Little Aloha — Restaurant in San Francisco

Drove by and saw a long line for their shaved ice on a hot day so I placed an order online for pickup once I parked to be ready in 15 mins. Great that they use tech to spare me the time waiting in line. Ordered a couple of spam musubis with kimchi, loaded hurricane tots, and the "full" order of half garlic shrimp and half sausage.

For $16 bucks I wouldn't call that a "full" order. I understand shrinkflation but I recently purchased a dozen jumbo garlic shrimp from Giovanni's Shrimp and other shrimp boat cap'ns on the islands where staples are more expensive than the mainland - you can get a dozen jumbo garlic shrimp for $15 bucks. It blows my mind that here in this little hole in the wall with no dine-in option, you barely get 4 shrimp and 5 little slices of sausage in their "full" order (which equates to maybe half a sausage) for $16 bucks. Acting like they are using carabineros shrimp or something. You can spare me the cheap fillers of white rice and sad cabbage that fill out the plate, but this is not a "full" size order and what I expect in a half-order amount.

Decent flavors reminiscent of some of those aforementioned shrimp trucks, but I'm not digging the price gouge here. The hurricane tots and musubis were nice snacks and about market price. The spam musubis reminded me of the same kind purchased at 7/11's on the islands. Not sure that there is enough aloha in Little Aloha to draw me back for return visits. Make sure you ask for napkins and utensils if...

Dishes: The "Moco loco" gravy had the right amount of umami and the right ratio w.r.t. the egg, patty, and rice. The pineapple sausage had visible chunks of pineapple and was delicious. The tofu poke was a lot better than I expected. It is not quite as good as tuna poke but it is a delicious dish in its own right.

Thoughts: I will definitely return to try the shaved ice, probably with an ice cream topping the self ordering kiosk was one of the better ones I've used I appreciated that all the mains could be ordered as half orders because I usually like to try more dishes but don't want to end up with high amounts of...

TLDR: I love half portions so I can try more items on the menu, food was very tasty

I ordered a half portion of the shrimp and sausage combo, the shrimp had some great flavor but what was most impressive was the flavor on the sausage, that was juicy and tasty sausage, it had a burst of flavor. The spam musubi was pretty good but personally I wasn’t a fan of the sauce because it was a little sweet. Other that that, everything was great, I really liked the half portion. One spam musubi and a half portion was $13 after tax which is...