Honolulu Kitchen is popular for its deep-fried mini manapua. While the original location is in Waipahu, Honolulu Kitchen Little Corner Cafe opened this past year in Mōʻiliʻili.
While its steamed and deep-fried mini manapua are still customer favorites, the cafe offers an extensive menu.
Both steamed and deep-fried manapua feature a variety of sweet and savory fillings. Savory options include char siu — the most popular flavor — kalua pork, barbecue chicken and curry chicken. Sweet fillings include custard, ube cream cheese and Azuki bean.
Ube cream cheese is especially popular because of its vibrant color.
Besides manapua, you’ll find a variety of dim sum and snacks like gyoza, spring rolls, wontons and more.
The homemade dumplings ($11.95) are a customer favorite, but if you prefer some heat, go for the spicy garlic wontons ($11.95).
The char siu look cheong fun ($7.50), which features steamed rice noodle rolls, is a unique option. The noodles boast a nice chew, and we liked how we could adequately taste the char siu.
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The café’s assorted dim sum selection includes pork hash ($1.60), shrimp dumplings ($1.60), half moon ($1.85) and mini sticky rice ($1.95). While these snacks aren’t as popular as the mini manapua, they’re still a nice option, and we’re told the sticky rice is a customer favorite.
If you want a sweet treat, opt for the café’s acai bowl ($14.95), which is topped with blueberries, strawberries, bananas, granola and a honey drizzle. The acai is refreshing, but not overly sweet.
The café’s drink menu is extensive, ranging from fruit teas($6.50) and milk teas ($5.95) to smoothies ($6.95-$11.95).
The most popular smoothie flavors include strawberry banana ($6.95), passion fruit mango ($6.95), dragon fruit mango ($7.95), matcha green ($7.95) and lychee strawberry ($6.95).
Limited customer parking stalls are available in front of the cafe.
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CONTACT
Honolulu Kitchen Little Corner Cafe
914 Coolidge St., Honolulu
Instagram: @littlecornercafehi
Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays, 2-9 p.m. Sundays, closed Tuesdays
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.
