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| - We try to keep the review short today! This place is "Brok' da mout!" Forget L&L or Ohana Hawaiian BBQ...you want the closest to genuine Hawaiian food? You gotta come to Island Flavor! Even the owners from Hawaii! Big Island to be exact.
This place is phenomenal for local island food, the portions are local too...HUGE! We had enough leftovers for another meal that's how much food you get. Island Flavor is actually only 4-5 miles away from my house but we never came around to eating there. Finally tried it because of my coupon from Restaurant.com. Be sure if you go you are hungry cause these folks don't skimp! You walk out hungry, you definitely went to the wrong place. Four of us went, and four of us walked out stuffed with a doggie bag in tow. If you don't like white rice (what kine' Hawaii local are you?) then don't come here you crazy carb-conscious workoutaholics!
Hawaiian food is usually a mix of cultures, Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino all combined. Island Flavor's food made me fond of days spent home on Maui. I had the Mixed Plate ($9.75) of Teriyaki Steak and Teriyaki Chicken. Their homemade teriyaki sauce was just right, not too sweet and not too runny. Perfect for mixing with your rice and macaroni salad. Macaroni salad with pepper and tabasco...yum! The steak was tender even though it wasn't a very expensive cut (sirloin) and cooked great with a lil' pink inside. Chicken thighs were big and moist. The gf had the Mixed Plate ($9.75) of Chicken Katsu and Hawaiian Style Roast Pork. There must have been 3 large rows of katsu, enough to share! They were fried just right too, not heavy or soggy at all. The roast pork was juicy and the brown gravy wasn't from a box, very succulent. The kids shared a Mixed Plate ($9.75) of Korean Chicken and Kalbi Ribs, and Chicken Katsu Loco Moco ($8.75). The Korean Chicken is so ONO! Those golden fried wings with their special Korean sauce was addictive! Very good! The Kalbi was great as well, their marinade pretty close to what I remember as a kid, lots of sweet from the sugar and soy sauce and grilled on an open flame. The Chicken Katsu Loco Moco was a big gut-buster. A massive portion of rice (like 4 scoops) topped with chicken katsu, two eggs (sunny side up in this case...alright!) and their homemade brown gravy. It's like heaven and hell on a plate at the same time! Definitely not a calorie or cholesterol counter. But oh so yummy!
They serve lots of other things local Hawaii people love, Kalua Pig & Cabbage, Poke, Spam Musubi, and Pork Won Tons. They also have oxtail soup, saimin, and burgers.
Needless to say, we did not finish all of our food and ended up taking half of each of our dishes home. The leftovers were good reheated too the next day. Just don't heat up your macaroni salad! No good on that one.
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