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| - Nestled snugly in the Greenland food court, Island Flavor 2 showcases an interesting blend of Korean and Hawaiian cuisine. For this trip, I ordered the $10.95 Spam and eggs breakfast meal, and with it came seawood soup, two kinds of kim chi, sliced hot dogs, and a curious vegetable dish coated with mayonnaise.
You need only know that the food was made with absolute care, thought, and love. The middle-aged gentleman who took my order appeared to not look very Korean but dutifully carried out the continuous, foreign marching orders barked out by the nice Korean lady who split half her time in the restaurant stand and the other half with a table full of customers who were potentially chatting about this weirdo at the next table over, snapping photos of his lunch from various angles while leaving this here review.
The side dishes came out first and were crisp and flavorful. Standard Korean fare but at least here one can be assured that none are recycled--dishes are returned to a communal dish-return stand shared by the entire food court. The eggs were a perfect over easy, the Spam hot and crisp, and the rice poofed into a pleasantly fluffy cloud of carby goodness that offset perfectly the salinity of the meat.
While I can perhaps vaguely understand that Spam is not a universal favorite, the blessed union between yolk and short-grain rice here is undeniably, universally awe-inspiring and is akin to having the sensation of slow, sensual love-making in one's mouth. Mix with the provided kim-chi for an extra kick, if desired.
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