A few days ago, we visited the Pono Market for lunch. They serve up some amazing local food. We had pork lau lau and ahi poke. The poke was basically a raw fish salad, but MAN it was tasty! (Raw fish is not something that we venture to eat on a regular basis.) Lau lau is meat wrapped in spinach leaves and then cooked to perfection.
Then, two days ago we were on our way to a hike and were planning on eating breakfast at a sit-down restaurant. We drove right past it on the highway, lucky for us! We ended up grabbing some delicious muffins at this small gluten free bakery that I noticed on our way into Kapa'a from the airport. It's called Sweet Marie's Hawaii, and it was a great find. Even if you don't plan on coming to Kauai anytime soon, she has a small selection of wonderful baked goods that can be purchased from her website. If you live on Kauai, she has a variety of services, from catering and wedding cakes to cooking classes.
Needless to say, we will return to Sweet Marie's before our trip is over.
