Move over haute dog, for hankburger

Nadine Kam photos
If you get tired of haute dogs, grab a hankburger out of the Hank's Burgers truck next to Henry "Hank" Adaniya's original enterprise on Coral Street.

As if cornering the market on gourmet hot dogs weren't enough, Hank's Haute Dogs has introduced $4.95 hankburgers, classic burgers served up weekends from a burger truck in Hank's parking lot at 324 Coral St. in the new Kakaako hot spot bordered by Coral, Keawe and Auahi sts.

After building a great following of monthly burger specials at Hank’s, they discovered demand for their classic hand-formed, char-grilled burger dressed with lettuce, onion, tomato and Hank sauce (the not-so-secret combination of ketchup, mustard and mayo). A combo meal of burger, fries, haute dip and small soda is $8.70.

For those pride themselves on being deciders, you have one option: cheese or no cheese.
The Truck will only serve Hankburgers, soft drinks, natural-cut fries, and haute dips with flavors like chipotle, garlic aioli, wasabi and spicy curry good for both fries and atop the burger.

BYOB welcome!

According to truck signage, service hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Still trying to clarify, as I received different information from Hank and the guys in the truck. Will confirm via a brief item in the paper on Jan. 16.

The burger is ono, and diced onions and shredded lettuce ensure you get a little of each in each bite as opposed to whole leaf and whole rings, which you tend to pull out with your teeth in one bite with other burgers.

Hank's hosts 'Man vs. Food' weekend

Photos courtesy Hank's Haute Dogs
Hank puts his Seoul Dog, encased in french fries cemented with batter, to the test before it's ready for its closeup.

After taking on Laie's Hukilau Cafe Hukilau Burger, Helena's Hawaiian Food's pipikaula short ribs and laulau, Mac 24-7's Mac Daddy Pancake Challenge in 2009, see how Adam Richman fares when he challenges his humongous appetite with another taste of the islands, on an episode of the Travel Channel's "Man vs. Food Nation," airing today.

One of his stops was at Hank's Haute Dogs, where he sampled some of Henry "Hank" Adaniya's latest creations.

"He ate quite of few off our regular menu," says Hank, who also concocted some "new wild creations for him to try."

"Man vs. Food" host and food daredevil Adam Richman gives Hank his approval.

He doesn't know which dogs will actually have screen time—I'm betting on the Seoul dog—but to mark the occasion, Hank's will be presenting a "Man vs. Food" Weekend beginning Dec. 2, with specials as follows:

Dec. 2: Lobster Fat Boy. A lobster dog wrapped in bacon, deep fried and served with garlic aioli, lettuce and tomato.
Dec. 3: Seoul Dog. From the streets of Korea. Fries are batter-glued to an all-beef dog planted on a stick, deep fried, then served with a kim chee mignonette!
Dec. 4: Tsunami Dog. This is what you get when you combine a foot-long hot dog, kalua pig, BBQ poi sauce, pineapple relish, pickle onion and cabbage.
Dec. 5: Truffled Italian beef combo. The iconic Chicago beef sandwich paired with housemade Italian sausage, then covered in the house truffled cheese sauce.

Hank's Haute Dogs is at 324 Coral St. Call 532-HANK (4265).

The tsunami dog.