MAUI Culinary Academy
The Class Act Restaurant At Maui Community College (MCC)
(808) 984-3225
Most people don't know about the incredible experience at Class Act Restaurant. This 75-seat restaurant with Kahului Harbor and West Maui Mountain views offers fine dining for anyone with a reservation.
For the price of a meal at any nice restaurant in Maui, you can enjoy a multi-course meal by learning professionals. This "Living Classroom" is filled with aspiring chefs and restaurant workers. The food is made with precision and care, while the service is spot-on. The attention to detail is partly because they're being graded for everything they do. At the end of your meal, you even get to grade the meal yourself.
The following menu was served to us when we went in recently. Our comments follow every course.
The Leis Family Class Act Restaurant
Juli Umetsu Dining Room Instructor & Chef Instructor Kyle Kawakami
New American Influence - October 6 & 8 2010
PIZZA
Pissaladiere, caramelized onions, Kalamata olives, micro-basil.
(Very good start to the meal. Hot, fresh, and delicious.)
CORN CHOWDER
Kula sweet corn and Dungeness crab chowder, crisp soft shell crab, corn sprouts
(Good, but I was a little disappointed in the crab. It wasn't crispy like I expected. One of our guests was allergic to shell-fish so they brought out a fresh tomato-basil soup. She was raving about it!)
WALDORF SALAD
Sous vide Fuji apple, bouquet of baby Kula greens, curried chicken breast, grapes, candied walnuts
(The apple could have been sous vide for longer. It was almost perfect. The rest of the salad was great.)
Choice of Entree
BURGER AND FRIES
Ground short rib burger stuffed with foie gras butter, house made onion roll, borsin cheese, Kula cabbage and dill coleslaw, pomme frittes with mango-habanero ketchup
(Everyone was very happy with the burger. The fries fell short though. Too long in the window.)
CHICKEN AND WAFFLES
Herb roasted Cornish game hen, savory chive and bacon waffles, chicken jus, Blue agave butter
(Perfect! Couldn't have asked to change anything. Delicious!)
SPAGETTI AND MEATBALLS
Zucchini fettucini, falafel "meatballs", sauteed fresh seasonal vegetables, basil pesto cream sauce, shaved Parmesan reggiano
(Tasty. Al Dente the way it should be.)
Dessert
POPCORN PANNA COTTA
with a
Chocolate Pot du Creme
(Fantastic. After a HUGE meal, I still managed to eat it all.)
Overall the meal was well worth the $30 per head. Alcohol is BYO, so we brought a few bottles of wine and champagne to celebrate a friends birthday. We not only enjoyed what was featured above (quite a lot of food), but they came out with a cantaloupe/anise sorbet as a palette cleanser as well as a Kabocha Pumpkin tortellini in a pesto sauce. Their bread is also freshly baked. And finally, their french-press Maui coffee was unreal!
This was the best lunch I've had in a very long while. Our server Skye was very patient and attentive. We all highly recommend the Class Act experience.
The Maui Culinary Academy is becoming increasingly well-known as one of the best chef schools in the world. Maui has benefited from this by having fantastic chefs all over the island in our various restaurants.
One company in particular, Maui Executive Catering, enjoys the employment of many MCA graduates. Headed by Chef Jeff Scheer, The Maui Executive Catering team has grown over the years to become the best catering company on Maui. You can see their work at Maui Catering.
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