Chef-owner Shao Wei Xiao, wife Rui Yi Chen and their son Adam Xiao take a break from running the busy Wailuku restaurant. The Maui News / CARLA TRACY Mother’s Day is looming large Sunday.

Maui’s reputation for beauty is deserved ... Lines have snaked out the door of this daytime noodle shop ever since Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon and his wife, Janice, opened it in spring 2016.