#77555 - 11/05/08 12:20 PM
Huahine Dining & Food
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svenseas44
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Registered: 10/26/08
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Loc: Lincoln, CA
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On some islands in FP, it is common for restaurants to offer pick-up/return service from your hotel. As we're going to be staying at the Relais Mahana for a week, it would be nice to be able to go to some of the other restaurants on other parts of the island without having to rent a car. Does anyone know if this service is available from any of the restaurants on Huahine?
I also read on one of the posts that grocery trucks travel around the island a few times a day. While there is a small grocery store a couple of kilometers away, it would nice to be able to buy some snacks or drinks right off the back of a truck. Does anyone know if this service still exists?
Finally, I've also read that Le Trucks travel around the island. While I'm sure that this is likely to be a bit informal/irregular, does anyone know just how often they run (hate to miss the last one!)?
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#77557 - 11/05/08 02:28 PM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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Old Wife
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I don't think any restaurants provide pickup return service on Huahine. You'd likely want to rent a car & maybe pick up dinner one day and lunch the next at 2 different restaurants before returning the car (if you rent for 24 hours).
I don't know anything about the grocery trucks.
My understanding of Le Truck on Huahine is it's totally impractical for tourists. I think it simply brings workers into Fare (and elsewhere) to work and doesn't run "regularly" as it does on Moorea or Tahiti. I'm willing to be corrected, if someone has better knowledge of anything I've said, though.
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#77564 - 11/05/08 08:44 PM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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vaitape
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Loc: socal
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You have the venues offered at Realis Mahana, Pensione Mauruurii (sorry, never spell it correctly), and the 2 maybe 3 Snacks located at your end of the island.
There are grocery trucks but don't know much about those.....again Sorry! The Super Fare Marche is terrific and offers many food and drink choices at competitive prices compared to the other islands. Stock up when in Fare.
Le Truck on Huahine is for workers. Best bet: Rent a car from Europcar across the road from your hotel.
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#77565 - 11/05/08 09:54 PM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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svenseas44
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Registered: 10/26/08
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Loc: Lincoln, CA
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Thanks for all the help. I kinda expected that things wouldn't be all that easy on Huahine. Yet again, that's a large part of the fun. It is always the parts of a trip that don't work out or take off about a 180 degrees from the expected that are most remembered. The fact that our best laid plans are going to go astray is what makes for an adventure.
Just the anticipation of 11 days on the Star Clipper and another week on Huahine make me say . . . Yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the 4th time we'll have gone to FP and I really have a bad case of FP flu.
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#77566 - 11/05/08 10:36 PM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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vaitape
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Things on Huahine are easy and your plans will go just fine. Logistically speaking though, there is a bit of fineses-ing to do given your location on Huahine Iti.
Anticipating your trip report after your Star Clipper sail. Looks fun. Best wishes for smooth seas and calm winds..
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#77568 - 11/06/08 09:30 AM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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svenseas44
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Registered: 10/26/08
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Loc: Lincoln, CA
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Thanks for your best wishes Vaitape. Actually, we're kind of hoping for some good sailing weather. We just love to sail and neither of us is subject to motion sickness. We did the Royal Clipper's transatlantic trip and it was too smooth. There was almost no wind the entire 23 nites. We only sailed for a few hours. That was disappointing (can't please everybody even with fair weather!).
Also, thank you for the information about the snacks. I'm beginning to get a pretty good idea of what's available on our end of the island. It's good to know that there are other places than the hotel restaurants within walking distance. I understand that there is a place called Chez Tara's just up the road from the Pensione Maurii (sp?). I'll try to do a detailed trip report.
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#77570 - 11/07/08 11:51 PM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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Finnano
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Registered: 12/25/05
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Loc: Novato, CA
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There's one small snack store about half a mile south of the RM, and Pension Mauarii about half mile going north. You can do Mauarii for lunch, but at dinner it's just too far to walk to/from in the dark. Rent a car for a day and you can do sightseeing & buy food stuff in Fare. Chez Tara is next door to RM, we've never tried it (it always looked closed..) but we heard they do an excellent big Sunday feast with hima'a.
None of the restaurants in Fare will pick up from RM, but the food in RM is excellent, so you'll be happy to eat all your dinners there!
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#77572 - 11/08/08 08:46 AM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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svenseas44
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Registered: 10/26/08
Posts: 79
Loc: Lincoln, CA
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Thanks for the advice Finnano. I expect we'll be doing pretty much what you suggest. A Sunday feast sounds great but what is "hima'a"?
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#77573 - 11/08/08 09:20 AM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
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Finnano
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Registered: 12/25/05
Posts: 188
Loc: Novato, CA
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Hima'a (or maa) is a Tahitian "earth oven" meal of pork, chicken, fish, vegetables, bananas, breadfruit, taro etc. The food cooks slowly in an underground pit and it's just delicious! Lucy at the RM recommended the one they do at Chez Tara, but she warned us that you're pretty much done for the day after that meal - there's a lot of food...
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#77574 - 11/08/08 10:33 AM
Re: Huahine Dining & Food
[Re: Finnano]
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svenseas44
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Registered: 10/26/08
Posts: 79
Loc: Lincoln, CA
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Oh yes! We had a similar meal on Moorea in 1994 at the old Cook's Bay Resort. Lotsa of food, dancing and fun. Cook's Bay Resort is where we caught FP flu although it was much cheaper to alleviate symtoms then. Seven nites, airfare, and transfers for $699. Why didn't we go more often? Oh well...
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