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King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant

  • August 16, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by stvchin from Tustin, California
King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant

I love King's Hawaiian Bread, so when I heard about this restaurant, I had to go eat there. It's located in the city of Torrance on Sepulveda Boulevard between Crenshaw and Maple.

Parking is behind the restaurant. The actual King's Hawaiian commercial bakery is on the other side of the parking lot.

Since we arrived at noon, there was a 20-minute wait to be seated. The lobby serves as the bakery section. There was a real long bakery display filled with different cakes, such as guava cake, and other exotic flavors, cookies, pastries, and other desserts. There were also freestanding shelves filled with their famous Hawaiian bread, and other delicious variants, such as coconut & macadamia Hawaiian Bread, etc.

We were seated a few minutes earlier than the quoted 20 minutes. There is a big 8 foot tall leaning pineapple at the entry to the dining room, and the rest of the dining areas are decorated with island flair.

Our server was prompt and came over for our drink order. We both ordered Hawaiian style ice teas, which had a sweet sugary taste to them. Our server returned with a basket of warm...Hawaiian rolls and butter. (What else would you expect.)

The menu had Asian and Hawaiian dishes. I ordered the teriyaki beef lunch, which came with white rice and potato salad. My friend ordered the breaded mahi mahi sandwich, which comes with fries. We also ordered a fried calamari appetizer.

The Calamari was nice and crispy. It had a interestingly nice sweet and sour dip. We finished that up quickly. We also polished off the warm Hawaiian rolls and were given another basket. I could eat these rolls all day.

Our lunch entrees were brought to us a few moments later. My friend's mahi mahi sandwich has a panko crumb battered mahi mahi fillet on a Hawaiian roll and fries. I took a bite of his sandwich and it was quite tasty and fresh, but without any fishy taste. I had the teriyaki beef lunch special. The Teriyaki beef was nice and sweet.

Our total was $30 for 2 drinks, appetizer, and 2 lunch entrees. Not a bad price. The service was fast and friendly. I'd definitely go again! If you love King's Hawaiian Bread, you'd never leave this place.

I saw pictures of their breakfast items on the wall as I left. The King's Hawaiian bread French Toast and other breakfast items are supposed to be excellent. I must go back earlier for breakfast sometime. I'll let you know how it goes!

From journal Good Eats in the LA South Bay

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