Hilo Eats !

[Lee G]

Good resource for Hilo Restaurant reviews !
http://www.miraclesalad.com/eats/

Lee

[Lee G]

Here's another one !
http://www.bigislandgrinds.com/

Lee

[Howard]

I've found both sites to be useful. Big Island Grinds tends to provide more detailed information, while Hilo Eats gives briefer reviews of more places. (I have posted one review, of
Big Island Pizza, on the Big Island Grinds site.)

Howard

[Carolann R]

Hey - No action on this thread since May?!

I found this article from CNN...thought I'd cut and paste it - now gonna go make da dina!! Pau!
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Hilo
Adjacent to Suison, Hilo's waterfront fish market, Nihon Restaurant and Cultural Center is the place for fresh-off-the-boat seafood, including ahi tuna. A neighborhood favorite for its sushi and other Japanese dishes -- the chef's macadamia-nut roll ($9) and beautifully browned butterfish misoyaki ($17) are standouts -- the restaurant overlooks Queen Liliuokalani Gardens and Hilo Bay, with impressive views of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. Combination lunches are $13, and full-dinner specials are around $16.

In a historic row of buildings, Naung Mai Thai Kitchen is a tiny, two-room Thai restaurant with bright pink walls, orchids on every table, and a patio. Naung Mai specializes in wake-your-mouth-up curries -- red, yellow, green, and Massaman (from $8) -- and chef Bua on-Mai's powerfully fragrant tom yum soup ($8) is in a class of its own. If you can handle it, ask for your curry Thai-hot. All the flavors are guaranteed to pop.

The 17-year-old Hilo Farmers Market is held every Wednesday and Saturday, "from dawn till it's gone," in the city's historic downtown. This is the best spot to sample all kinds of tropical foods. More than 175 stalls showcase exotic treats such as cherimoya, jaboticaba berries, jackfruit, lychee, papaya, rambutan, fresh-baked coconut pastries, and dried fish. Not all of it is local: One stall is known for its Peruvian tamales. The price range for most items is from 50¢ per pound (for apple bananas, juicy strawberry papaya, and pocket-size fruits that are sweeter and firmer than the bananas you'll find on the mainland) to $2 per pound (for pomegranates).

Forget about Kona coffee. Java from the east side of the Big Island is coming into its own. Stop by Hilo Coffee Mill for a taste -- and cofounder Kathy Patton's private tutorial on coffee-roasting and brewing -- and leave with a few fragrant bags of fresh-roasted beans for when you're back home. There's always a pot brewing with the roast of the day. The Mill's 100 percent Puna rain forest coffee is the best on the east side -- and at $17 per pound, it's the more caffeinated bang for your buck when compared to the west side's Kona peaberry, which costs about double. Best of all, Patton welcomes visitors to try a cup, or two, for free before making a purchase.
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Carrie

"The opportunities to reach into the lives of others in an inspiring way arise in countless ways every single day..." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

http://www.hellophoenix.com/art

[Kapohocat]

fyi - IN Hi Acres, there is peaberry being grown (same strain of bean as in the ever so wonderful Jamaican Blue Mtn Peaberry Coffee)... Look for that to come into its own very soon.....

[John S. Rabi]

That would be Sharky's Coffee. The best on the island! (Sorry "Kona Coffee!"

Aloha,
John S. Rabi, ABR,CM,CRB,FHS,PB,RB
http://www.JohnRabi.com
Typically Tropical Properties
75-5870 Walua Road, Suite 101
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808)327-3185

Edited by - John S. Rabi on 09/01/2006 15:44:15

[Carolann R]

WHOO-HOO!!! I love it when you talk like Punatics! LOL

Carrie

"The opportunities to reach into the lives of others in an inspiring way arise in countless ways every single day..." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

http://www.hellophoenix.com/art

[punafish]

There's nothing better than a Kapoho sunrise and a piping hot cup of Sharkey's.

Aloha!

Tim

"My baby, she run away with the garbage man...please come home to me darlin', my garbage can is overflowing." Muddy Waters

[jdirgo]

Naung Mai is good, but I do prefer the thai place in Pahoa (Ning's).

Sharkey's Coffee is EXCELLENT.

John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
Island Trust Properties, LLC
808-987-9243 cell

[punafish]

I like Ning's too, but when it gets busy they're usually too understaffed to maintain an acceptable level of service IMHO. (The poor waitresses are doing their best, though) Getting really picky here, I also wish they'd standardize their definition of "medium" and "hot". Recently I ordered massaman curry "hot". My curry was hot to the point of being inedible. Now I just order medium and pray.

John, have you tried the other thai place in Pahoa? (Forgot the name.) The cook at Pahoa Village Cafe told me it's very good. Maybe we'll give 'em a try and write a review.

Aloha

Tim

"My baby, she run away with the garbage man...please come home to me darlin', my garbage can is overflowing." Muddy Waters