Fooda Deli Revisited

Fascinated by the choices for the mix plate, Umami's been back to Fooda Deli a couple of times recently (first visit here).   The first time back, the idea was to try the shoyu ahi poke, since the spicy ahi only okay.  So this plate is (clockwise from top):  spicy tofu, spicy eggplant, brown rice, shoyu ahi poke.  The tofu had a surprisingly bland sauce, not bad in flavor, but lacking in intensity.  The eggplant was very good and it appears it will be a reliable choice.  The shoyu ahi was very nice, decent size pieces and a decent amount.  Remember, this comes with a soup too, for $7.50.

About a week later, plate three.  Umami really liked the smoked chicken leg from the first visit, and had therefore wanted to try the Smoke Pork Rib Bits.  So, from top:  shoyu ahi poke (we like it), teriyaki chicken, white rice with a little of Makizushi's chicken curry (also from Fooda), and the Smoke Pork Rib Bits.  The teri chicken was good, with boneless pieces of chicken in a teriyaki sauce that was close to being shoyu chicken.  Actually, it would have been good to dump it over the white rice!  Makizushi's curry turned out to be a very credible local style chicken curry.  Could have been S&B or Golden mild.  Sorry, no picture of Makizushi's plate, but it was a whole clamshell, half rice, half curry, a very filling lunch.  The Smoke Pork Rib bits are more accurately called BBQ Rib Bits, since they're spareribs covered a tomato based BBQ sauce (i.e., mainland style, rather than local style).   Got some very meaty pieces, and some not so much, so a fairly standard lunchwagon helping of spareribs. Not really smoked, either, but tasty enough.

Fooda Deli
Remington College Building (lower level, makai)
1111 Bishop Street
Honolulu, Hawaii  96813