Luau food...

[disneyfanz04]

I am having a Luau for my DD's 10th birthday. I really need help with choosing some foods. I think I would like to go with finger foods but am open to any suggestions. We are having it at the local gym that has an indoor pool. There will be about 30 kids...mostly girls maybe 8 boys(if that even matters) I was going to do fruit kabobs, goldfish, macadamian(sp??) nuts, and I need help with more things. I kind of want to stick to the luau theme. I also thought of getting a nugget tray from chick-fil-a and putting them on skewers?? Please help!!!

 

[disneyfanz04]

Anyone?????

 

[Stacerita]

Not sure how much cooking you want to be doing. But I have been to a luau type party and they gave us hamburgers. Inside the meat patties were a ring of pineapple. It made them really juicy and gave them a nice flavor.

Ive also had a coconut dip too. We used it with fruit.

 

[Stitchfans]

I just called DD11 in to ask. She said she doesn't think the fruit kabobs would go over. The goldfish are just ok. She loves nuts but who knows if the others would. She suggested buffalo wings.

I was thinking about the luau at the Poly. they had ribs, DD went crazy over those. chicken, a vingearette salad, yes plenty of fruit. a volcano dessert which was to die for. saw recipe for that on allears. ( I think)

sorry not much help have fun

 

[Patty3]

DIL had a luau theme for one of her DD's party. She was 4. She had the fruit kabobs, kids loved them, especially dipped in a fruit flavored yogurt dip. She served the goldfish crackers, maui chips, some type of rice dish and chicken kabobs layered with pineapple, tomato and bell pepper. It was a great party.

 

[Disney Doll]

Instead of fruit kabobs, try pineapple with caramel dippig sauces like they used to do at Ohanas. That was always great.

How about chicken wings in a sweet and sour sauce? Some fried wontons stuffed with cheese(which you can get at a Chinese restaurant usually). Snap pea pea pods as a veggie???

 

[Lil_Tink]

I am having a Luau for my DD's 10th birthday. I really need help with choosing some foods. I think I would like to go with finger foods but am open to any suggestions. We are having it at the local gym that has an indoor pool. There will be about 30 kids...mostly girls maybe 8 boys(if that even matters) I was going to do fruit kabobs, goldfish, macadamian(sp??) nuts, and I need help with more things. I kind of want to stick to the luau theme. I also thought of getting a nugget tray from chick-fil-a and putting them on skewers?? Please help!!!

Maybe try some little pineapple cookies for a dessert.

And Virgin 'Tropical Drinks' like 'Blue Hawaii', 'Green Gecko' ext
Those are just strawberry daiquiris with different syrups in them.

 

[MerryPoppins]

How about a fruit tray with dip instead of kabobs? You could have apple slices, pineapple chunks, etc. I make a wonderful marshmallow creme and cream cheese dip that kids always love. You could put out those little toothpicks, so it'd still be finger food.

Chicken nuggets or wings would be a good choice. Or maybe ham cubes with pineapple? How about some sort of veggie?

I'm interested to see what kind of menu you come up with. My DS is a senior and wants a tropical theme to his graduation party in the spring. I'm thinking some sort of BBQ, a tropical punch, fruit salad, veggie tray and cake.

 

[nwdisgal]

Some ideas:

chicken fingers (i.e call it "mini chicken katsu") with barbeque dipping sauce macaroni or potato salad
tropical fruit platter with dip
steamed white rice or stir fried rice
hui chicken (marinated and cooked teriyaki chicken pieces, can be drumettes, wings, what ever is easiest finger food)
cucumber or smoked salmon sushi rolls
mud pie
raw vegetable platter with a peanut butter (asian style) dipping sauce
pulled pork sandwiches (basically barbequed pulled pork on a hoagie roll).
teriyaki hamburgers
sweet potato rolls or Hawaiian sweet bread (you can usually find this in your bakery section)
coconut cream pie
chocolate covered macadamia nuts

Drink ideas:

Virgin Mai Tais
Virgin Lava Flows
Virgin Pina Coladas or Daiquiris
Pineapple, Guava, or Passion Fruit Punch

 

[Art Vandalay]

Having been to a luau, I'd say the best thing to do is...


order pizza

 

[DianaPrincessofWales]

I did two luau's for my DD's on seperate years, here are a few items I remember serving:

JuJubes served in halved coconuts
plates of hot dogs and hamburgers
fresh fruit chunks served in a fresh pineapple husk
ham and pineapple pizza
tiny cups of fruit flavored mini-marshmellows
tiki punch from Shasta

That's all I can think of, I know not all of it was nutritious but it was a party and it was practical. I didn't want to serve a bunch of stuff they wouldn't touch!

We played coconut bowling which was a huge hit until the coconut broke!

Good luck and most importantly HAVE FUN!

 

[nwdisgal]

Having been to a luau, I'd say the best thing to do is...


order pizza

Nope. The pizza's worse. Hey, the best luaus here are really backyard events. You gotta crash someone's birthday celebration or graduation party to get the real eats. People go all out, and meat of all types is a very important part of the equation.