Does Oahu or Maui have one of those easy-going, casual seafood shack by the beach? My husband always love to eat fresh seafood (not fried), raw oyster...etc, right from the dumpiest place you can find by the beach. They are so good. Steamed crab in Ritz just isn't the same.

Anywhere in Hawaii?

It's called Red Lobster

(If I could tell of a real one off the top of my head, I would, but I'll ask around since I'm not a seafood lover)

aloha

I'm not kidding with the following suggestion.

Goto your local HI supermarket and locate the poke counter, there you will find many different kinds of poke, purchase, then find your own beach to enjoy on. Wife likes champagne, I like a beer.

Poke's have always been a very cheap yet delicious lunch/dinner for us on the islands.

For lack of a better description, poke's are seafood salads but this lame description does not do them justice at all.

Sam Choy's Ahi Poke is:

6 oz Raw Ahi, finely chopped
2 Tbs Maui Onion, minced
3 Tbs ogo, chopped
4 oz cucumbers, seeded & fine julienne
1 Tbs Tobiko (flying fish eggs)
1 tsp sesame oil
Hawaiian salt to taste
shoyu (soy sauce) to taste

That's actually a great advice, Sweet Willie.

Might I add, skip the supermarket and go to like Marukai, Tamashiro Market, etc etc for the freshest poke.

Also, there are different types of poke that you might want to try.

I thought about it for a little bit, and I think you folks should take a trip to the Ward Farmer's Market located next to the Ward Entertainment Complex. It's not quite a seafood shack, but Sweet Willie's advice would work well here.

aloha

On the North Shore of O`ahu, there is a small community called Kahuku. There is a aquafarm there where they cultivate prawns. There are two wagons off of the highway that serve scampi and other fresh prawn dishes.

I know you didn't ask about the Big Island, but there is the Seaside Restaurant in Hilo which is also part of a large aquafarm. It's my favorite place in Hilo.

Most of the "shacks" you will find on O`ahu are mobile lunch wagons, as beachfront property is very expensive. Property in general is expensive, but I digress. A lot of the food from the wagons will be fried, though.

Another good place to get fresh fish, like poke, are small fish markets, such as Tamashiro, which is just west of Chinatown on King St., and Young's, which is north of downtown, across from St. Francis Hospital on Liliha.

FYI, different tuna is used for poke - ahi is yellowfin tuna, aku is skipjack. There is also tako poke, which is octopus. (Another digression here, in Hawai`i, an octopus is called a squid [or tako], and squid is called by its Japanese name, ika Go Figgah!)

Also, slippahs, doesn't the 99 Ranch Market in Mapunapuna (near the airport and Trippler Army Hospital) fry and steam seafood purchased at the store?