Hawaii Vacation With the Top Maui Show Activities and Best Dining Places
By: Ina Rena
Submitted: 2009-05-13 14:29:39 | Word Count: 691
Once upon a Maui time, evening entertainment meant luaus and dinner cruises. Not anymore. Today, Maui offers highly artistic shows and theatre presentations. However, the top Maui shows below will not only bring you to a high artistic level; they also bring you to a deep appreciation of Maui’s colorful past by combining modern art with Maui history, legend, myths, and culture.
One of the most reknown Maui show is Kupanaha, a dinner show that combines spellbinding illusions and magic, hula, Polynesian dance, and chant in order to weave Hawaiian myth and history. The show is a family performance of the famed Baran family in collaboration with the award winning Kanoeau Dance Academy. The Baran family includes the award winning illusionist Jody Baran, his wife Kathleen, and their daughters. Kupanaha is 2 ½ hours long, and is held weekly from Tuesday through Saturday at Kaapanali Beach Hotel’s Kanahele Room Theatre.
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Part of the show is a three course dinner. There are no illusions when it comes to food here— the scrumptious appetizer, entrée, and dessert are all for real. Menu includes Grilled Jumbo Garlic Shrimp, pork egg rolls, tofu, and pineapple cheesecake. There’s a different menu for kids, which include hamburgers, cheese fries, and vanilla ice cream. There’s also an open Lava Bar which churn out magical concoctions such as their Flashing Mojito.
In West Maui is the island’s biggest show, the Ulalena. Ulalena provides ultimate theatrical experience with its state of the art venue, 8 channel surround sound, original music and amazing choreography, talented casts, and traditional Hawaiian chant and dance. Rich costumes, acrobatics, stage design, and lightning are all wonderfully blended to bring Hawaiian legend and history to modern audience. This musical extravaganza explores relationships between people, nature, mythology, and history. If you want to see the show, you have to make reservations in advance. The show is 75 minutes long, and is held at the Maui Myth and Magic Theatre located at 878 Front Street, Lahaina.
Surrounded by an ocean abounding with marine life, it is not the least surprising that Maui also has a plethora of oceanfront restaurants bringing “foods of the sea” right to the dinner table. Expect these Maui sea food restaurants to offer the best Pacific fishes, shrimps, lobsters, crabs — cooked in a variety of ways. . But if you want to taste the best way fishes and other seafood are prepared, head to the top Maui seafood restaurants below.
Kimo’s is a two story, ocean side restaurant located at 845 Front Street in the coastal town of Lahaina. The oldest restaurant on Front Street, Kimo’s is found amidst shops and other restaurants.
Kimo’s has a dining room and a lanai, which gives a view of the ocean, and the islands of Lanai and Molokai. Open since 1977, the restaurant’s main dining room upstairs show a strong New England architecture reminiscent of Lahaina’s missionary days. Kimo’s serve mouthwatering dishes that include prime rib, prime steaks, and hula pie. You can select from their list of fresh fishes, and have it cooked the way you want it to be. Kimo’s offer three types of fish preparation: you can have teriyaki glazed broiled fish, parmesan cheese coated fish, or baked fish with ginger and orange zest.” Kimo’s is always full so you should make reservations in advance to avoid waiting in line.
Lahaina Fish Co at 831 Front Street offers nothing less but great food and spectacular ocean views. The restaurant is literally set right on the ocean, and opens for lunch and dinner. If you want excellent food with a small budget, Lahaina Fish Co serves affordable seafood pasta dishes. Lahaina Fish Co’s menu also includes different kinds of burgers, tacos and chips, shrimp baskets, pupus, calamari, salads, and steaks “from the land and the sea.” There are other gustatory delights like seafood puttanesca, Alaskan king crab legs, and local fares that include stir fried dishes and teriyaki. The restaurant’s specialty, of course, is fresh seafood. There are four types of fish available for dinner, in three types of preparation. The restaurant is open from 11 am to 12 midnight.
