfing :: Gillin’s Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Dallas Bodysurfing :: Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i.


Dallas Bodysurfing :: Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i.


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Shipwreck Beach, Kaua’i


Hawaiian Treat: Unripe mango .. dip it in the shoyu/sugar sauce.


Brick Oven Pizza, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Brick Oven Pizza, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Brick Oven Pizza, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Brick Oven Pizza


Brick Oven Pizza

The next morning we were back at the Hyatt for our favorite brunch buffet. Except this year they seemed to have slimmed it down. What happened to the meat shaving station? And the tiers of dessert? And the sushi bar? It was still a good brunch but we couldn’t help missing what was there last year.

Afterwards we ran some errands in Koloa Town. Stopped at some stores, stopped by the post office. In the afternoon we went back to Gillin’s Beach. And then spent some time at Shipwreck Beach.

For an afternoon snack we had a local treat. You mix some shoyu (soy sauce) with sugar and a little vinegar, if you have it, then you dip green, unripe mango in it. The mango is bitter and the shoyu mixture is kind of salty/sweat. Not bad, but I think it’s an acquired taste. Then for dinner we had pizza from Brick Oven Pizza in Kalaheo. Everyone had been talking about how good it is and how it was the best on the island so I had to try it. Really good. I liked how the crust was made with either homemade white or wheat dough and was fluted and brushed with garlic butter. YUM.

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Lunch & Shopping in Koloa & Poipu

July 18th, 2005 · 4 Comments


Koloa Fish Market


Koloa Fish Market


Koloa Fish Market


Koloa Fish Market


Lau Lau Plate Lunch from Koloa Fish Market


Lau Lau Plate Lunch from Koloa Fish Market


Puka Dogs Hawaiian Style Hot Dogs at Poipu Shopping Village.. seems like a scam to draw tourists in.


Lappert’s – Made in Kaua’i!


Lappert’s Chocolate Mac Nut Ice Cream


Cheap flowers in Koloa

After going to the beach, Caroline and I went to Koloa to the Fish Market. This is where we got a lot of the poke we were eating around the condo. They have really great, fresh fish. We went back to restock and also to get plate lunches because we were hungry. Caroline got Kalua Pig and I got Lau Lau, which is pork and butter fish wrapped in taro leaves (that you eat) and cooked in ti leaves (that you don’t eat). Also included in each of the plate lunches were white rice, poke, chicken long rice*, and lomi salmon.

After lunch we did some shopping at Poipu Shopping Village and in Koloa Town. Caroline treated me to my first Lappert’s ice cream cone. We got chocolate mac nut. So good. Does anyone know why the cones have “Hawaii” stamped in them though?

* I argued with Caroline and Dallas that “chicken long rice” was a stupid name for a dish that’s basically chicken and cellphane NOODLES, not RICE. They just laughed and gave me da stink eye/”stupid haole” look.

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Flowers and Seals and Turtles and Chinese Food

July 17th, 2005 · 5 Comments


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Near Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Near Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Near Kalaheo, Kaua’i


Monk Seal :: Koloa, Kaua’i


Monk Seal :: Koloa, Kaua’i


Monk Seal :: Koloa, Kaua’i


Monk Seal :: Koloa, Kaua’i


Monk Seal :: Koloa, Kaua’i


Kathy, Eleanor, Larry, George :: Garden Island Barbecue & Chinese Restaurant :: Lihue, Kaua’i


Keychains Auntie Winnie made :: Garden Island Barbecue & Chinese Restaurant :: Lihue, Kaua’i

Caroline and I don’t golf, so while everyone was teeing up at Poipu Bay, we went to check out the National Tropical Botanical Garden. The actual tours were pretty booked up and were kind of expensive. Luckily there are lots of paths around the visitor center with lots of plants to explore. Plumeria is my favorite flowering tree and Pikake is my favorite scent of the flowers I’ve smelled in Hawaii.

While at the Garden I remembered last year when we were snorkeling that there’s a secluded beach you get to go to if you go on a Botanical Garden tour. While snorkeling we’d seen it from the ocean and were told you could only get to it by land by going on the tour. This sounded like a challenge to Caroline so we drove around and hiked on a path trying to see if we could find it but we gave up really quickly.

On the drive back to the condo we came across a beached Hawaiian Monk Seal at Lawai Beach. These are some of the most endanged species on the planet. Since they come up on some of the most popular beaches in Kaua’i to have their babies and we don’t want to disturb them, officials rope off the area they’re laying in and put up warning signs. If you touch or harass the seals you’ll be in big doo doo with the cops.

A little farther down the road we pulled off at Turtle Cove and saw some honu, or Green Sea Turtle. These are also at risk of becoming extinct. It was cool to see them, but even cooler was last year when we snorkeled with them.

Later on we met up with a bunch of friends for a huge Chinese feast at Garden Island Barbecue & Chinese Restaurant in Lihue. It was Auntie Winnie’s birthday but instead of giving her gifts, she gave us all beaded key chains that she made. Man, I was stuffed after eating all that food!

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