Episode Details

Kauai Food Guide: Best Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Shave Ice, and Bucket List Spots

Marcie, a certified Hawaii destination expert, shares her organized-by-meal Kauai food guide based on what she orders, opening with her arrival tradition of Mark’s Place near Lihue Airport for takeout plate lunch (especially beef stew). For breakfast she recommends Java Kai, Sunrise Coffee, Holey Grail Donuts, Little Fish, and Passion Bakery malasadas. Lunch picks include Tahiti Nui in Hanalei, Kenji Burger (plus furikake fries), Kickshaw’s, Hamura Saimin, and musubi trucks. Dinner suggestions cover Lava Lava Beach Club, Hukilau Lanai, Merriman’s in Poipu (notably the mai tai), Postcards in Hanalei, Japanese Grandma’s Cafe in Hanapepe, and Kokee Lodge Portuguese bean soup, plus The Plantation House and Mamahune’s. She also lists favorite shave ice (Wishing Well, Waikomo) and a bucket list: Mama Bear’s Kitchen, Eating House 1849, Haunani’s, Bar Acuda (timed reservations), and Pono Market poke.

00:00 Arrival Plate Lunch Ritual
00:49 How This Food Guide Works
01:19 Breakfast Coffee Stops
01:57 More Morning Treats
02:53 Lunch Favorites Islandwide
04:33 Dinner With a View
06:29 North Shore and West Side Dinners
07:59 Best Shave Ice Stops
08:22 My Kauai Food Bucket List
10:50 Final Tips and Wrap Up

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