BEST JAPANESE FOOD NUKA Yay! MauiTime readers have voted NUKA for the best Japanese food on Maui. Hands down, Chef Hiro Takanashi is a god from the heavens. Here is a man that we all love! He has the biggest smile, gives the best hugs, and has created a spectacular menu at NUKA in Haiku. Here, you can start your meal with a variety of tasty Otsunami (small plates) like … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2018: Best Japanese Food on Maui: Nuka
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Japanese Food on Maui: Tokyo Tei
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
MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best Japanese Food on Maui: Nuka
BEST JAPANESE FOOD Nuka Nuka, North Shore’s destination restaurant, takes the Maui Time reader votes for Best Japanese Restaurant this year. This little spot does an incredible-yet-simple lunch with ramen and sandwiches. But dinner offers extensive sushi, karaage, tempura, yakitori, udon, dynamite and so much more that everyone is buzzing about. The shochu cocktails and sake … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best Japanese Food on Maui: Nuka
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