- [Narrator] Yellow Productions presents.
- The best cheap eats
on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
I'm Chris, this is my traveling panda Toffer
and today in this video
we're gonna tell you abut places to get some
cheap, well nothing's cheap in Hawaii
but reasonably inexpensive tasty food
on the island of Maui.
The first place we're gonna start at
is Eskimo Candy.
Eskimo Candy started as a wholesale seafood
operation in Maui in the 1980s.
In 2003, they opened a seafood restaurant
and they specialize in local fresh fish.
They have really good Poke
bowls with four different types of Poke.
Different fresh fish every day.
We had a pretty delicious sauteed in garlic shrimp
A specialty of Hawaii.
I definitely recommend a stop here.
The Poke was 13 dollars and the shrimp was 15 dollars.
So that's about as cheap as you're gonna
get for some fresh seafood in Maui.
Another good place for seafood in Kihei
is at Paia Fish Market south side.
They also have fresh fish
they have pretty good fish tacos
and fish burgers.
The fish tacos, don't be expecting something
really Mexican.
It's definitely
a Hawaiian taco.
I'd also skip the sides, they were unappealing,
but if you're looking for another fish place,
you could give this one a try.
It's a small place,
the seating is outdoor seating.
You order inside at the counter
and they bring the food to you.
Extra bonus, right next door
is a pretty good shave ice place
so you can get yourself some shave ice
after your tacos or fish burger.
The quintessential dessert
when you're on any Hawaiian island
is Hawaiian shave ice.
Maui has a number of shave ice chains.
In Kihei, there's a place
called the Hapa Shack
and they have the passion orange guava.
A pro tip,
get some ice cream on the bottom.
I love it with coconut ice cream
and on the top you can get the sweet cream
on the top.
Served with a couple straws so you can drink.
The syrup out the bottom as it melts and some spoons.
You can eat it from the top.
This place the Hapa Shack,
they make the syrups themselves
from actually real fruit,
makes it pretty good.
Doesn't taste fake at all.
Real cane sugar.
And the reason why it's called shave ice and it's leaking.
The reason why it's called shaved ice is it's
actually shaved from a block of ice.
The big block goes around
in a circle on this machine and that's
what makes this delicious fluffy desert.
Really good on a hot day
'cause it cools you down.
But you got to eat it quick
or otherwise it's gonna melt.
You eat with the spoon
and drink with the straw.
It's a multi modal meal.
Another great way to get cheap eats in Maui
and it's quintessentially Hawaiian
are lunch trucks.
They've had lunch trucks
here before the whole
lunch truck craze hit the mainland.
And here's one for South Maui Fish Company.
They have fresh caught fish and poke,
but I'm at the intersection of three
different lunch trucks.
Over here there's a lunch truck for Thai food
and right behind it is another Three's bar
and grill food truck.
So you'll find these all over
as you're driving.
Sometimes they'll have
a little table out front,
sometimes you can eat in your car
if you want it to be a little more air conditioned
and a little cooler.
But, give some of 'em a try.
It's authentic Hawaii.
One of the places I wanted to mention
while not the cheapest
but it was one of the most
delicious places we ate at in Maui.
Was Da Ktchen.
This is one of the top 10 restaurants
on Yelp in Mai.
They have over 2,00 reviews,
four and a half stars at the time of this video.
Their Hawaiian food is really good.
I got the mixed plate
which was
chicken Katsu,
fried Mahi, chicken teriyaki
and beef teriyaki.
Two scoops of rice and macaroni
salad that also has potato in it.
18 dollars, it could seriously feed two people.
It feeds an army.
They're also famous for their loco moco and their
fried Masubi.
It's right out near the airport,
do giv eit a try.
and they do get busy.
There's a bunch of chairs
out here for people who want to wait.
The service is quick and fast.
They take your orders on an Ipad,
you'll be in and out lickety split.
So definitely give the kitchen a try.
For some of the best fish tacos
and fish and chips
on the island.
Stop by Coconuts Fish cafe.
The fish tacos they come in an order of two,
very delicious.
They come with some Mango Salsa
on top.
A little more than 10 bucks for the fish tacos.
They're delicious,
the funny thing I thought about when getting them,
funny things for somebody
from San Diego who eats a lot of tacos,
they actually come by
when they give you the tacos
and let you know the appropriate
way to eat them is with your hand.
So you can get it all at the same time.
I guess there's some people
who have never had a taco, try to eat
it with a knife and a fork.
So when you come, pro tip,
now you know, eat your taco
with your hands.
Their coconut shrimp appetizer
is also very delicious.
Shrimp with breaded coconut
and then fried.
Really good coconut and shrimp taste
and finally their fish and chips
actually comes with two different
types of fish.
It comes with Ono and Mah Mahi.
You know our meal for two people with this things
was about 40 bucks
which was a really good deal
for the kind of food that you get here.
It's a fast casual kind of place.
You come in, you order at the counter,
they give you a number, they bring your food
to the table.
And it's also neat, all the tables inside
are all surf boards.
So Coconuts is probably my favorite seafood restaurant
that I think that I've had here in Maui.
Fast, casual, tasty, delicious.
Can't go wrong.
For some of the best
noodles in Maui, stop by
Star Noodle.
It's up the hill from Lahaina,
three thousand Yelp reviews can't
be wrong, they've got some delicious noodles.
Make a reservation though,
they get quite busy.
Their number one seller are their pork buns
and if you've ever had Peking Duck,
it's kind of like that but instead of duck
in the middle it's pork.
Pretty delicious.
We had the Singapore noodles, those were
also really good.
One of their specialties is also garlic noodles.
I think I can give that one a
pass for next time.
But if you like garlic, check that one out.
Everything inside looked pretty delicious.
We saw other people getting ramen and poke
pretty good.
And if you wonder why I'm not
in front of a sign
well it's because
it's back there
and it's dark in front of it.
So I'm standing at the street light in front.
They have a parking lot and it's easy parking.
There's plenty of street parking as well too.
Another great spot for shaved ice on Maui
is Ululani's Shaved Ice.
They've got numerous locations
across Maui, I'm eating
at the one at the Hyatt hotel
It's actually just
a little stand outside that they shave
the ice right there.
They're known for having some of the
finest shave ice.
I'm getting the coconut flavor
with coconut ice cream below.
A snow cap on top and the ice
is really, really fine and soft.
I think it helps absorb the syrupy
flavor and makes it
seem to not melt
quite as quick.
They've got these also
plastic holders and interestingly enough,
there's holes in the table where
you can put it into.
That way it doesn't go anywhere
and you don't have to hold it.
I really like that.
So give Ululani's a try.
Six bucks gets you a small.
It's big enough to share between two people.
Really keep you cool on a hot day in Maui.
For the best burgers
in Maui, check out Teddy's Bigger Burgers.
They're my favorite burgers
in all of Hawaii.
I've had them before
on the island of Oahu.
They have one location here in Maui
in Lahaina, the burgers pretty cheap.
You can get a combo, burger,
fries and a shake
for 10.99, not as cheap as In and Out
in California but about as cheap
as you're gonna get in Maui.
And I'm not the only one that thinks
they have the best burgers.
They've gotten numerous best burger awards.
Now if you come here,
one of their specialties is putting pineapple on the burger.
And pineapples if you're form the mainland or
some place else can often be sour but the pineapples
in Hawaii most delicious, very sweet.
If you want something extra special get your burger with
pineapple, peanut butter and Cajun seasoning.
That's my favorite delicious, I love it.
If you're in Lahaina definitely stop by
Teddy's Bigger Burgers and get a really good burger.
And the final place
for cheap eats that I'll mention
it's actually not a restaurant
it's a supermarket,
Foodland.It's a Hawaiian chain supermarket
and they are famous for their poke.
Inside they have a seafood counter
with poke by the pound.
About 10 dollars a pound for all
different types of poke.
They'll often have 10 or 15 different types
depending on the Foodland
you go into.
But if you like Poke, Foodland, check it out.
Get it to go, eat it on a bench.
Pretty tasty, pretty cheap.
So I hope you enjoyed this video
and you get some tasty eats when you're in Maui.
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