The signature
Pork & Chicken Laulau
Pork or chicken hand-wrapped in ti and luau leaves and steamed 8 to 10 hours until it falls apart. The one Food Network came for.
Our story
A father's dream, run by his family.
Captain Cook, Hawaiʻi · since 1992
Opening a place of their own was the dream of Janice's father. He did not live to see it happen, so the family made it real for him. Through hard work and a lot of aloha, Super J's came to be in 1992.
The name is a family joke that stuck: most everyone here has a name that starts with J. Janice and John Kaʻaloa still run the kitchen, wrapping laulau by hand the way it has always been done.
It is a yellow building right on Mamalahoa Highway, tables inside and picnic benches out. Simple, friendly, and the real thing.
"The laulau is savory, and it is fall-apart tender. One of the best things I ever ate." Sunny Anderson, Food Network, on Kaʻaloa's Super J's laulau