Malama Market

Considering how relatively isolated Honoka’a is, I was stoked to find this market after an adventure out of Waipio Valley. It’s a small-​medium sized market and has all the basics and then some. There’s poke, veggies, fruit, pre-​made food section with bentos, musubi, and even salad. Very convenient and there’s parking both in the lot or on the road. The staff is very nice and I’ll definitely be back.

On our way back from Waipio Valley Lookout, Malama Market looked promising as everything else seemed dead in the area. We were starving from all the off-​roading activity!
This is a regular grocery chain but with a Hawaiian twist. I was looking for sandwiches to go but the bf found prepared POKE! I hadn’t had poke before so I was a little suspicious. Hmm… a tub of poke for $ 5 wasn’t so bad, we took 2. Then as we were browsing towards the front, we saw a hot food station… they had spam & rice rolls, wrapped with seaweed! OMG that thing looked soooo good! We took one of those. Then we sat in the jeep and took our first bite of the poke… AMAZING! Actually pretty darn good prepared from a grocery store. The spam & rice roll… tasted as good as it looked.
Since this is a chain and you happen to stumble upon one… be sure to check it out! This place is a safe bet, especially if there aren’t any restaurants in the area.