1st time to Maui & Oahu. Any good B&Ms?

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Originally Posted by AlohaStyle

Have a great trip Ken!

When on Oahu, Tamura's as discussed above is the B&M where the Tatuaje T110 came from. Marvin Chang is the manager there and is a good BOTL... it's pretty close to Waikiki.

Riptides at Little/Big Beach is no joke... my good friend was dragged out to sea and gave up hope to live right when a surfer came and pulled him up onto his board to save his life...

If you are into wine... I would highly recommend taking the dirt road all around when doing the Hana drive. There is a winery up on the mountain on the Kihei side which is a good pit stop. It's definitely not award winning reds or anything like that, but has pineapple wine which is surprisingly good/refreshing.

If you want Hawaiian food in Kihei, I would highly recommend Da Kitchen in a little strip mall... just north of your condo. Great kalua pig and other traditional food! Maui Tacos also in the same area has good food too. Both these places are casual and cheaper.

Da Kitchen
Ste 107A, 2439 South Kihei Road, Kihei, HI
(808) 875-7782 ‎ · da-kitchen.com

Thanks for the tips. Da Kitchen is very close to where I'm staying and I'll check it out before I leave and the pineapple wine sounds like something worth checking out as well.

Any chance Tamura's still has T-110's?

About 30 minutes before sundown last night I went to the beach and lit up a Tat West Coast. I sure wish I would have bought a couple Cabs of these, they are smoking great.

Anyway, I'm enjoying this great cigar and walking at the edge of the water with a mai tai in my hand when I see 6-7 fins (not the people kind) sticking out of the water about 20 feet from me. My first thought is sharks or dolphins, but the water was choppy and the fins were going in and out of the water so I could make out the shape of what they were attached to.

In less than a minute there are around 15 people walking up the beach with me trying to figure out what they were when we come up to someone that looks like a local and he says "no big deal, just 4 or 5 rays we see them all the time".

Amazing how many cool things happen here on a daily basis.

Well the sunset as usual was great, the cigar was great, but the wind did play havoc on the burn.

I sure love this place.

Question: who makes the best coffee beans in Hawaii?
I picked up some 100% Kona Nickybeans at Costco and they make some great coffee and I'd like to try some others as well, but at $20 a pound or $10 for 7oz, I'd like to check out what other people like.

Hoping to go to the north shore or Hana today after my wife wakes up.
Have a great day everyone.
Ken