Episode 3

Tahiti ‐ Poisson Cru

In this episode Chef Ed travels to Tahiti to meet up with a young man sailing the globe on a double-hulled canoe. Maui Tauotaha comes from a long line of canoe carvers and Ed joins him at his ancestral village to follow his favorite food memory – poisson cru, or raw fish, the quintessential Tahitian dish!

Featured Guest

Maui Tauotaha

Since 2014, Maui has been sailing around the world as a crew member of the Hōkūleʻa, a double-hulled canoe that brought his parents together. He sails in the wake of his grandfather, Puaniho, who was a master canoe carver from Tahiti and also a Hōkūleʻa crew member. Maui has a background in film production and currently lives on O‘ahu, working as a senior editor at ʻŌiwi TV.

His family dish is poisson cru.

Locations

Restaurant: Star Studio
Centre Commercial Aline 98713
Papeete 689 40 453 013

Hotel: Le Meridien Tahiti

Market: Marche Papeete

Learning Centers: Marine Education Training Center, O‘ahu

Hōkūleʻa

Poisson Cru

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