Eating at the HIGHEST RATED Hawaiian Restaurant in Maui!

[@JillCao]

Love your energy! This is probably the tenth video from you that I’ve watched in preparation for our Thanksgiving trip to Maui. Thank you for putting up this content ❤❤❤

[@gailsiangco5599]

Yes ! Da Kitchen is "BOMB " ! Mahalo Steve for sharing !!!

[@robbysebala5389]

Aloha, Steve! Really enjoyed this video & am sure to visit Uncle Les & Cuz Herman @ Da Kitchen when I return home to Maui for a month this September! It will be my very first return visit since the pandemic & since the 2023 wildfires. You have a contagious enthusiasm for well-prepared, exquisite-tasting food & your review of Da Kitchen's offerings is absolutely no exception. One thing, though, I need to mention: You might have asked Uncle Les, Cuz Herman, or one of the local folks in the eatery to demonstrate the proper way real Hawaiians generally like to eat their poi. Certainly not the way you showed, but, rather, ALWAYS a spoonful or fingerful of poi simultaneously w/ a spoonful or fingerful of lau lau, kālua pork, lomi lomi salmon. Or, in more modern times, poi simultaneously w/ a morsel of kal bi, teriyaki chix/beef, or katsu. It is the combo of the creamy poi w/ the saltier protein offerings that truly pluck old-school Hawaiian taste buds! If going traditional in many Island homes, hard-core Hawaiians secure a cloth over a large bowl of poi & allow it to ferment @ room temp on the kitchen counter until it is more white than purple. (Personally, I like mine cured this way at least for a full week.) Poi's tartness @ this point is CRAZILY 'ono (delicious) w/ any of the salty food w/ which it is simultaneously eaten. See if you can find & try it this way on your next Maui Adventure! Best way to describe fermented poi in Western culinary terms: a plant-based, non-dairy Hawaiian yogurt. Nonetheless, mahalo (kamsa hamnida) for all your great videos, esp. this one & the one reviewing the Kīhei Food Oasis! I love them all! 🤙🏽 Robby of Maui

[@dennistani1986]

Hawaii food is awesome!!

[@Kauaibanga]

$50 for kalbi pretty nutz #1 seller he said must be tourist buying that crap🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@dapocho]

No kidding that is out this world expensive. Can go takamiya and buy one whole tub 🤦‍♂️ and mo betta

[@mariechan5431]

Use to go there. We travel to Kihei nearly every summer. DaKitchen is good but too expensive. Try Kilos Kitchen on the way to Hana. Best katsu and poke. Also Kula Lodge Garden Terrace seating for their quiche. Crazy but so good. Who would think? Lol!

[@VisitLiveLoveMaui]

BIG PORTIONS and delicious Local Food - yes, go to Da Kitchen

[@gailannesquires3979]

Yummy ❤❤

[@josephazzam3563]

Steve! Looks great! When you get back to LA, try BlueFish grill AYCE sushi.

[@isaack7457]

$31 for garlic noodles? jesus

[@Kauaibanga]

Bra so rip off that’s like $2 worth noodles and less than $1 worth chicken piece 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@stillthere1224]

I was about to write the same thing! Handful of noodles with a piece of chicken.

[@semfehoko7273]

Complete robbery

[@rivertonhigh-v4t]

@@Kauaibanga And $28 for the Maui image and branding.

[@lamarplacido5343]

Way overpriced wth 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@VERZACEDADA]

Hey I’m a big fan of your show you have great content keep up the good work I’m wondering if you ever thought about leaving America to try some food if yes how about coming to Jamaica and try some of our Jamaican cuisine hope to see you there 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@snipergene]

It's my favorite place to eat in Maui!

[@mindysuarez1699]

Now the short ribs and sides yeah that's 😋 ❤

[@georgehoward8313]

Welcome to Maui. If you don’t like the prices don’t go. Everything is out of control expensive on Maui but you can always go to the store and buy all the ingredients and cook it yourself but it won’t be the same. Everyone keeps thinking it’s 1990 the good ole day. Aloha🌺

[@dapocho]

Born and raised here. Prices got outa hand!

[@chansoopark9953]

soon we gonna be paying $50 for plate lunch. Coming soon

[@joe651dzd]

Man I remember when you could get a plate of teri chicken from da kitchen for nine bucks and if you even walked up to the restaurant with no shirt on uncle would scold you. 23 bucks now ouch

[@beegee3136]

Hawaii local food, not "Hawaiian" food. Also, because it's an island, you're "on" Maui, not "in" Maui. Food looks great!

[@TroyKahalehoe-x1x]

Got that right

[@lockiet7227]

So do we say we’re on Australia or in Australia? It’s a giant island/continent no?

[@mikes_in_paradise78]

Hawaiian food is delicious and will fill you up. Come down and check out da kitchen....it's authentic and they serve large portions.

[@winniethepoohandeeyore2]

Those prices though!

[@cdiep7550]

Portions are huge but they serve in to go boxes though.

[@utkbyuca89]

Over $

[@catharinefoster768]

To me, the Mac and potato salad has too much mayonnaise

[@mindysuarez1699]

I'm not a spam fan ! I like musubi minus spam. I got tired of it as a child to salty❤

[@pitboss2617]

Overrated! anything that is highly rated!

[@michaelcasino8517]

Da kitchen was bad sorry.

[@dapocho]

Tired and thirsty from ALL THAT SALT