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On the white sands of Kaanapali’s beautiful North Beach, you’ll find a condominium resort where services are first class and
the Maui activities are as they should be. Authentic. Welcome to Honua Kai Resort & Spa, where this fall, there are even more
reasons to book. Choose a spacious studio, 1, 2 or 3 bedroom suite now and get our Fall 4 Maui package, including great
recommendations on island activities that are as authentic as they get.
*Valid for bookings made between June 6 and December 1 for travel between August 15 and December 22, 2016. Starting price based on a 1-bedroom suite. Minimum 4 night stay. Additional nights available at the resort’s
published rates. All vouchers are non-exchangeable, transferable and may not be redeemed for cash or credit. Blackout dates apply. Activity credits may be used toward activities arranged by Honua Kai Concierge.
honuakai.com 866.912.9698
Fall 4 Maui Package:
• Oceanfront breakfast for 2 at Duke’s Beach House for 4 days
• A welcome amenity complete with 4 Honua Kai logo items
• $400 activity credit for any island adventure of your choice
• An Island experience brochure complete with 40 personal
recommendations from our HK Specialists
From $392/night.* Book today.
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GET REAL. Real, authentic island activities and a real deal, that is.
poke not only at high-end restaurants and
resorts (which have a tendency to overcomplicate — and overprice — it), but also at
takeout stands, roadside trucks, supermarket
counters and tucked in the back of liquor
stores (no joke). If you want to know where
the best poke is, don’t bother asking the concierge, who’ll probably circle you back into
the hotel. Instead, ask the valet who brings
your car around.
Oahu, being the most populous of the
islands, has the best selection of local poke
spots. Tamura’s Fine Wines and Liquors gets
its fish fresh daily from the Honolulu Fish
Auction and has five locations: Honolulu,
Wahiawa, Hauula, Kapolei and Kailua. Head
to the back, where you’ll find the poke coun-
ter and a pretty diverse selection, including
proprietary and seasonal recipes (and they
let you sample). Up on the North Shore, poke
bowls derived from an old family recipe
have earned Kahuku Superette a loyal fol-
lowing; in winter you’ll be standing in line
beside locals and pro surfers alike. Back in
Honolulu, Yama’s Fish Market is a mostly
unknown treasure, where you can get true
Hawaiian and local food to accompany its
superb ahi poke. Fresh Catch, with two loca-
tions, in Honolulu and Kaneohe, is beloved
for its tako poke — smoked on-premises.
On the neighbor islands, pickings are
hardly slim, but you have to know where to
go: On Maui, it’s Tamura’s again, in Wailuku,
Poke remains a staple
because it’s simple, filling,
balanced, portable and
versatile and takes advantage
of Hawaii’s access to the
freshest of fresh fish.
Like Poke?, a truck parked off Haleakala
Highway in Kahului. On the Kona side of
Hawaii Island, head for Umeke’s Poke Bowls
and Plate Lunches in Kailua-Kona; on the
Hilo side, it’s Suisan Fish Market, fins down
the freshest fish in East Hawaii. For the Kauai
bound, Ishihara Fish Market in Waimea is the
south shore’s poke stop; on the north shore
it’s Dolphin Restaurant in Hanalei or Kilauea
Fish Market in Kilauea.
If you’re in a hurry, though, you can do what
locals do and hit a Foodland supermarket (or
KTA on Hawaii Island), where, though they
often use frozen fish, they offer a wide selection.
And please, kind reader, take these recommendations seriously; as an island resident who
is not using a pseudonym for his byline, I’m
hazarding my personal safety by divulging this
information, a risk akin to spilling Hawaii’s best
secret surfing spots to Lonely Planet. So enjoy
your poke … just don’t tell ’em I sent you. m
