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Mall food is always a gamble...
Mall food has stepped its game up, especially at Fashion Square. We saw a few restaurants, but we were hesitant because they always seem to chain places - lucky for us out-of-towners, we didn't recognize either of them. We decided on Kona Grill, the girls were craving sushi-ish type of food.
We'd heard they had a reverse happy hour, so that was also a plus in the decision making process. We were an hour early, but I think we got the good end of the stick, because we were there for awhile. We decided to sit on the patio, because every time we saw it, it looked fun and a chill spot.
Being the Cali girls we are, we totally forgot about smoking!! Cali girl FAIL! We had people puffing all around us, which isn't KG's fault, our own...but gross! Cig smoke and dinner just don't go together.
The patio is awesome, tons of TV's to catch any game. Lots of people watching, especially because it is by the entrance of the mall. "Snots"dale was becoming more and more evident as we spent time in this area.
The menu was super cute. Great job design team, very cute and urban, without jeopardizing the masculinity. I went with the Cool Cucumber Mojito (bonus for skinny girls, only 110 calories). It was tart, yet refreshing. I really enjoyed it and it seemed to be the largest Mojito I've ever indulged in. The girls really liked their drinks...but I can't recall what they ordered, they were on the drink menu...we went 3 for 3, not bad
False advertisement warning: The Shrimp Penne is SPICY. Those haunting little red pepper flakes infested my meal :( I am very aware of when menus indicate spicy and this did NOT say that, I think...this thing was burning my mouth on impact :/ I didn't want to send it back, we all know what happens when you do that...unmentionables, but I had too! I couldn't stand it after 3 bites. The non-mouth-numbing version was great. The shrimp were decent and the butter, wine, lemon sauce was great. The garlic bread is amazing, my inner carb lover was giddy as can be.
The other dishes ordered that were pretty good as well. The sushi platter even came with a huge side salad. The sushi was basic, but fresh, can't ask for much more than that. The fried rice comes with Chinese Sausage, but the rice was crunchy...it was an interesting combo...not sure which way I'd go on that. The seared Ahi is plated beautifully and tastes delicious as well, very thinly sliced.
Chris our server was great from the start. Even through sadness of my painfully spicy meal made into a normal non-spicy version. He was kind, funny, and helpful. He even went above and beyond and gave us some good places to go out on the town...being newbie's and all, we asked everyone...
My taste buds are still recovering, but I won't hold it against Kona Grill...
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