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| - I'd say 3.5 but rounding up to 4, always nice to have a little reminder of home even though you're 2700 miles away.
It's pretty authentic Hawaiian plate lunch fare similar to the food you'd get at places like L&L and Loco Moco BBQ. Authentic all the way down to Hawaiian Kine 105 Radio streaming over the speakers. If for some reason I woke up in this this place after being in a drug haze, I'd swear I was in Hawaii.
Mark H is new to this area and we were looking at places to have dinner, he was in the mood for a plate lunch and I will never turn down rice, mac salad, and meat (also knowing he doesn't like mac salad and I'd probably be getting his portion of salad made the decision easier.) :) He ordered the Chicken Katsu and I got the Chicken Katsu Curry, overall, they were both pretty good. The katsu was well prepared, nice crunchiness from the panko and not overly breaded or heavy. They also give good portions so most eaters will have leftovers to take home.
A few critiques I'd give about the plates...
*The rice isn't the good, medium grain sticky white rice you'd get in a Hawaii plate lunch, it's more like a cross between the looser rice you'd get at a Chinese take out and the standard sticky rice...think jasmine or basmati rice that's just wet enough to hold together with a scoop.
*The sauce that came with the Katsu was WAYYYYY too sweet, the katsu sauce at places like L&L is sweet but this one was even sweeter.
*The Curry on my Katsu Curry had a decent flavor but was too thin. It didn't cover the chicken like it should, more like ran off the chicken and collected at the bottom.
All in all, it's a good rendition of the plate lunch from Hawaii. The new house is only a couple miles away so I'm sure we'll be back to try some of the other things.
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