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| - I stopped in here on a whim today during my lunch hour. I was looking for something quick and wanted to switch up from my normal splurge of Greek food in the same shopping center. Enter LuLu Hawaiian BBQ 2. I already sort of knew what I wanted when I got up to the counter because I had browsed the menu in the past and it seems a lot like L&L(which I`m very familiar with). I ordered the BBQ chicken mini plate to go.
First impressions while waiting? The store was clean, the employees were friendly, and it was a nice warm temp in there(It is cold outside right now). I felt comfortable waiting, plus it smelled delicious in there. I waited about 8 minutes and one of the employees brought my to go bag to the table I was sitting at, which was nice.
When I got home, I ripped open the bag and popped the lid on that super familiar to go container and I was impressed by the amount of chicken I got. Plus, they separated out the cold macaroni so it didn`t get all gross in the styrofoam container with the hot chicken and rice. They also included napkins, cutlery, and a side of sweet soy sauce. Sweet. Now to taste.
Now this is where the experience falls apart for me(for ME. Everyone has their own taste standards). The rice was rice. It was fluffy and tasty with a little soy sauce. The macaroni, I`m sorry to say, while creamy...was incredibly bland. I kept digging, expecting the flavor to be released. I finished it, but I was definitely not impressed. In fact, I was a little sad after having had L&L macaroni in the past. I`m still slightly sad right now as I write this. I wanted to love that macaroni. Annnnnddddd ...the chicken. It was OK. There was rubbery skin on the underside, which was easy to peel away, but made for a less than desirable eating experience. I thought the flavor was fine, but lacking. I don`t know. The entire meal needed salt and a punch of something more. It was fine. Would I go back? Probably not unless someone really wanted to go and then I would say "okay, dude".
Like I said, the employees were SO nice when I visited and I think the concept is good and we need more options up here in the NW, but the execution fell short.
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