jezebella
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Kona Café August 15, 2008
We decided that since DSIL was in town, we needed one adults only night out. DD stayed with her grammy and DH, DSIL, and myself made an ADR for Kona at 9:05. DH really wanted to get into Ohana, but there were no ADRs available. We arrived at the Poly at 8pm with the intention of trying to walk up to Ohana and then cancel the Kona ADR. Even though my coworker had done the same thing one week ago, it was a big no go that night!! They said they could maybe squeeze us in at 10!!!! No way Jose .I had some karaoke to sing at the Pub on 27 that night.
**Side note---if youre in or around Davenport, go to The Pub on 27, near I-4 on Friday and Saturday nights. They have a hypnotist which is hilarious and also DHs best friend, and fellow Brit, Glen, hosts the karaoke**
Sorry bloody advertisements in my food review! Anyways, since Ohana was busting at the gills with people, we stuck to the Kona plan. In the meantime, we grabbed some wine and beer and chilled in the lounge and listened to extremely loud music. Our pager went off at exactly 9:05pm!
First we ordered more wine (this is the part where the waitress was really nice) and our server brought out the bread.
DH had never had Hawaiian bread before and next time, they need to just take it away! Seriously, DSIL and I had maybe one bite of the bread (we were saving ourselves for the real food) and DH sat there and ate THE ENTIRE LOAF!!! Hell pay for that later.
I really wanted to try the sushi since you can order it for an appetizer, but DH and DSIL had eaten sushi for lunch (WHATT????) and wanted something else! ARRGH! So, we went for the potstickers to share:
Pot Stickers - wok-seared duck dumplings with creamy ginger soy sauce $7.49
Holy cow these are good! The description doesnt mention that it comes with a side of seaweed salad. The salad was dressed very well in a light soy and sesame oil and was really cold and crunchy. The pot stickers were crunch on the outside from the wok and the rich duck flavor was cut with the ginger soy sauce. The sauce by itself was amazing. I eventually starting dunking the seaweed salad in the sauce, just so I could finish the sauce. I thing next time I come to Kona, Im ordering 2 of these appetizers as my meal. They really should make this a meal option! MMMMM nosh nosh!
I couldnt decide on what to eat. I asked our server and she said the chicken or the mahi mahi. DH was already getting the famous teriyaki steak and DSIL was going for the chop. I finally decided on the Mahi.
Macadamia Nut and Chive-crusted Mahi-mahi - served with watercress salad with warm shiitake-soy vinaigrette and sticky rice $20.99
Now, I know a lot of you love this dish but I was VERY unimpressed. You couldnt taste any nuts or chives in the breading and it had zero flavor. The fish was dry, I think they left off the vinaigrette and sticky rice has no flavor to begin with. This was hands down one of the most bland and boring dishes Ive ever ordered. I ate a couple bites and just pushed it to the side. The server came by and asked if I liked it and I told her no. She proceeded to get all huffy and snappy and picked up the plate and never came back until she basically threw the bill at us.
This would be where it was very good for me that DH decided to make a pig out of himself with the bread. He ordered the steak:
Teriyaki-style New York Strip - sirloin strip grilled with pineapple teriyaki glaze served with mashed Yukon gold potatoes and stir-fried broccolini $24.99
This was very good. Lucky for me, DH could only eat ½ of the steak as the bread had started to expand. I finished off most of his steak. I love the sweet and salty mix of pineapple and teriyaki. It reminds me somewhat of the teriyaki club steak at Logans (but double the price).
DSIL had the chop:
Pomegranate Barbecued Pork Chop served on pan-roasted fingerling potatoes and applewood smoked bacon braised Swiss chard $21.99
The chop was very good as well. It really retained a smoky flavor, however I didnt pick up any of the pomegranate taste. DSIL ate most of this (how, I dont know considering she weights 100lbs soaking wet) and loved it.
With the exception of the fish and the grumpy server, everything at Kona was good. I have already recommended it to several people and will be making another trip soon for those potstickers!
We decided that since DSIL was in town, we needed one adults only night out. DD stayed with her grammy and DH, DSIL, and myself made an ADR for Kona at 9:05. DH really wanted to get into Ohana, but there were no ADRs available. We arrived at the Poly at 8pm with the intention of trying to walk up to Ohana and then cancel the Kona ADR. Even though my coworker had done the same thing one week ago, it was a big no go that night!! They said they could maybe squeeze us in at 10!!!! No way Jose .I had some karaoke to sing at the Pub on 27 that night.
**Side note---if youre in or around Davenport, go to The Pub on 27, near I-4 on Friday and Saturday nights. They have a hypnotist which is hilarious and also DHs best friend, and fellow Brit, Glen, hosts the karaoke**
Sorry bloody advertisements in my food review! Anyways, since Ohana was busting at the gills with people, we stuck to the Kona plan. In the meantime, we grabbed some wine and beer and chilled in the lounge and listened to extremely loud music. Our pager went off at exactly 9:05pm!
First we ordered more wine (this is the part where the waitress was really nice) and our server brought out the bread.
DH had never had Hawaiian bread before and next time, they need to just take it away! Seriously, DSIL and I had maybe one bite of the bread (we were saving ourselves for the real food) and DH sat there and ate THE ENTIRE LOAF!!! Hell pay for that later.
I really wanted to try the sushi since you can order it for an appetizer, but DH and DSIL had eaten sushi for lunch (WHATT????) and wanted something else! ARRGH! So, we went for the potstickers to share:
Pot Stickers - wok-seared duck dumplings with creamy ginger soy sauce $7.49
Holy cow these are good! The description doesnt mention that it comes with a side of seaweed salad. The salad was dressed very well in a light soy and sesame oil and was really cold and crunchy. The pot stickers were crunch on the outside from the wok and the rich duck flavor was cut with the ginger soy sauce. The sauce by itself was amazing. I eventually starting dunking the seaweed salad in the sauce, just so I could finish the sauce. I thing next time I come to Kona, Im ordering 2 of these appetizers as my meal. They really should make this a meal option! MMMMM nosh nosh!
I couldnt decide on what to eat. I asked our server and she said the chicken or the mahi mahi. DH was already getting the famous teriyaki steak and DSIL was going for the chop. I finally decided on the Mahi.
Macadamia Nut and Chive-crusted Mahi-mahi - served with watercress salad with warm shiitake-soy vinaigrette and sticky rice $20.99
Now, I know a lot of you love this dish but I was VERY unimpressed. You couldnt taste any nuts or chives in the breading and it had zero flavor. The fish was dry, I think they left off the vinaigrette and sticky rice has no flavor to begin with. This was hands down one of the most bland and boring dishes Ive ever ordered. I ate a couple bites and just pushed it to the side. The server came by and asked if I liked it and I told her no. She proceeded to get all huffy and snappy and picked up the plate and never came back until she basically threw the bill at us.
This would be where it was very good for me that DH decided to make a pig out of himself with the bread. He ordered the steak:
Teriyaki-style New York Strip - sirloin strip grilled with pineapple teriyaki glaze served with mashed Yukon gold potatoes and stir-fried broccolini $24.99
This was very good. Lucky for me, DH could only eat ½ of the steak as the bread had started to expand. I finished off most of his steak. I love the sweet and salty mix of pineapple and teriyaki. It reminds me somewhat of the teriyaki club steak at Logans (but double the price).
DSIL had the chop:
Pomegranate Barbecued Pork Chop served on pan-roasted fingerling potatoes and applewood smoked bacon braised Swiss chard $21.99
The chop was very good as well. It really retained a smoky flavor, however I didnt pick up any of the pomegranate taste. DSIL ate most of this (how, I dont know considering she weights 100lbs soaking wet) and loved it.
With the exception of the fish and the grumpy server, everything at Kona was good. I have already recommended it to several people and will be making another trip soon for those potstickers!
I need to quit being lazy and bring the good camera.
Just wanted to say hi as I've been lurking on here ever since this thread got restarted. Love all the food reviews especially Kona since we will be eating there soon! I think we've both already decided that we'll have the teriyaki steak. Yum!
