| rev:text
| - I am not Hawaiian, but I have been snooping around Yelp long enough to realize that there are a lot of fine Hawaiians living in Las Vegas. They have been making their rounds to every Hawaiian eatery and yelping their love. Mahalo nui loa!
I followed their yelpings to Island Style, a Hawaiian/Korean joint. When I set out on my Island journey, I had sundubu and banchan on the mind. I thought it might be closed with I pulled up. They have highly reflective glass, so you can't see inside, but I trusted the open sign and went on in. The restaurant is definitely a little hole in the wall, but very warm and inviting. They have nice wooden tables pushed together to accommodate large parties. When I arrived, there was a family of probably ten eating. They all seemed very happy. There is also a large TV, and they were tuned into March Madness.
I thought I should order from the counter, but if you are eating there, just take a seat. The owner, who is friendly and helpful, came over to take my order. I really wanted a kimchi sundubu, but they only have a seafood one on the menu. I didn't want to be picky, so I decided I would try something different. (Although, he probably would have made it for me. I might try next time.) He started suggesting things, and I guess it became apparent that I had never tried Hawaiian food, so he brought out the picture menu. You know you appear clueless when they have to bring out pictures of the food.
I finally decided on a spicy chicken dish based on the pictures. Just pointed right at it: "I'll take that one there." In the meantime, I got a nice hot mug of Korean tea, boiled peanuts and three banchan. Yum. Yummier. Yummiest! The tea was great. Boiled peanuts are always a welcome treat, and all three banchan were fresh and flavorful. I inhaled the bean sprouts in about four bites. I felt embarrassed ordering banchan refills as a solo diner, but the super friendly server quickly noticed my bean sprout love and arrived with a new serving noting: "I think you really liked that one!" I didn't even have to ask! The kimchi tasted homemade with love. I finished it too!
I think they went a bit easy on the spice for the spicy chicken, but that is okay. I hadn't really conveyed an "I can handle spice" attitude given my picture-assisted ordering incident. The portion was very generous, and the seasoning was scrumptious. If you are not an onion lover, you might want to avoid this one. However, I love onions, so the onion festival on my plate made me smile, as did my overall experience at Island Style, and it only cost $10!
I am not sure if it is a good spot for vegetarians given the spam and oxtail soup and other meaty options, but you could make a good go of it with a couple of servings of banchan. The thought did cross my mind that I could have been perfectly happy with my mug of tea and my three little bottomless banchan. I am no expert on Hawaiian cuisine, so I can't say it is as good as it gets, but I can say I'll be going back to see what other tasty things I can nosh on!
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)