Hawaiian Luau Dinner for 4-6

Enjoy these four Hawaiian luau favorites at home! Feast on hearty and tender lau lau (pork butt/belly OR chicken thigh, wrapped in taro leaves and steamed for several hours; 2 traditional pork and 2 chicken lau lau are included); smoky, fork-tender kalua pig (slow-cooked pork, oven-smoked with banana leaves and kiawe wood); savory, creamy squid luau (steamed taro leaves simmered in coconut milk with pieces of squid/octopus); and steamed purple sweet potato.

Highway Inn is a Hawaii icon, renowned for serving up traditional Hawaiian specialties since its 1947 founding by Seiichi & Nancy Toguchi. During World War II, the Toguchis and their three children were forcibly moved to Japanese Incarceration Camps. Seiichi mastered his culinary skills while working in the camp’s mess hall, and in 1947, after returning home to Hawaii, he opened Highway Inn. Crowds soon began to line up for a taste of Toguchi’s cooking, and they haven’t let up since. Highway Inn is today owned by Seiichi & Nancy’s grandchildren, and the menu hasn’t changed much since those early days.

Note: Though the meat may have a pinkish color, the Lau Lau is cooked thoroughly.