Hawaii Ramen Noodle & Poke Bowl — Restaurant in Abilene

Being born and raised in Hawaii, im very critical when it comes to restaurants that claim "Hawaiian" type food, outside of hawaii. I've been in abilene for about a month now. And this is the only Hawaii type food I can find so far.

Service and atmosphere wise I give these guys 4 stars

Food wise, this is my first time trying it. And im quite disappointed. Got a large poke bowl, with white rice, chicken, and 2x beef tataki. With most the toppings.

Starting with the rice, horrible. It's ridiculously undercooked. I had to make my own rice at home and just scrape everything on to it. For those who know, rice is a huge staple in hawaii. So to screw up there is almost unforgivable. Especially with how easy it is to make rice. Ofcourse I mean that in regards to their rice cookers. Which literally do all the work. So the only error here was the person adding water. Which is fine, mistakes happen.

Next, the proteins. Chicken, just ur store bought pre cooked bag of grilled chicken cut into cubes. Atleast that's how I'm seeing. Good but could be better. They do mix it with a sauce or sauces of your choice which definitely helps. But other than that, quite simple.

Beef tataki was good, had no complaints in regards of taste there, it's sliced thin, so it's not chewy, and tastes good. My only issue with the beef tataki is the portion. A large poke bowl comes with three servings of protein. I think the scoop of chicken is quite small but the beef tatakis portion is even worse. I got 2x beef and it wasn't even as much as the portion of the chicken I recieved. Which is quite disappointing.

As for toppings and sauces, sauces so far seem prettt good, and toppings as well. I do find it quite nice to customize it. Gives you options to try different combinations and find what you like. I would love to see unagi sauce on the menu too, it's a great way to elevate any poke bowl.

Now im not saying the food isn't good. But could be so much better. For me at least this time. The rice brought down the whole bowl. Literally, it's the base of a poke bowl. It has to be good. But I will continue to try more things and poke bowl combos here. And hope it was just a this time thing. And a rare occasion.

I would like to add that they do have ahi, im skeptical to try ordering it in my poke bowl. Out of habit I asked to sample it first. Being a common thing to do back home. Which ofcourse they said no. Which is understandable. Tho I would like the option. Living in hawaii my whole life I've never found a place that wouldn't let me sample poke. Beacuse they know people like to make sure the quality or even just the taste is to their liking. I also think for this restaurant, it'd be a great way to introduce ahi to people who haven't tried it before. That just my thoughts on it. Till then I plan to stay away from the ahi. Can't trust em.

I look forward to trying more items from here. And hope they surpass my expectations...

Of all my trips to Abilene, Texas I don't think I've ever seen a Hawaiian food place.   So being from Hawaii, I was pretty curious to try out this new spot out.

This place has a lot of potential. I don't think the owners are from Hawaii based off the music that was playing and the way the room was decorated.  I would recommend Hawaiian/Reggae music (which can easily be found on YouTube.  iHeart Radio even has a few stations that play live music that would typically be heard in Hawaii) instead of playing Jazz and R&B.

After studying the menu for a bit I decided to order a large poke bowl.  I do like that they offer a lot of options for toppings. When it came to the protein,  the scoops of poke were very small. I believe I got salmon and tuna mixed with spicy mayo which was not bad for the small amount I had.  I also paid a few extra dollars for unagi.  Unfortunately, the unagi was burnt to a crisp, and the 1 piece I got was tiny (no bigger than 2 inches).

The consistency of the rice was off. Instead of having rice that's more on the flaky side maybe have rice that's more on the sticky side like sushi rice since this is usually how it's served in Hawaii. The other thing I added as a topping was a piece of tamago, and it's probably the only thing I really didn't like taste wise.  I'm used to it being somewhat sweet like in Japan, but it was pretty bland.

It was nice to see Hawaiian Sun drinks available in the refrigerator, but it was hard for me to find one that wasn't really dirty on the top of the can. I even heard the family next to me mention something about that.  It probably wouldn't hurt to clean the tops of the cans before you put them in the refrigerator.  Also, the napkins should be made available by the utensils and not just behind the register area.

But as I mentioned at the beginning, a lot of potential. Most of what I had was good to include majority of the toppings...

My wife and I are in town on a mini road trip and after a long day on the road we decided to order delivery.

Thank goodness for Uber Eats for introducing us to this AMAZING place.

For the price, portions, and quality this place far exceeded our expectations.

When trying new restaurants my wife and I tend to order a few different things to try.

Tonight we decided on our favorite appetizer: Crab Rangoons, which our son loves too.

For entrees my wife ordered a poke bowl, I went with a Spicy Tankatsu Ramen, and we got a combination fried rice for our son and to have leftovers later.

And we washed it all down with a taro smoothie and a blended thai ice tea.

My wife's poke bowl was absolutely delicious. She ordered the regular size bowl and it was enough for two people. It was loaded with toppings, unlike some places that give you mostly rice.

My ramen was the best ramen I've ever had. The noodles were perfectly cooked with the right amount of chew, the broth was flavorful with the perfect amount of spice (I went with medium spicy to play it safe, but would go with spicy next time)

My wife and I were so full we didn't get chance to try the rangoons,but we each took a bite of the fried rice and even though it didn't look as good as we'd hoped the taste more than made up for it.

The taro smoothie was perfect!

I'm not usually a fan of Thai iced tea, but this blended version was the best I've had and will be the only way I drink tha iced tea moving forward.

If you're ever in Abilene, Texas.

I highly suggest you try this place out and...