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| - Aloha Kitchen is relatively easy to find, just look for Sunset Station and it's right off on Sunset Road next to Rubio's. When entering the restaurant, every person gets an "Aloha" greeting. You walk to the counter, order your food, and they ask if you want Sriracha or Tobasco sauce. Then you fill your drink, find a place to sit, and wait for your meal. The restaurant is clean, the interior décor is bright and tropical, and the environment is design to bring out the islander theme. The music in the background is upbeat and a lot of the songs they play are a mix of R&B and alternative rock.
I chose Chicken Katsu ($8.49) and it comes with two scoop of rice and you have a choice of kimchee or macaroni salad. I chose kimchee with my meal and ask for a side order of Macaroni which cost $2.49. Usually I prefer to have brown rice, but it's not available at this location. The way I can tell if a restaurant is food quality approve is by seeing if they can make a really good Chicken Katsu. Chicken Katsu is one of the most popular items in Hawaiian cuisine. There isn't any way one can go wrong with deep frying chicken, unless it is deep-fried way too long and then it becomes burnt.
Unfortunately that is exactly what happened with the order. I appreciate they give good portions of meat, but I am not happy that the Chicken Katsu is overcooked. You can totally see the difference how dark the meat came by comparing it with the previous order I had with L&L Hawaiian Barbecue. The texture of the Chicken Katsu is very crunchy and the meat taste dry. I had three different sauce: tobasco, katsu, and gravy. The gravy taste good, however it didn't make the meat taste any better and it's taking me awhile to chew it. Now the macaroni salad appears to be heavy on the mayo, and the kimchee taste watery and bland. The person who attended to my order is nice but once your meal is serve, they don't check up on you to see if you need anything else or if the food is okay. You are pretty much on your own.
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