THEY'VE GOT A HUGE FEAST, MAI
THE LUAU.
SOMETHING EVERY VISITOR AND
KAMA'AINA SHOULD CHECK OUT,
TACES
TASTE AND SEE.
TRINI: WE'RE HERE IN
KAANAPALI.
WE'RE CHECKING OUT THE ISLAND'S
LONGEST RUNNING LIEU LUAU.
I'M HERE WITH JERRI AND WELO.
TAIZO: IT'S SO GOOD.
TRINI: HE COULDN'T WAIT.
WELO, CONGRATULATIONS.
I HEARD THE LUAU IS CELEBRATING
THEIR 45TH ANNIVERSARY THIS
YEAR.
ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS A NICE HONOR TO HAVE.
TRINI: IT IS.
THEY'VE GOT A GREAT REPUTATION.
EXPERIENCE.
WHAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE.
WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO BE HERE
AT 6:00.
WE WELCOME THEM WITH A MAI TAI.
THEY ALL GET SAT DOWN ASK
COMFORTABLE.
MINGLE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND WE HAVE ACTIVITIES.
AND ONCE ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE
OR DURING THAT WE HAVE THE IMU
CEREMONY.
WE UNVEIL THE PIG SO EVERYONE
CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THE
PIG.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO WITH POI.
WE TRY TO GIVE TIPS WHAT TO DO
AND HOW TO EAT IT.
TRINI: SPEAKING OF PIG AND
POI, CHEF, WHAT OTHER FOOD CAN
PEOPLE EBLGHT CAN
PEOPLE EXPECT TO HAVE?
I LIKE THE LOMI SALMON.
CAN'T FORGET THE IMU PIG THAT WE
COOK FOR TEN HOURS.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
TRINI: IN ADDITION TO THE
TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN FOODS, YOU
HAVE FOODS THAT HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED TO HAWAI'I DURING THE
PLANTATION DAYS.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE SHOYU CHICKEN.
IT'S VERY, VERY POPULAR.
TRINI: TERRIFIC.
WHAT ELSE CAN PEOPLE EXPECT
AFTER DINNER?
ONCE THEY'RE FULL AND HAPPY,
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
THEMMEN
THEM ON STAGE TO DANCE THE HULA.
WE FEATURE FOUR POLYNESIAN
CULTURES.
WE HAVE HAWAI'I.
MAORI DANCES FROM NEW ZEALAND.
WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE.
SO WE TRY TO GIVE THAT
EXPERIENCE.
AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO SAMOA.
WE DO THE FIRE KNIFE DANCING AT
THE END.
WE'RE THE OAKLAND ONLY LUAU THAT HAS A
WHERE THEY HAVE A SINGLE FIRE
KNIFE DANCER.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE CAST.
HAWAI'I ALL THE WAY.
I LOVE IT.
TRINI: IF YOU'RE VISITING
LAHAINA LUAU RESORTS.
YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT.
I'M READY FOR MY DRINK.
TAIZO: I'M GOING TO GO THIS
WAY.
TRINI: NO --
TAIZO: THE BEACH WAS RIGHT
THERE.
TRINTRINI, THE FIRE KNIFE PART.
NOT ONLY MEN BUT LADIES CAME
OUT.
TRINI: FULL CAST.
WE DID BRING HOME OUR SOUVENIRS.
WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND.
TAIZO: AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN
FOREVER SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
SEEING THE LOCATION, THE SUN
SETTING ON THE BEACH AND ONO
FOOD.
INSTEAD OF TRAVELING AROUND
POLYNESIA, WE HAD THE CULTURE.
TRINI: IT'S A GREAT
FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT.
TAKE THE KIDS.
SO MANY ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO THE
START OF THE LUAU.
IT'S A GREAT TIME.
.
TAIZO: I LIKE TOO WE WERE
ABLE TO TALK TO THE CAST.
THEY WERE HAPPY AND SO MUCH