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Hawaiian Inspired foods


  • The Dog Spot 19 S Main Street Joseph United States (map)

Mar 5 thru 8

Thurs, Fri, Sat 11-7   208-610-4932

Sun 12-4

Please check out our website/calendar for upcoming events and closures as Winter gets exciting!

We are a small cafe with limited seating - no reservations. We make all meals from scratch - so this is not fast food, please plan for a leisurely meal. Due to our limited size, we cannot accommodate groups over 5. 

Hawaiian Inspired Foods

Spam musabi 12

Seared Spam, coated in teriyaki, and set on compressed, mirin tossed short-grain rice wrapped with nori (gf)


Shrimp Unagi musabi 14

2 Jumbo white wild shrimp marinated in unagi sauce, seared and set on compressed, mirin tossed short-grain rice then wrapped with nori seaweed. (gf)


Hiyashi wakame seaweed salad 9

Wakame, agar-agar, wood ear mushrooms, sesame seeds/oil, soy sauce, and our house-made chili oil (vegan, gf)


Mac salad 9

Cavattapi pasta and veggies in a sweet/sour creamy dressing (vegetarian)


Namasu - pickled cucumber 12

Cucumber, green onions, sweet/sour dressing, sesame seeds and oil (vegan, gf)

Saimin soup 13

Roasted chicken, veggies, mushrooms, and wheat noodles in a shiitaki/konbu broth and shoyu

Pineapple fried rice 11

Jasmine rice, pineapple, veggies, and a sweet/dark sauce (vegan, gf)  Add chicken or pork 5    Add beef or shrimp 6


Tropical Sable Fish 17

Black sable fish topped with coconut milk, ginger, white shoyu, and tangerine/longan/kumquat salsa wrapped in banana leaves and roasted. Served with jasmine rice (gf) 


Sweet garlic shrimp 18

Jumbo white wild shrimp and veggies in a sweet garlic sauce with a little heat, served on white rice (gf)


Kalua pork 18

Pork shoulder lightly rubbed with smoked/pink/black salts, black garlic powder, wrapped in banana leaves and slow cooked then served with jasmine rice (gf)


Chicken long rice 15

Chicken braised in chicken stock mixed with garlic, ginger, veggies, soy sauce, and bean-thread noodles (gf)  


Teriyaki Beef rice bowl 15

Marinated beef, mushrooms, veggies, house-made teriyaki sauce on rice (gf)


Pineapple pork sliders 15

Ground pork and pineapple meatballs, house-made teriyaki sauce, sunshine aioli, and slaw on boci rolls.

The Dog Spot Traditional Items


Champagne Mushrooms 15

Fermented mushrooms, garlic, shallots, champagne, our house-made butter with pecorino cheese and bread (vegetarian, gf without bread)


Louie Salad 12

Romaine lettuce, veggies, croutons, pecorino cheese and house made Louie dressing (vegetarian)

Add chicken or pork 5

Add beef or shrimp 6 


Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich 16

House-made kimchi, do-chua, spicy aioli, Meep’s micro cilantro, and greens on a french roll. 

Choose from: house smoked pulled pork shoulder or pulled chicken OR  Vegetarian: Jackfruit or Tofu 

(vegan upon request) (gf on corn tortillas)


Chorizo & Potato Street Tacos 14

House-made spicy chorizo (pork sausage) & potatoes, cilantro crema, cotija cheese and fermented salsa on, greens and flour tortillas  (Corn tortillas available for gf)

Homemade Desserts  

Tropical Fruit Cheesecake $8 - guava, passionfruit, orange and pineapple served with whipped cream

Mai Tai Cheesecake $8 - rum, orange and passionfruit topped with whipped cream

Pineapple Upside Down Cake $7 -pineapple, cake and a pineapple-rum caramel topped with whipped cream

Ube Creme Brulee $6 - sweet purple yams in a rich custard topped with flamed turbino sugar (gf)

Flourless Chocolate Cake $8 -  like a brownie and a piece of fudge had a baby served with whipped cream (gf)


Earlier Event: February 26
Hawaiian Inspired Foods
Later Event: March 12
Italian Foods