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 | 	- The fast-food restaurant scene in Phoenix straight up baffles me. You've got the Chicago staple Portillo's, California cult favorite In-N-Out, and the southern stylings of Raising Cane's all in one spot. Then you've got a mostly California chain serving up Hawaiian food here? There's literally only one place in Chicago that has them delicious musubis and plate lunches, yet Arizona has multiple spots. I don't get it!
Ah well, at least while I'm here for work I may as well get in what I can. If you're unfamiliar with the plate lunch, it's usually a mound of rice, some macaroni salad, and a large helping of protein on some random lettuce. I went with the chicken combo, which comes with a teriyaki-like barbecue chicken and chicken katsu, which is a sliced fried chicken cutlet. It didn't really taste much different than other Hawaiian I've had, but the name of the game here is comfort. That it definitely delivered on.
I also got the Spam musubi, which is like Spam sushi. It comes with two giant pieces, and unfortunately like other places, it's way too much rice for the amount of spam you get. Like, I ended up only eating half the rice on my pieces. Good, but I would only get it if I'm splitting with someone and as a side dish.
Overall it's good food that would cause dietary problems for me if I had easy access to it. If I come back to Phoenix I'll definitely swing by again.
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