King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant

Here's a place that my wife & I have been frequenting for years. Many Southern Californians already know this place quite well. But, if I'm going to do this blog about food with my cousin, I have to include King's.

King's has a very casual vibe. It even has this cool fish tank that you can sit around if you want.

They always start you off with the signature Hawaiian sweet rolls. This is the same bread that comes in the round tin that you've eaten for years. It's only in haole dinner roll form.

On this visit, we decided to have some fried rice. This particular fried rice has onions, eggs, char siu pork, and of course... BACON. At King's, they have two varieties... regular and kim chee. We went with the kim chee. If you haven't guessed already, this place is all about island comfort food. This particular dish has a lot of distinct flavors going on at the same time. You have smokiness from the char siu, spiciness & vinegary from the kim chee, and the goodness of that bacon.

I went with the oxtail soup for my main dish. It comes with large pieces of braised oxtail in a broth that has a soy sauce/ pho vibe. I did find some anise in the bottom of the bowl. They also throw in some napa cabbage and water chestnuts. On the side, they give some minced ginger and spicy mustard to throw in. I personally just threw in the ginger. The oxtail can be a little fatty, so be forwarned if you're some sort of pansy health-nut. The meat is really tender and delicious. I could have had two bowls if my wife wasn't there constantly reminding me about my cholesterol issues.

And with most Hawaiian dishes, it came with a scoop of mac salad and scoop of steamed rice.

The wife went with the Deluxe Saimin. This one comes in a broth that I think is similar to a typical wonton soup. It includes char siu, green onions, scrambled egg, nappa cabbage, spinach, carrots and kamaboko. Kamaboko is basically fish cake (I'm not a fan). It also comes with a teriyaki chicken skewer and the standard issue mac salad & steamed rice.

For dessert, we had the Chocolate Mac Nut Coffee and a slice of their Chocolate Dobash Cake. I asked what dobash meant or where it came from. The server didn't really know. But she did tell me that the tasty cake is a chocolate chiffon cake with chocolate pudding.

King's is also a full service bakery. If you're lucky, they might have some malasadas in stock. They sell out really fast.

If you're curious what cake to try... always go with the Paradise Cake. It has three layers: Guava, Passion Fruit, and Lime. It's amazing. It would have been our wedding cake, but they couldn't deliver our cake on our particular wedding date (It happened to be mother's day weekend).

They also have some great pies such as Mac Nut Cream Pie.

Okay, I'm getting on the phone to tell the wife we need to go back ASAP. Daddy is Hungry.. again.
Till next time kids...

King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant
2808 W. Sepulveda Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
(310) 530-0055
http://www.kingshawaiianrestaurants.com




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