One of the benefits of the flagging economy are the many perks being offered these days to keep us … partying on, dude. All across Maui proprietors are working harder than ever to create incentives to imbibe like game nights. It’s a growing trend and we like it!
Teams Gather for Competition
Not the least of these is Bamboo Lounge, the ubiquitous but lovable dive located at 505 Front Street in Lahaina, Maui. If you know Maui you know Bamboo, and if you don’t know at least one likable local who hangs out at Bamboo, you don’t really know Maui.
Bamboo serves sushi, local plates, Japanese, Vietnamese, and authentic Thai plus a popular breakfast and late night menu. (All dives serve late night menus; it’s a prerequisite. Dive Master Richard would have it no other way.) When he called to invite the WCM staff to Bamboo’s first regular Monday Night Team Trivia event, we were on it like white on two scoops rice.
Fried Rice
Fabulous Pho
Kalbi Beef
Chicken Stir Fry
The night started with dinner, a grand selection including stir fry, fried rice, kalbi beef, pho and spicy chicken . All were deemed tasty, with plenty of left-overs, and the tab was only $80 for four, including drinks.Those $3 beers and well drinks go a long way…
Team Trivia Leader Board
Trivia kicked off around 8:30 p.m. after about eight teams filed in ranging from a group of visiting Ivy-Leaguers (who surprisingly didn’t place in the top three), local brainiac-techies, and middle-aged retirees, one team boasting former school teachers as ringers. (Who surprisingly didn’t take the top prize either.) A lone scholar took on the other teams of 4-6 people each, and fared well with a second place finish. But it was A Kiss from Granny who sneaked up in round three like an unsuspected tsunami and wiped us all out with a first place finish. Congrats! They won a $50 credit against their tab.
More about Bamboo Grill:
Sushi Specials Fri, Sat, Sun
Bamboo Grill has been family owned for about 10 years, Vietnamese, Japanese, and authentic Thai. Breakfast is served from 8:00 A.M. till noon, check out the $4.95 special, and drink specials all day. Early bird specials, noon til 3:00 P.M. Half off sushi, Fri., Sat., and Sun. 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Service is efficient and friendly even though the bartender, Richard, doubles as waiter most of the time. Ricky and Q. come in later to provide super service throughout the evening.
Check out WCM’s listing of other great fun places where you can have a meal tout ensemble while enjoying special activities, events, game nights, karaoke. The fun is free and the drinks and food well-priced.
