Alohapdx Hawaiian food — Restaurant in Troutdale

Recently had lunch at Aloha pdx food cart in Troutdale, very mediocre at best in my opinion. I ordered the 'Ono Chicken " (Ono means delicious in Hawaiian) sadly, this was not. The chicken was like left over "Chicken Katsu" (deep fried, panko coated chicken cutlets), but it was dry, overcooked and bland, the sauce on the side was thick and overly sweet, not tasty. It came with Mac Salad, and Rice, the Mac Salad was Orange??!! and not very tasty, and although dry, the rice with a small sprinkling of Futikake was probably the highlight of this meal. Maybe they were having a bad day, but this is the second time I've tried them, and they were equally bad. Two stars is...

Wanted a local and easy stop on the way back from Multnomah Falls. Thought we’d try these food carts in Troutdale. Seems a lovely setup in all; Nice coveted and airy seating with good music. Wanted to try something different, so Hawaiian it was. Job well done my friend and I thought! I tried the (8) Kalua pork w/cabbage plate, and he the (special) huli huli chicken. Meats perfectly cooked and sauces oh so good. Good rice. Cabbage was a good texture. Saw another review saying how the mac was just right, creamy, not too saucy, and that’s spot on. Those Hawaiian drinks are great — we both had pineapple and orange. Nice service and was cooked fresh and...

Be aware that if you order extra meat, they take out rice from your platter. Otherwise, pretty okay Hawaiian food, I've been here a few times, only gripes are: Mac Salad is pretty average and on the bland side You actually get more rice if you just order 1 meat. If you add on anything extra, they actually subtract the rice, which makes no sense. Ex) You usually get another scoop of rice in one of the small holes, but if you order something extra, they take it out instead of putting the extra...