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| - Where's the Yelp love, people?! I'm kind of shocked that this place has so few reviews! I thought Vegas is supposed to be the 9th island & that Yelpers loved food trucks and would quest forth in search of deliciousness?
I have followed these guys on twitter & facebook since they first opened, excitedly waiting for my chance to give them a fair try. I've eaten at the sushi restaurant they're associated with and we had an edible, although not especially memorable meal.
Today, I finally tracked them down. It took a phone call after several laps around the wrong parking lot, but they were extremely friendly and helpful on the phone and I was able to head right over. Within 10 minutes and $17.50 later, I was driving home with;
Big bento box: Huge portion! I got kahlua pork & teri chicken for the boy. It comes with big portions of the meat plus a piece of fried spam, lots of rice, pickled radish, fried noodles and salt. Since J ate most of it, I have to take his word for it. He said it was mostly just mediocre. He pretty much ate all the meat but didn't have many of the noodles, which seemed to be simply noodles, fried, with maybe some soy sauce for flavor. The piece of chicken meat I sampled had a clean, sweet & soy flavor but was a little overcooked (chewy) and I felt the overall flavor of the kahlua pork was a little underwelming. I detected a bit of vinegar? It was pretty moist, though. $7.50
Mini Kahlua bento box: A lot of food for a lady. :) I'm taking mine to work later for an easy, cheap lunch. I'll be taking a couple of packets of soy sauce, though, for added oomph. About half the size of the other container with all the same ingredients, it should be the perfect size for a filling lunch later in the day. $5
Ahi tuna Island wrap: A small whole/multi-grain pita bread filled with lots of shredded, crisp veggies and a few pieces of ahi tuna. It had a light sesame flavored dressing that complimented the veggies without overpowering them- very light and healthy, though the chewiness of the flatbread is distracting. I think a thinner flatbread would have worked much better. $3
Musubi: A thin slice of grilled spam- the same as what's used in the bentos- atop a huge block of plain white sticky rice with furikake sprinkled between the two and a band of nori wrapped around it's middle. There may have been a bit of a ponzu/soy sauce, but it didn't stand out much at all. It was just OK. I like the ones at Maui Rose better, though, for a better spam-rice ratio. $2
Overall, the food does seem healthier than the saucy, syrupy things you're often presented with in a lot of restaurants, so for that and the friendly, enthusiastic customer service I give them an additional star. I'm a big fan of restaurants offering real, vegetable-laden, healthy food. The most vegetable drenched offering we had with our lunch, though, was my tuna wrap. The meats were cleaner in flavor and the kahlua pork tasted a lot lighter than most pork dishes I've tried. Not a bad pulled pork offering but nothing to freak out about, either.
I think with adequate feedback these guys could be great. They seem open enough that they'd be willing to listen to criticism. Give them a try & write an honest review, guys! They won't bite! If you don't like pork they offer teri chicken & beef, as well as ahi poke for their wraps.
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