Aloha Grill

Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by sarahjintexas in Business Lunch, Entertainment, Exotic, Foods, Non-Chain, Quickie Lunch

Huli Huli Chicken

Aloha!

You’ll be saying Mahalo at the end of your meal here!

The Aloha Grill has been at their location on Harry Wurzbach outside the gates of Fort Sam Houston for almost 6 months now.

We’ve been eating at Aloha since they served lunches on Fridays at their old location in the Aloha flower shop on Austin Hwy. Over there, it was a leisurely lunch and had a dedicated following. Since moving to their new location, and being full time restaurateurs, you can now enjoy a quick fix of Hawaiian sunshine any day of the week. The menu has expanded and thankfully, the food is still fabulous.

The Aloha grill is one of the few places that has drinks made with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Whether you want a can of soda from Hawaii, or their local made sweet tea made with raw sugar, it’s all good. I love the sweet tea. They never let your glass get empty and the raw sugar adds a depth of flavour unlike anything else.

This week when my husband and I went in, I ordered the Huli Huli chicken. He got the chicken curry and rice.

Aloha Curry

The food came out in less than 5 minutes! The Huli Huli chicken was so buttery tender, a toothless person could have eaten it. It came with sticky rice, mac salad, which is like a cross between a potato salad and mac salad, but super delicious, and then a choice of green beans or coconut cream corn. I got the corn.

The Curry is like a Japanese Curry. Full of flavour, but not spicy like an Indian curry. It sits on top of a bed of rice. Both meals were huge and we needed to go boxes. We swapped our leftovers for dinner!

The staff are super friendly. If you’ve ever seen the Hawaiian booth at the Texas Folklife Festival, you’ll probably recognize the staff when you walk in to The Aloha Grill. They have the Shave Ice booth and do the Hawaiian dancing. Everyone at The Aloha Grill has that Aloha spirit and I always walk out feeling like I’ve had a mini Hawaiian vacation.

Being close to the base at Fort Sam Houston, it’s a perfect spot for a quick lunch for military folk. Many of them have been stationed in Hawaii and love getting the authentic cuisine of the Islands. Hubby and I keep meaning to go check out the dinner service. They have a larger menu for dinner and once a month they put on a Luau. Definitely one to go check out.

So if you’re looking for a taste of the Islands, go check out The Aloha Grill.

Tags: Aloha, Hawaiian food, Luau, San Antonio, TX