Monday 6 May 2013

Woke this morning to rain - and not just rain, but a downpour! Weather hasn't been as good in Maui as in Honolulu.

Drove to Lahaina and booked tickets for a Polynesian show tonight called "U'lalena".

By this time, the rain had eased up so we took a stroll around Lahaina. What a great little place it turned out to be! Lots of little shops along the beach front, some historical sites, an enormous banyan tree. Did a bit of shopping and wandered into two art galleries. Saw art work by Vladimir Kush and Robert Bissell and was blown away. Oh to have enough money to buy whatever I want! Will have to settle for downloading pictures for desktop wallpaper instead.

I thought the show in the evening was fantastic - although Jim wasn't very impressed. He was expecting a luau with hula girls etc whereas this was a Cirque du Soleil-based show trying to give an arty impression of the history of Hawaii - through lots of dancing and special effects. It could have done with some judicious editing - but the music and dancing were fabulous!

We were going to go back to the apartment afterwards and cook dinner but were tempted in to a restaurant in Lahaina which had great reviews, called "Longhi's".

Jim ordered a spaghetti marinara which was supposed to include a 1.5 pound lobster. The waitress was very concerned, as it was a dish for two people - but Jim insisted he could eat it. Ten minutes later, someone else came out and had another discussion about the size of the meal. They seemed very worried that it would be too much for him. After getting rid of him, the chef came out and said they had run out of lobsters! (It felt a bit like the Monty Python Cheese Shop sketch.) Finally, they agreed on the marinara without the lobster. 

When it arrived, it was pretty large: -

But, unfortunately, it wasn't very nice - so he didn't finish it after all.
I had a penne arrabiata with a really nice Italian sausage - so mine was much nicer.