Yummy yummy Siamin Soup....
I usually tag along when Steve and Em bloat up on this fish broth with raimen noodle soup, famed mostly among the locals. We used to have to go to a real dive to get it. The House of Siamin, where you knew that you had to check your soup for cockroaches before partaking. But the elderly couple running it were so eccentric and grumpy, the decor so tasteless, that going for Siamin easily became a favorite Maui tradition. These past few years we've been staying at another end of the island and we get to go to a brand new Siamin restaurant-that's actually open when it says it's going to be open. Unfortunately, I've never really been into the taste of the broth (or lack thereof). Steve's always quietly shuddered at my lack of respect for the soup of ancient Hawaii. But this year I did right by him. It took me this long to discover that they actually offer little sides to throw into the soup to give it some zip. Now I can't get enough of it, as long as there's a bottle of tabasco or some Kim Chee (Bok Choy sitting in a bowl of hot sauce) to zap it with. We kept returning to the funny little cafe for more of the delicious bloatation device.
Steve was one of the first customers to beautify the walls with his dollar when they opened a few years ago.