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Monday 11am - 9pm Tuesday 11am - 9pm Thursday 11am - 9pm Friday 11am - 9pm Saturday 11am - 9pm Sunday 11am - 9pm

Kau Kau PDX

808-503 🤙🏽
Bringin our unique take on Hawaiian cuisine to PDX 📍20th & NE ALBERTA
ᴄʜᴇꜰꜱ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴇ & ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ ʜɪʀᴀʜᴀʀᴀ

09/02/2026

A proper summer sendoff with Aji Fish Butchery , bringing Chef Jeff Kim’s next-level dry-aging craft together with local island flavors for one night. 🤙🏽 
ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇɴᴜ 📸
• 10-ᴅᴀʏ ᴅʀʏ-ᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴛᴜɴᴀ ᴛꜱᴜᴋᴜɴᴇ — ʜᴏɴᴇʏ-ɢᴏᴄʜᴜᴊᴀɴɢ ᴛᴀʀᴇ, ɴᴇɢɪ, ᴏᴋɪɴᴀᴡᴀɴ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴘᴏᴛᴀᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʟᴀᴅ, ᴋɪɴᴘɪʀᴀ • ᴏʏꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ — ᴘᴏᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴇʟʟ, ʜᴀᴡᴀɪɪᴀɴ ᴄʜɪʟɪ ᴘᴇᴘᴘᴇʀ ᴋᴏꜱʜᴏ, ɪᴋᴜʀᴀ, ᴘᴏɴᴢᴜ • ᴋɪɴᴋɪ ᴍᴀɴᴅᴏᴏ — 10-ᴅᴀʏ ᴅʀʏ-ᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴋɪɴᴋɪ, ɢʀɪʟʟᴇᴅ ꜱᴇᴀᴡᴇᴇᴅ ʙʀᴏᴛʜ, ᴘᴀᴀ ᴋᴇᴇ ʏᴀɴɢ, ᴛᴏᴜɢᴀɴ
• ꜰɪꜱʜ & ᴄʜɪᴘꜱ — 10-ᴅᴀʏ ᴅʀʏ-ᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴋᴀɴᴘᴀᴄʜɪ, ꜱɪɴɪɢᴀɴɢ ᴘᴏᴡᴅᴇʀ, ᴅᴀꜱʜɪ ᴛᴀʀᴛᴀʀ, ᴄᴜʀʟʏ ꜰʀɪᴇꜱ (not pictured)
• ᴄᴏʀɴ ᴊᴏᴏᴋ — ᴋᴏꜱʜɪʜɪᴋᴀʀɪ ʀɪᴄᴇ ᴘᴏʀʀɪᴅɢᴇ, ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴄᴏʀɴ, ꜱᴍᴏᴋᴇ ᴍᴇᴀᴛ, ꜱᴘᴀᴍ, ʜᴜꜱᴋ ᴀꜱʜ
• ꜰɪʟᴇᴛ-ᴏ-ꜰɪꜱʜ ꜱᴀɴᴅᴏ — ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴜʀᴀ-ꜰʀɪᴇᴅ 7-ᴅᴀʏ ᴅʀʏ-ᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴋᴜʀᴏᴅᴀɪ, ᴋɪᴍᴄʜᴇᴇ ᴋᴇᴡᴘɪᴇ, ᴛᴀʀᴏ ᴄʜɪᴘꜱ, ʙᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴘᴀɴᴅᴇꜱᴀʟ
• 10-ᴅᴀʏ ᴅʀʏ-ᴀɢᴇᴅ ᴋᴀɴᴘᴀᴄʜɪ ꜱᴛᴇᴀᴋ — ꜱᴀɴꜱʜᴏ ʙᴇᴜʀʀᴇ ʙʟᴀɴᴄ, ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ʟᴏʙꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴜꜱʜʀᴏᴏᴍ, ᴄʀɪꜱᴘʏ ᴘᴏᴛᴀᴛᴏᴇꜱ (not pictured)

We’re stoked we were able to make this happen again! Big aloha to for coming down the block for this night, & big mahalos to everyone who came through— whether you sampled a couple dishes or ordered the whole menu. 🤙🏽 One more summer night on Alberta for the books! 

08/29/2026

A little aloha out in the vineyards. 🌿

What a beautiful summer night with TASTE for Equity for CULTIVATE! 🤙🏽 We were honored to be invited to cook for the event, giving us a chance to come up with something new, work with incredible local farms & bring a little piece of Kau Kau out to the countryside to talk story.

We served up soy-braised Hang Belly Ranch pork belly with sekihan, kalo-garlic soubise & bok choy— a dish built around the abundance of the season & shared alongside so many talented chefs & winemakers.

Good food, local wine, beautiful surroundings & community around the table— beyond grateful to be included in such a special night! Mahalo to the Taste team for having us & to everyone who came out to share it with us. And a big thank you to María Echaniz | PDX Photographer for these beautiful images that captured it all. 🌺

08/28/2026

Hot butter mochi, cold toasted rice ice cream— you already know. 🤙🏽

Our newest dessert special takes our house baked butter mochi & gives it the à la mode treatment.

Seared in butter until warm & golden, topped with Malted Toasted Rice Ice Cream made locally by Mosh PDX , then finished with caramel, coconut flakes & cocoa powder.
Warm, chewy, cold, creamy & the best way to soak up the last of summer. 🍨 Limited orders!

08/18/2026

𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘜 𝘏𝘈𝘚 𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘋💥 Next Monday, Chef Jeff Kim of Aji Fish Butchery is in the house for a collab dinner bringing together dry-aging technique, meticulous care & island flavors for a completely new fish-focused menu.

We’re serving up Kinki Mandoo, Tuna Tsukune, dry-aged Fish & Chips, a Filet-o-Fish Sando on eat balong ! pandesal , Kanpachi Steak & plenty more.🔥 Closing it out with Malted Toasted Rice Ice Cream made locally by the amazing Mosh PDX — topped preserved li hing mango for dessert. 
Spread the word, gather the crew & come hungry. 🤙🏽🐟🔥

8/24 📍2026 NE Alberta | KAU KAU PDX Dine in only | 5-9pm or sellout

08/11/2026

Fresh batch of Gau Gee hitting the specials board!
 If sausage, eggs & Tabasco remind you of breakfast, you already know where this one’s going—

𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙪 𝙂𝙚𝙚!
SUN RICE Longanisa, burnt eggplant, bihon noodles & shiitake — fried up crisp & all five served over a leek-ogo relish. 
Gotta have the sauce! House-made egg yolk jam is slow cooked at a low temp until thick & rich, then topped with Aloha shoyu, Tabasco & rice vinegar for that salty, spicy, vinegary kick.
 A little sausage, eggs & hot sauce nostalgia from Hawaiʻi, wrapped up gau gee style.

𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵. 🤙🏽 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙙!

08/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE — 8/24💥 we’re bringing back our very first in-house collab for round 2— with a new menu!

Back when we first opened we got to collab with Jeff Kim - our friend & neighbor at Aji Fish Butchery & Zilla Sake, just down the block from us on Alberta. 🤙🏽

Now, we get to welcome Aji Fish Butchery back into our kitchen for another night of cooking together, sharing food & feeding our neighborhood a whole new menu!

For now, save the date, bring your friends & come share the evening with us. 🤙🏽
 Monday 8/24📍2026 NE Alberta | KAU KAU PDX Dine in only | 5-9pm or sellout

chefcollaboration

Seafood Dumpling
Dry Aged Cod, Wood Ear Mushroom, Herb Relish

📸 3/21/2025

Oyster Rockefeller
Lu’au Sauce, Toasted Panko

📸 3/21/2025

Loco Moco
5oz Dry Aged Yellowfin Tuna Patty, Garlic Rice,
Brown Gravy, Sunny Egg, Negi

📸 3/21/2025

Pulehu Steak - Dry Aged Kona Kanpachi Steak, Bagoong Glaze, Grilled Lemon

📸 3/21/2025

Aji Fish Butchery in the house! 🤙🏽 Come thru for round 2!

📸 3/21/2025

08/08/2026

8/08 — National SPAM Musubi Day💥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤!

Today we’re running a limited batch of Kimchee Fried Rice SPAM Musubi— if you know Chef’s kimchee, you know it’s salty, savory, funky & packed with flavor. Fried up koshihikari rice, stacked with marinated SPAM & wrapped in nori for a very 808 kind of special.
 We roll up a whole lotta The SPAM® Brand every week with musubi on the main menu, so for the holiday Chef had to switch it up. Only a limited amount today 🤙🏽 come grab one while they last!

08/01/2026

A little Hawaiʻi-style summer party right here in Portland — CHEEE HOOO! 🤙🏽 You know we had to bust out the Premium Charcoal for Restaurants & Live Fire Cooking Enthusiasts grill for this one! 
Tako Luʻau with Spanish octopus, ika, kalo soubise & ogo pickled onion. Kulolo grilled in banana leaf with tapioca pearls, coconut ash & fig leaf oil. 
We had such a fun night celebrating the Chef Sheldon Simeon book release alongside one unreal lineup of friends & chefs serving up some seriously ono grindz all night. 
Big mahalo Han Oak for having us, to everyone who put in the work to make this one happen & everyone who came through to eat, hang & party with us!

📸: Carter Hiyama

Address

2026 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR
97214

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 9pm
Tuesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 9pm
Friday	11am - 9pm
Saturday	11am - 9pm
Sunday	11am - 9pm

Website

http://kaukaupdx.com/

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