We were in Kauai on vacation and we're feeling Chinese late one night. Very friendly staff. We ordered beef and broccoli (5.50) and sesame chicken (8.00). HUGE portions! Both of us could have easily shared one of them. The food was nothing special, fairly typical Chinese food, but good when you are very hungry. I was also shocked to see $1.00 cans of soda as most places fountain soda is closer to $3.00. Come for the portions and the price.
These are all issues that the restaurant could easily fix: improve the décor; use healthy oil for cooking and reduce the greasiness of the food; replace the Styrofoam with biodegradable cardboard boxes; replace the plastic bags with paper, use metal utensils and dishes for dipping sauce. After that there would still be issues to look at – use of local ingredients, selection of drinks, etc. In the meantime, I would not recommend coming here.
Based on one meal only
For social and environmental responsibility, I’m giving them 1/5 “green stars.” It’s really a travesty for them to be using Styrofoam boxes for their meals. It’s non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, and being so lightweight it’s perfect for polluting the ocean and parks here. Other places have banned it completely, and Hawaii of all places (with the huge marine plastic problem) it should not be using it. To top it all, they pack this Styrofoam into plastic bags. Even eating in the restaurant, I found that I was contributing to the plastic pollution problem – both my fork and the containers for spring roll sauce were made of plastic.
Craving some rice, but wanting something a little cheaper than the $25 pineapple fried rice at Lava Lava, I decided to try this place. I intended to get take-out but when I saw that their only containers were made from Styrofoam, I opted to eat in. The veggie fried rice ($7.50) was a huge portion, and the veggies (cabbage, broccoli, peas) looked quite fresh. But there was no caramelization of the rice at all – it seemed more like boiled rice mixed with some fat, rather than rice that was actually fried. They were getting through a lot of orders (phone, walk-in) so it seemed that they didn’t allow much time to cook each dish. As I ate more rice I noticed that the layer of oil left on the plate was semi-solid – more like grease than oil – and I started to feel queasy (and I don’t get queasy easily). I had to stop half-way through. Also, I knew the place wasn’t going to be fancy, but sitting there at the utilitarian table under fluorescent lights facing a fridge full of Pepsi and Gatorade, while the owner walked around spraying the tables and chairs with some kind of detergent (including the chairs at my table) amounted to a pretty depressing experience. The worst thing of all though was seeing that huge stack of Styrofoam containers being loaded up and packed into plastic bags and carried out onto this beautiful island.
Super No 1 Bbq Chinese Restaurant is a US Restaurant based in Kapaa, Hawaii. Super No 1 Bbq Chinese Restaurant is located at 4-361 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746, USA.
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