| Aloha Mixed Plate is located at 1285 Front Street in | | | | grown for centuries on the Hawaiian islands. Poi is |
| Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii by the shore and across the | | | | made by cooking the taro root and then mashing it. |
| street from the Lahaina Cannery Mall and next to the | | | | This creates a paste like food, loved by many, derided |
| Old Lahaina Luau. Most of the entrees here are priced | | | | by others. Some have compared it to eating wallpaper |
| under $10. The food is incredible and portions are more | | | | paste. The best response to this complaint I have ever |
| than adequate. The restaurant takes its name from | | | | heard came from one of the locals. "Why do all of you |
| that most popular Hawaiian meal, the mixed plate, | | | | mainland people eat so much wallpaper paste?" |
| which consists of kalua pig and cabbage, lomi lomi | | | | Lomi lomi salmon is a salad made of salmon, tomatoes, |
| salmon, macaroni salad, poi, two scoops of rice and | | | | and maui onions. It is served cold. Lomi lomi comes |
| haupia. | | | | from the Hawaiian word for massage. Lomi lomi refers |
| The best bargain is the local dish of loco moco, a bed | | | | to the the preparation by hand shredding and |
| of rice topped with a hamburger patty, egg sunny side | | | | massaging the ingredients together. |
| up, all covered with a generous portion of thick brown | | | | Haupia is a pudding like dessert made from coconut |
| gravy. May sound weird, but when the yolks are | | | | milk. The basic ingredients are coconut milk, water, |
| broken and the whole thing stirred together, it is one | | | | sugar, and cornstarch. Aloha Mixed Plate serves this in |
| delicious treat. An added benefit; if your cholesterol is | | | | a little plastic cup. It's very tasty and we sometimes |
| too low this will probably get it up a few points. Last | | | | end the meal by ordering two or three extra cups. |
| time we were there, I think the small portion was $5.95 | | | | Dining is on a large open air deck next to the water. |
| and the full was $7.95. Difference is two eggs instead | | | | Giant shade trees and umbrellas provide protection |
| of one and just a little more of everything. Small is not | | | | from the sun. Try this for lunch, dinner, or happy hour. |
| an accurate descriptor of the small portion. It's more | | | | The music from the Old Lahaina Luau next door is an |
| than adequate for most people. | | | | added benefit in the evening. |
| A comment on poi. Taro is a plant that has been | | | | |