Highway Inn Restaurant at Kaka'ako
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DD Hawaiian Combo Plates
Kalua Pig Combo
Slow-cooked pork, smoked in our oven with banana leaves and kiawe wood. An iconic Hawaiian lūʻau dish. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on).
Pork Lau Lau Tasting Plate
A little bit of each of our most popular and iconic Hawaiian dishes: pork lau lau, poi, squid luau, kālua pig, lomi salmon, chicken long rice, haupia and sweet potato. No substitutions.
Pork Lau Lau Combo
An iconic, traditional Hawaiian dish. Pork butt/belly and butterfish wrapped in lū'au leaves and steamed for several hours. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 each).
Beef Stew Combo
A local favorite, slow-cooked in a tomato base with carrots and potatoes. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on).
Chicken Lau Lau Combo
An iconic, traditional Hawaiian dish. Chicken and butterfish wrapped in lū'au leaves and steamed for several hours. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on.)
Butterfish Combo
Deep-fried butterfish (salted black cod) collar with stew gravy. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on).
Chicken Long Rice Combo
Long rice noodles (aka cellophane noodles or bean thread) and chicken in a broth seasoned with ginger and garlic. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on).
Squid Luau Combo
Steamed lū'au leaves cooked in coconut milk with pieces of squid/octopus. Combo plates served with poi or rice, steamed 'uala (sweet potato), and haupia with a choice of lomi salmon, potato-mac salad, or local greens with liliko'i dressing. Make it a super combo: add kālua pig, chicken long rice, pipikaula, smoked meat or squid lū'au ($4.99 per add-on).
Chicken Lau Lau Tasting Plate
A little bit of each of our most popular and iconic Hawaiian dishes: chicken lau lau, poi, squid luau, kālua pig, lomi salmon, chicken long rice, haupia and sweet potato. No substitutions.
DD Kama'aina Favorites
Kalua Pig & Cabbage
Our classic Kalua Pig cooked with cabbage. Served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Pulehu Short Ribs Plate
Flame-broiled bone-in short ribs in a house-made Asian soy marinade and served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Plantation Mixed Plate
Pūlehu (grilled) short ribs and boneless chicken, and GRILLED Island fish. Served with furikake rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad. (Panko-crusted fish depicted temporarily unavailable.)
Loco Moco
A local comfort-food favorite. Handmade hamburger patties smothered with brown gravy and topped with local eggs. Served over rice and with choice of potato-mac or green salad. House-made vegan 'ulu (breadfruit) patty substitute available.
Hawaiian Moco: Pork
A unique combination of favorite Hawaii foods. A pork or chicken lau lau, served as a "moco" (over rice with one local egg and stew gravy), and topped with lomi salmon. Comes with choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Yakisoba Plate
Locally made Japanese-style wheat flour noodles, stir fried with SPAM, shredded cabbage, green onions and kamaboko (fish cake). Can be made vegetarian.
Hamburger Steak
Hamburger patties with sautéed onions, smothered in brown gravy. Served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Salt Meat Watercress
Pieces of slow-cooked salt-cured beef brisket with watercress in broth. Traditionally served with rice on the side.
Smoked Moco
Our kiawe-smoked meat sautéed with bell peppers and onions, served with a smoked aioli and two local eggs over rice. Served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Hawaiian Beef Stew Plate
Local-style beef stew, slow-cooked in a tomato base with carrots and potatoes. Served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Tofu Katsu
Crispy panko-crusted tofu served with homemade katsu sauce and furikake rice.
Mochiko Chicken
Boneless chicken thighs in soy-sesame marinade, coated in mochiko (rice flour), deep-fried and served with furikake rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Mini Smoked Moco
Our kiawe-smoked meat sautéed with bell peppers and onions, served with a smoked aioli and two local eggs over rice. Served with rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Mini Loco Moco
A local comfort-food favorite. Handmade hamburger patty smothered with brown gravy and topped with local egg. Served over rice and with choice of potato-mac or green salad. House-made vegan 'ulu (breadfruit) patty substitute available.
Pulehu Moa
Flame-broiled boneless chicken, marinated in our signature local-style soy marinade, served with furikake rice and choice of potato-mac or green salad.
Hawaiian Moco: Chicken
A unique combination of favorite Hawaii foods. A pork or chicken lau lau, served as a "moco" (over rice with one local egg and stew gravy), and topped with lomi salmon. Comes with choice of potato-mac or green salad.
DD A la Carte
Double Hawaiian Beef Stew
Local-style comfort food at its best. Made from our time-honored signature family recipe, slow-cooked in a tomato base with carrots and onions.
Double Kalua Pig
Slow-cooked pork, smoked in our oven with banana leaves and kiawe wood. An iconic Hawaiian lūʻau dish.
Regular Squid Luau
Steamed lū'au leaves cooked in coconut milk with pieces of squid/octopus.
Regular Pipikaula
Our most popular dish, pipikaula (dried beef; the name translates to "beef rope") was a favorite snack among paniolo (Hawaiian cowboys) during long cattle drives. Our pipikaula is seasoned, dried and then grilled to enhance the flavor.
Reg Hawaiian Beef Stew
A local favorite, slow-cooked in a tomato base with carrots and potatoes.
Regular Kalua Pig
Slow-cooked pork, smoked in our oven with banana leaves and kiawe wood. An iconic Hawaiian lūʻau dish.
Lomi Ahi Kakaako Style
Based on availability. Kaka'ako-style: served with chili water, tomatoes, sweet onions, Hawaiian salt, and green onions.
Regular Chicken Long Rice
Long rice noodles (aka cellophane noodles or bean thread) and chicken in a broth seasoned with ginger and garlic.
Double Tripe
Beef tripe in a tomato soup base.
White Rice (regular)
One Scoop of White Rice
Poi - A La Carte
A must for any traditional Hawaiian meal.
Regular Lomi Salmon
A favorite Hawaiian side dish. Diced tomatoes, onions and salt-cured salmon.
White Rice (double)
Two Scoops of White Rice
Double Squid Luau
Steamed lū'au leaves cooked in coconut milk with pieces of squid/octopus.
Double Pipikaula
Our most popular dish, pipikaula (dried beef; the name translates to "beef rope") was a favorite snack among paniolo (Hawaiian cowboys) during long cattle drives. Our pipikaula is seasoned, dried and then grilled to enhance the flavor.
Double Chicken Long Rice
Long rice noodles (aka cellophane noodles or bean thread) and shredded chicken in a broth seasoned with ginger and garlic.
Regular Tripe
Beef tripe in a tomato soup base.
Raw Onion 1 Piece
A wedge of white onion
Raw Onions 2 Pieces
Two wedges of white onion
Brown Rice (regular)
One Scoop of Brown Rice
Brown Rice (double) W/ Gravy
Brown rice with a side of our delicious brown gravy
Brown Rice (regular) W/ Gravy
Brown rice with a side of our delicious brown gravy
White Rice (regular) W/ Gravy
White rice with a side of our delicious brown gravy
White Rice (double) W/ Gravy
White rice with a side of our delicious brown gravy
Butterfish Collar N Stew Gravy
Deep-fried butterfish (salted black cod) collar served with our delicious Beef Stew gravy.
Lomi Ahi Waipahu Style
Based on availability. Waipahu-style: served with Hawaiian salt and green onions.
Brown Rice (double)
Two Scoops of Brown Rice
DD Breakfast
Kamaaina Breakfast
Two local eggs with choice of Portuguese sausage, SPAM®, or bacon and choice of rice or toast plus a house-baked banana muffin.
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Kalua Pig and Swiss and American cheese between 2 slices of batter-dipped French toast, with homemade guava jelly.
Full Stack
Three (3) buttermilk pancakes with housemade liliko'i sauce OR haupia sauce with macadamia nuts; optional upgrade to banana pancakes
Short Stack
Two (2) buttermilk pancakes with housemade liliko'i sauce OR haupia sauce with macadamia nuts; optional upgrade to banana pancakes
Banana Bread
Housemade banana bread
Kalua Pig Omelette
Three-egg omelette filled with our signature kalua pork, spinach, onions and cheese. Choice of rice or toast.
Da T'ree Little Pigs Omelette
Three-egg omelette filled with bacon, Portuguese sausage and SPAM. Choice of rice or toast.
Portuguese Sausage Omelette
Three-egg omelette filled with Portuguese sausage, mushrooms and cheese. Choice of rice or toast.
Smoked Meat Omelette
Three-egg omelette filled with our smoked meat (pork), bell peppers, grilled onions, mushrooms and cheese. Choice of rice or toast.
French Toast
Punalu'u Hawaiian sweetbread sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with fresh bananas, strawberries and blueberries. Choice of haupia or liiko'i sauce.
Banana Muffin
Housemade banana muffin
Veggie Omelette
Three-egg omelette filled with spinach, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and cheese. Choice of rice or toast.
DD Burgers, Sandwiches & More
Classic Burger
Served with onions, lettuce, tomato, and house-made burger sauce on a taro bun. Served with steak fries. Vegan Impossible Burger substitute available.
Kalua Pig Sliders
Our kalua pork topped with housemade coleslaw. Served with choice of steak fries, potato-mac salad or Maui greens.
Kalua Pig & Okinawan Sweet Potato Quesadilla
Filled with our signature kalua pork and purple Okinawan sweet potato. Served with Lomi Salmon.
Fish Tacos
Three local-catch-of-the-day fish tacos with chili aioli, avocado mousse, shredded lettuce, and lomi salmon served in soft taro tortillas. Served with choice of steak fries, potato-mac salad or Maui greens.
Fish Sandwich
Local Catch of the Day served with onions, lettuce, tomato, housemade tartar sauce on a taro bun, with choice of steak fries, potato-mac or Maui greens.
DD Desserts
Haupia
Highway Inn's famous classic creamy Hawaiian dessert. Made from real coconut milk.
Chocolate Haupia Shortbread
Our famous Haupia, infused with melted chocolate and set on a house-made shortbread crust.
Bread Pudding
Made with Hawaiian Sweet Bread and topped with our house-made Haupia Sauce.
Sweet Potato Haupia Shortbread
Okinawan Sweet potato filling topped with a layer of our famous Haupia, served on a house-made shortbread crust.
DD Beverages
Pog
A local favorite! POG (passionfruit, orange and guava) juice.
Plantation Iced Tea
Our house-made version; Pineapple Plantation Iced Tea
Lilikoi Juice
Liliko'i (passionfruit) juice
Orange Juice
Orange juice
Guava Juice
Guava juice, locally sourced, local flavor
Coconut Juice
Coconut Juice - brand may vary
Bottled Water - Bluwave
Aluminum Recyclable and Reusable Water 16 oz
Iced Tea
Our House Made Iced Tea, always fresh
Coke Zero
Can of Coke Zero
Pineapple Juice
Pineapple juice
DD Pupus + (Appetizers +)
Steak Fries Appetizer
Steak fries served with your choice of garlic furikake sauce or our brown gravy with garlic aioli.
Poke Bowl
Choose from Hawaiian-Style Limu, Spicy Ahi or Shoyu-Sesame Ahi poke. Served over white or brown rice, with pickled ginger and vegetables.
Pipikaula And Smoke Meat
Two local favorites in one dish! Our famous pipikaula (dried, seasoned beef, grilled before serving) and smoke meat (kiawe-wood smoked pork). Served in a sizzling cast iron skillet with bell peppers, onions, and a smoked aioli.
Kalua Pig & Okinawan Sweet Potato Quesadilla
Filled with our signature kalua pork and purple Okinawan sweet potato. Served with Lomi Salmon.
Chili Pepper Water - Takeout Portion
1oz container housemade Chili Pepper Water
Fresh Ahi Salad
Slices of seared local ‘ahi, mixed greens, bell peppers, grape tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers tossed in our house-made ponzu vinaigrette and garnished with our fried ‘uala sticks.