BEST JAPANESE FOOD TOKYO TEI MauiTime readers love Tokyo Tei’s local, family-style restaurant, voting it this year’s Best Japanese Food on the island. You crave their Shrimp Tempura, Chicken Katsudon, Teriyaki Steak and Teishoku platters with meat and sashimi, served simply and with care. You also love its nostalgic, homey feel for dinner group outings and its Monday through … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Japanese Food on Maui: Tokyo Tei
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Jen Russo reflects on MauiTime’s 20th anniversary, what makes a successful Maui restaurant
People always ask me what makes a restaurant successful. Is it the food? Is it the service? What's the elusive combination of elements that creates a winning hit for a restaurant? Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. I've been devouring every tasty morsel made on Maui for the last 43 years and writing about it for the last 20, so I know: there's no definitive formula for … [Read more...] about Jen Russo reflects on MauiTime’s 20th anniversary, what makes a successful Maui restaurant
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Japanese On Maui: Tokyo Tei
BEST JAPANESE ON MAUI Tokyo Tei Wailuku’s Tokyo Tei is a family-owned Japanese restaurant that has been passed down for generations, and while their tempura recipe may be secret, everybody knows they have the best Japanese food. Their Teishokus are famous; they’re wonderful combinations of seasoned rice, pickled veggies, sashimi, cutlets, delicate teri beef, shrimp tempura … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Japanese On Maui: Tokyo Tei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Japanese on Maui: Tokyo Tei
Best Japanese Photo credit to Sean M. Hower Tokyo Tei This restaurant originally opened in Kahului in 1934 in a building that doesn't even exist anymore–it might have been wiped out by a tsunami or something. Anyway, they have fascinating old time photos of Kahului to prove it. Lucky for us, they’ve stuck around for three generations and are still serving their … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Japanese on Maui: Tokyo Tei
MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Japanese on Maui: Tokyo Tei
Best Japanese Tokyo Tei Consider this a little slice of Japan. Here, Eunice Kitagawa creates traditional Japanese cuisine with great local ingredients. Tei-shoku meals are served on lacquer dishes, unless you go family-style, in which they bust out platter-size versions of their menu items. Special recipe tempura batter, donburi, kinpira gobo and more make Tokyo Tei ichiban … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2013: Best Japanese on Maui: Tokyo Tei