I had a busy day in the office....it seemed non-stop from when I got in at 520....before I knew it......it was noon! I usually have lunch way before then. Since I was spending the whole day in the office and was famished, I decided to place an order from Smack’N Guamanian Grill. Man, had it already been 7 months since I ordered takeout from Smack'N? I guss time flies when you're in pandemic mode.....
Anyway, I ordered, jumped in the car, drove over.....
I parked, waltzed in, my order was waiting, was handed my package, jumped back in the car, and drove back to the office.
Like the last time; I ordered the Chebot Plate, but replaced the cabbage salad with more kelaguen. And like before, my plate was fully masked.
Though I have to say; that BBQ Chicken wasn't doing a good job of social distancing from the red rice or the kelaguen…..
Man, this was a ton of food. I barely finished one scoop of the nice and moist red rice, love how they place the chicken on the rice allowing the juices to add to the flavor, and maybe two pieces of chicken; well marinated, a bit on the chewy side, but still way better than most Hawaiian BBQ places. The chicken was perhaps a bit on the salty side; but it still had some nice sweet tones to it.
I had a bite or two of the kelaguen and saved the rest for the Missus, who said it was better than what She previously tried from Smack'N, though She still used what little finedene I still had in the fridge to "top it off".
In my opinion the kelaguen still lacks coconut and spice, but has really good citrus tones, and wasn't overly salty. It was also quite moist and more tender than what I'd had here before.
It seems like the food is improving here. For a kid from Hawaii, this really had the salty-sweet-soy sauce "comfort" flavors I'm familiar with. So no complaints....and heck I got two meals out of this. It's not fancy or hip, but just solid good grindz…...and I'll take it over what I recently had (I was talked into) from L&L any day of the week.
Smack’N Guamanian Grill
9506 Miramar Rd.
San Diego, CA 92126
(858) 762-2544
Current Hours:
Mon - Thurs Noon - 7pm
Fri - Sat Noon - 8pm
Closed on Sundays
"I was talked into" Made me chuckle when I read that. Yeah there is something to be said when meat is placed on top of rice! Delicious.
Posted by: sawyer | Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at 01:24 PM
Looks good!
Posted by: Junichi | Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at 02:19 PM
Those meat juices on rice Sawyer!!!
The dishes I enjoy here seem to be getting better Junichi...though I'm not quite ready to retry some of the other "stuffs".
Posted by: Kirk | Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at 03:01 PM
How to account for his rise to the top, man, the man is nonstop. Sorry, reminded me of Hamilton. Thanks for the review, always looking for good cheap grinds!
Posted by: RedDevil | Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at 03:01 PM
nice!
Posted by: kat | Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 12:21 AM
Lol RD!
They seem to be getting better Kat!
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 07:00 AM
Whoa...that's a plateful of food! I haven't been there in a long time.
Posted by: Jack | Friday, 18 December 2020 at 10:16 AM
Check them out again when you have a chance Jack. I think the food is getting better.
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 20 December 2020 at 06:59 AM