One of my favorite things to eat — at drive-ins and anywhere — is beef teriyaki.
But ever since the Kandas closed their lunch wagon at Kewalo Basin, I couldn’t find one that compared.
Until yesterday.
I had heard rave reviews about the beef teriyaki at Dean’s Drive-Inn in Kaneohe. My parents — also diehard Kanda fans — checked it out and nodded its approval. But I had to check it out for myself.
I had been meaning to try it for awhile now — Dean’s opened in 2006 — but I finally had an excuse to be on the windward side. So we pulled into the little strip mall off Kamehameha Highway and checked out the one thing I had been craving all week.
Here’s what our lunch looked like:
Desserts
And if you still have room, I'd highly suggest a dessert, most of them made by Dean's wife, Doreen, who said she bakes "what she feels like." Yesterday it was chocolate bundt cake, butter mochi, cornbread and these mini pineapple upside cakes. This is a must-stop if you're on the windward side.
Dean’s Drive-Inn, 45-773 Kamehameha Highway. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 to 4 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday. Phone: (808) 247-1300
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Picture 10 of 10 is priceless. I haven’t had pineapple upside down cake in over 20 years. It was always my choice for my birthday as a child, and my mother was a better cook than she was a baker, but this she always did well. She’s been gone many years now. I should bake one myself in her honor.
You should! Make that your NYE must-do! And send me a pic!
Hello Cat!
Fuud pixs Friday!
Dean’s drive-inn here I come!
Happy New Year to you and Derek!
Have you been? I think you’d like it. People there are really nice, too.
Hey Cat … damn!!! … my kind of food … that looks so good it’s not even funny!!! … love drive-ins that have fresh fish on the menu … I gotta remember this place the next time I’m over on that side … I head that way only about once a year!!! …
… I can’t imagine where that is … guess I’ll have to Google it …
… Happy New Year!!! …
I forgot to mention it’s a little pricey. That plate — I got a mini — was about $9. But had a lot of food; took home some, in fact. So it was worth it.
I LOVEx10 Dean’s. I get fish and brown rice every time I go (whenever I’m home, that is). Nice folks too. But you’re right – parking is terrible there.
Brown rice!! You’re so good! I can’t get myself to order it when I’m at a plate lunch place!!
the fish is great there. if the ahi belly is on the menu, get it. best thing on the menu, imo. in fact, I had it last week (also the brown rice). topped it off with my son’s leftover teri burger patty from maruki-tei, but that’s another kaneohe fuud friday subject, I guess.