North by north west on Maui - Monday 3rd August

As I said in the last post we headed off late morning towards Lahaina and onwards to Napili and finally to the big dollar golf resort in Kapalua

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Lahaina

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A rare good cheap coffee shop in Lahaina

It doubles up as a scooter rental place

It's called Cafe Cafe 

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Kapalua

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Napili

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On the way back 

Beautiful Proteas and Crab Claws being transported by Proteas by Ken

A Camaro. 

One of a multitude of Camaro's cluttering up the roads in Hawaii.

A sad looking Cadillac in our car park.

I'm not sure what vintage it is.

Yet another Camaro.

One of hundreds, maybe many thousands, on the Hawaii Islands. 

This one is in our carpark.

From my observations of the people that drive these things, i.e. top down convertible Camaro, whilst on holidays in Hawaii I can conclude that some or all of the following apply to them -

 ~ Generally not young ~

~ Grey army member or balding ~

~ No kids or kids long flown the coop ~

~ If young, definitely trying to impress the passenger ~ 

~ 80% chance of passenger hair colour being blonde ~

~ Said blonde passenger has augmentation, ranging from little to too much ~

~ Questionable or no taste in cars ~

~ Places form before function ~ 

~ Would be driving a Mustang if they understood anything about cars ~

The observations above are not a criticism 

but rather an airing of my jealousy 

at people that can reach a state of blissful joy 

with something so common and ordinary.

May God bless them in their automotive ignorance. 

Tonight Tiz and I went for dinner at Mama's Fish House

An utterly amazing dining experience is the best way to describe it, in a culinary sense and just plain excellent in every other sense.

I managed to inadvertently bypass the valet parking guy as I drove in , which really annoyed him and made him be quite rude when he eventually caught up with us.

In my defence, I have never had my car parked by a valet, that I can remember, so I didn't realise that it was not optional.

Anyway, we got that sorted out and headed to the front desk.

I had booked online and managed to book for next Monday, not tonight. D'oh!

The girl said she would try her best to get us a table tonight and quite promptly told us we would be seated by 9PM at the latest.

We were welcome to sit at the bar until our table was free.

The "good night" started right there and then.

I had a Maui Margarita and Tiz had a Tropical Fruit Colada. 

Served by a warm and friendly bartender and both absolutely delicious. 

Within 20 minutes our table was ready.

We chose an Ahi sashimi entree for two and the Mahimahi stuffed with crab and lobster.

That doesn't read like anything spectacular but you need to understand that the menu is printed daily so that you, the customer, know who caught which fish and with which boat. I kid you not. 

And if there was any doubt about the authenticity of the freshness of the fish the sashimi put it bed right away.

The sashimi shone. You do not get tuna, known as ahi here, this fresh in Japan.

In Japan they bid on good, or great, frozen tuna as if it were THE BEST.

Let me tell you, from experience, the Japanese stuff pales into insignificance compared to what we ate tonight.

Then came the Mahimahi dish.

Yet more excellence washed down with a Tahitian beer and a Mai Tai.

We finished with a heavily liqueured coffee and the best coconut ice cream I have ever had.

Our waiter, who's name I did not get, was in great part responsible for turning an ordinary start into a great night.

He was knowledgeable, cheerful, helpful and had a good sense of humour.  

We weren't the last to leave but we came close. 

Here is some proof, in colour.

BEDEEP BEDEEP BEDEEP THAT'S ALL FOLKS!