Julia, a couple of our friends, and I went to The Grand Wailea hotel in Wailea with a very specific destination, a place we've heard raving reviews about, Alan Wong's Amasia and we were not let down. Amasia was a term used to describe the earth when all of the continents were together as one. It is fitting as Alan Wong has made his career in perfecting an east-meets-west cuisine popularly known as Pacific Rim Cuisine.
The Grand Wailea is a beautiful hotel with a very upscale-resort feel to it and Amasia, which is situated in the heart of the hotel, is no exception. The walk into the restaurant is beautiful- following creeks with bronze sculptures and well kept flora and fauna throughout, leading to the very entrance of the restaurant. The inside of the restaurant is magnificent, Julia and I were seated right in front of a beautiful waterfall, which was situated in the middle of the restaurant's Koi-pond.
As we read over the menus it became clear that we were going to be ordering a lot of delicious food, and we did- 17 courses would come throughout our 2 hour dining experience.
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| Iberico Proscuitto- Free sample :D |
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| Kumamata oyster shooter with infused tomato water and wasabi pearl. |
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| Possibly the best dish of the night- Whole tomato salad with li hing mui dressing, cucumber, rock salt |
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| Crispy "Shrimp Tempura" with citrus chili salt |
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| Kushi oyster, red onion, jalapeno granite |
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| Soup and sandwich- grilled cheese, kalua pig, foie, chilled vine-ripened yellow and red tomato soup, parm crisp |
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| li hing marinated olives |
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| Soy-braised short ribs with kochoo jang sauce |
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| Chicken meatballs with coconut-ginger-lemongrass broth and pimento oil. |
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| Shoyu duck bao buns, hoisin sriracha |
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| Seafood wonton, black bean lemon grass chili veloute. Perfect! |
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| Spicy ahi roll, kochoo jang miso, crispy potato, green onion. |
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| Lomi Lomi Salmon Roll, marinated tomato, maui onion, tomato water gelee. |
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| Lamb Sausage, pickled fennel, cardamom creme. |
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| Beef tenderloin skewer, foie-honey mustard sauce |
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| Pork Adobo empanada, papaya mustard, sweet-chili mayo |
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| Dessert! Pineapple "Shave ice" with hawaiian vanilla panna cotta, lilikoi sauce, haupia sorbet, coconut tapioca, shaved frozen pineapple. |
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| Chocolate banana malasada bread pudding with kinako ice cream. |
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