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| - While I was cruising for my morning Starbucks crack addiction yesterday I saw this place, immediately looked it up on Yelp, and decided it would be dinner. I had to wait ALL day to go back for grub(the first world struggle, y'all).
So, this place is new, which means it is really clean and they are eager to get you food. I dig it. When I drove into the shopping center, I noticed a young lady holding a sign with the name of the business and "Now Open". They are trying to get their name out there. Parking lot was a clusterfuck , but this lot is always that way(I've noticed way too many Vegas parking lots that make no sense. That's another story,though).
There were a few people waiting for to go orders when I walked in, which is a good sign. It was a Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., so I wasn't expecting anyone. The counter ladies were nice and placing my order was super easy. I went with the chicken katsu mini plate just to give me an idea of their portion sizes and quality of their offerings. I was a little reluctant to try Hawaiian BBQ again after my last experience at a place near my residence, so I didn't want to over order the first time.
Food was out quick and brought over to me in a to go bag and I was out of there! Side note: they play nice music, the menu is on the windows at the entrance so you can see it before you enter and overhead at the counter. Prices are comparable to other Hawaiian BBQ joints.
I raced home(not really because I was literally getting every red light on Durango, of course) and was ready to flip that styrofoam lid up. The smell in my car was strong and I was hangry. Yeah, you read that right: HANGRY!
*styrofoam lid flip* BAM! Lots of food was the first thing I noticed. The mini plate was definitely a good choice. They gave me a lot of chicken katsu and let's talk about the CK(not Calvin Klein, stick with me here). The chicken katsu was amazing. Like seriously. The chicken was juicy and the breading crisp and not too thick. It was a lovely fried shell of happiness. Seasoned well. It came with a yummy BBQ sauce that was sweet, tangy, with a hint of spicy, I ate it all and I don't even really like BBQ sauce to be honest. So good! Rice was standard scoop rice that had a slight stickiness to it that I enjoyed. I didn't get any soya sauce in my to go order, so that would be nice to get. I just put sriracha all over my mini mountain of rice and I was happy. Lastly....the macaroni salad *queue the heavens opening up and angels singing*. Hot damn this macaroni salad was the bomb! I was so sad after my last Hawaiian BBQ experience and the fail with the mac salad(that sounds like a rapper name), so this place restored my faith again. Creamy, soft, cold, flavorful as f*ck.
Go here. Eat here. Repeat.
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