Budget Bites: $9.99 tonkatsu plates at Don Quijote Pearl City

The Pearl City store’s first $9.99 plate will feature tonkatsu, according to delicatessen department manager Kota Kawahara. Starting this week, the plate lunch special will be available at this location from 3 p.m. until sold out, every Thursday in October.

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

October 05, 20261 min read

Delicatessen department manager Kota Kawahara
Delicatessen department manager Kota Kawahara. Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

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Last month, Don Quijote’s Kāheka store started offering $9.99 plates every Friday. The featured plates — mega-sized chicken katsu — were available every week from 3 p.m. until sold out.

This month, Don Quijote’s Pearl City store will start offering $9.99 plates on Thursdays, starting Oct. 8. The plates will be sold by the food court area, where seating is available for customers.

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The $9.99 tonkatsu plate weighs more than 1 pound. Photo by Kelli Shiroma Braiotta (Aloha State Daily Staff)

The Pearl City store’s first $9.99 plate will feature tonkatsu, according to delicatessen department manager Kota Kawahara.

“Everybody likes tonkatsu, but not everybody likes to cook it because of the smell and it can get hot inside (while you’re cooking),” he says. “We use fresh — not frozen — pork loin, and after we coat and fry it in panko, each plate is more than 1 pound.”

Each plate comes with white rice, cabbage and tonkatsu. Similar to Don Quijote Kāheka, the Pearl City store will continue this deal but will feature different entrees each month.

CONTACT
Don Quijote Pearl City
Pearl City Shopping Center
850 Kamehameha Hwy, Pearl City
https://donquijotehawaii.com/
Instagram: @donquijotehi

Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

Food & Dining Reporter

Kelli Shiroma Braiotta is a Food & Dining Reporter for Aloha State Daily.