Breakfast/Dessert from Home Maid Bakery in Wailuku, Maui, HI

I had of course done my research before coming to Maui and discovered that Home Maid Bakery (NOT Home Maid Cafe, which is unaffiliated) has the best malasadas in Maui.  This proved to be true, as we stopped there no less than 3 times on our 9 day trip.  Unlike Leonard's, they only have plain or custard filled, no other exciting flavors.  But still so good, especially when you get them piping hot fresh.  The custard ones didn't really reheat well the next day, but the plain ones were still excellent the next morning.  If you are in Maui you must stop here!  They also had some other delicious pastries we tried, and some awesome looking savory bento boxes that I didn't try because too many places to eat.

Glazed croissant and our first spam musubi of the trip.  The glazed croissant was like a simple ass cronut.  Just sugar glaze on a croissant.  Spam musubi was also solid 

Custard filled malasada. In heaven

A dozen malasadas.  A bit too much for two people?  Also photo taken after we each had one already haha

Custard pie which I ate the next day.  Good but didn't have coconut so less flavorful.  Go for the malasadas!

Full dozen before we separated the plain ones from the custard filled

Dinner from Mana Foods in Pa'ia, Haiku, HI

After our long trip to Hana, we stopped by Mana Foods, a health food store similar to Whole Foods but smaller and cheaper.  Since it was late there wasn't too much left in the buffet, but enough for us to get some quick, healthy-ish food on the cheap.

I think I got some blackened ono, turkey stuffed zucchini, and gorgonzola walnut ravioli.  Not really things that make sense together but I ate it haha

Lunch at Troy's Plate Lunch in Hana, Maui, HI

Along our trip to Hana, we stopped for lunch at a food truck called Troy's Plate Lunch for our first traditional Hawaiian plate lunch.  None of us were starving so each couple got a combo.  All the food was delicious and so inexpensive!  The owners were also super nice and Nancy and Joe spent awhile talking to them about their fav Maui spots.  This was the beginning of our inexpensive, insanely delicious food vacay.

Dan and I got chicken katsu and pork bbq.  With sides of rice and mac salad of course.  Here I discovered that if I ignore the mayo, I can actually LOVE mac salad

Joe and Nancy got teri beef, pork bbq, and coconut shrimp.  That beef was delish!

Breakfast on Baked on Maui in Haiku, Maui, HI

Nancy, Joe, Dan and I stopped at Baked on Maui for some fuel before our road trip to Hana.  Delicious bakery with huge baked goods.  The savory food was great too, though I think everyone loved their pastries more.

Apple turnover and lemon coconut tart.  Sooo buttery and flaky and not too sweet

Both Joe and Dan ordered salmon benedicts

My Popeye's Omelet with crispy bacon, oven roasted tomato, spinach and cheddar.  I've never seen egg prepared that way - it was almost like an egg crepe.  Fries/home fries were unique too. Would've loved if they were fried more to be crisper

Nancy got Amy's Ranchero - baked corn tortillas, black beans, salsa, two eggs over easy, cheddar and chipotle sauce. Served with salt and pepper fries  Dish had some great flavor and was nice and savory to go with the sweetness of the baked goods

Dinner from Pa'ia Fish Market in Pa'ia, Maui, HI

Our first meal in Maui was at Pa'ia Fish Market, a delicious seafood centered casual place in the Pa'ia neighborhood, which can be described as kind of hippy-ish.  We took the food to go and ate it at a nearby beach after sunset, which is why the lighting and pics aren't so great.  Food was delicious and we ended up eating at the Lahaina location later in our trip as well.

Mahi mahi Taco platter - corn tortillas with cheese, lettuce, tomato and salsa plus rice

Dan got a Mahi burger, which came with coleslaw, lettuce, tomato, cheese and tartar sauce.  He said it was great

Lunch at Four Peaks Brewery in Phoenix, AZ

Dan and I had lunch at our layover in Phoenix, AZ at a brewery.  Had some of their home-made brew, which was delicious though completely unnecessary in between two six-hour flights.  We weren't super hungry but wanted a little something since no food served on the flight.  Food was passable for an airport. The leftover pretzel was great later on the second flight.

Fish and chips and giant soft pretzels.  Fish portion was small but the highlight was the pretzel

Dinner at Porta Pizza in Jersey City, NJ

Our final meal before our trip to Hawaii was dinner at Porta.  Didn't think we'd get great pizza in Maui or excessive cheese (turned out both were true) so it was a great choice.  The food come out scarily quick and was excellent as usual.  While I love Razza, Porta has much more space and I love all of their shrimp pizzas.

(L) Old Blue - Old Forester bourbon, lemon juice, vanilla syrup, and fresh blueberries (R) White Door - Skyy Texas grapefruit, peach liquer, white wine, orange juice, topped with prosecco.  Dan got the Old Blue and enjoyed it a lot.  My White Door was so delicious and tasted like Adult Hi-C.

Single serving of Garlic and Oil pasta.  Simple plate of spaghetti, EVOO, garlic and chile flakes.  Super tasty but a very small portion.  Fortunately with the pizza and other app, we had the perfect amount of food.  Also only $7

Shrimp Boats pizza - san marzano tomatoes, shrimp, garlic, chile flakes and EVOO.  My fav of their warmer weather pizzas.  Hopefully when it gets cold they bring back the shrimp scampi

Arancini with peas, cotto ham and parmigiano reggiano.  Delicious but came out last

The inside.  Nice and soft inside with great crispy exterior.  So flavorful and filling.  I think there were only supposed to be two in an order but we got three, maybe because it came out late :)