Cafe 100

Dallas and keep up with a few Hawaii food blogs while we’re on the mainland and I’d heard of Cafe 100 in Hilo on a blog called Big Island Grinds (1, 2, 3). It’s a cheap local spot that’s quick. Just what we were looking for. And it got great reviews on Yelp, which we were reading in the car on the way there. So, we met up with Kilo and Ku’ulei there. I’d met Kilo before at the Kamehameha Schools Class of ’94 reunion, but I’d never met Ku’ulei. She also went to Kamehameha Schools but wasn’t at the reunion. She brought her 8-month-old son, Luka, who was the cutest!

I’ve read online that some think that the loco moco was invented at Cafe 100. Others say it was at Lincoln Grill. Whichever it is, Cafe 100 has to have the most loco moco version: 17! And all priced between $2.49 and $5.25.

When we walked up, I wasn’t sure what to expect. You order at a counter and get your food there. Then it’s all covered outside picnic table-style seating. Lots of old timer regulars, it seemed.

The signs illustrating each of the different kinds of loco moco were adorable.

Just to try something new I got the portugeuse sausage loco. I liked it good enough, but what I really like about loco moco is getting everything in one bite.. breaking up the hamburger and the eggs and mixing them in with the gravy and rice. The portugeuse sausage doesn’t really break up, but it was still good.

Dallas got the super moco, which was made with two eggs, a hamburger patty, spam, portuguese sausage, rice, and potato mac salad. Ku’ulei stayed with the regular loco moco and Kilo got the double loco.

A quick lunch, Kilo had to get back to work and we had to get back on the road, but it was great to see friends while we were on the Big Island.

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