Weekend adventure: Maui, Day 4 & 5

To cap off my last two days on Maui:

I got my hands on a Zippy's Chili Plate! I haven't had Zippy's in forever so it was great to sink my teeth into some bean less goodness. 

On the 31st I had mochitsuki (もちつき) with my boyfriend and his family.  Mochitsuki is a New Year's tradition that involves the pounding of mochi by hand and forming it into bite sized mochi. My boyfriend's mom decided to put Trader Joe's Cookie Butter in them!  Here's my boyfriend hard at work!

All in all Maui involved a lot of food, sun, and relaxation. I can't wait to go back again next year!

Weekend adventure: Maui, Day 3

Today included a tour of the Andaz Hotel that my boyfriend's brother worked on. After a bout of coughing, choking, and heat exhaustion, we spent the evening in Lahaina where we had deep dish pizza!

This is called "The Works" with homemade meatballs, sausage, onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, anchovies, and pineapple. Instead of the usual pizza sauce, The Lahaina Pizza Company uses a slow cooked stewed tomato sauce. 

Since the wait was about 45 minutes we managed to get some Ululani's Shave Ice for the second time!

I got the "Sunset" which consisted of mango, passion orange, and guava. So much food! I'm going to be so sad when I have to go back to Oregon!

Weekend adventure: Maui, Day 1

I made my annual December visit today to Maui to visit my boyfriend's family. After traveling so frequently from Oregon to Hawaii, a 20-minute flight from Oahu to Maui is a cinch. For my first day here I was happy to see the sun shining - perfect weather for some Ululani's Shave Ice which is pretty much my favorite shave ice place. Ever. I got passion orange and guava for my own makeshift POG flavor, and topped it off with lihingmui seasoning. Extremely refreshing and delicious!