Da 9th Island Kitchen
★★★★☆ 3.7 (3)
"One Lincoln for two scoops of rice, and an entree, and a side dish, and a dessert, annnnd a can of soda of your choice (coke and pepsi products). What?! Delivered to your door free of charge. What?!Here's the drill...their Facebook page offers what their menu is for the week. They run during the week only with delivery between the hours of 10am and 2pm. So...don't go grumbling on a weekend or after these hours. You preorder as quantities are limited. Once they are sold out...they're sold out. You have up to 930am of the day of (I believe) to place your order. How?!Text the number your name, address, how many plate lunches, and choice of beverage. They offer spam musubis for a Washington more (1 dollar for those who didn't realize that's Washington's face). For those 808ers or those who enjoy Hawaiian sun products, in lieu of your free drink...you can switch it up for a Hawaiian sun beverage for.....drumroll...a Washington more! I'm typing as if I work here, I don't. Actually, I don't even know if they're a business you can drive to or if they are strictly a delivery service. The gut believes they're strictly delivery. It was my first time placing an order after noticing their business on facebook. I texted on a Thursday afternoon for a Friday's delivery and the person on the other end was pretty prompt in reply. I wanted to give them a try by eating on a day they were serving a dish I am accustomed to. It was Korean style mochiko chicken. Which is basically a sweet and salty marinaded chicken that is tossed in mochiko batter (mochiko flour) then deep fried. It did NOT disappoint. The chicken was deeelish!!! Perfectly marinated and I wasn't biting into fat so no fat checking the chicken. I do enough fat checking on myself. Lol. Side dish was a potatoe mac salad with a macadamia nut dream bar as dessert. Sadly, I'm allergic to tree nuts so the husband scored this morning as he instantly whisked the dream bar away into his dream land. He was in heaven with it. I, on the other on, kept dreaming. Needless to say, it must've been pretty tasty. Potatoe salad to me was pretty much what it is...it wasnt too bland nor was it mayo overload. Couldn't place an order without scooping up some musubis for the kiddos after school snack. For a dollar more...you can't beat it. I thought the musubi was pretty decent. The slice of spam, rice ratio, and flavor was very complimenting to my palate. Wasn't sauce overloaded which is how I like my musubi, oh, and perfectly wrapped. That's 808 basics. When I get served a simple spam musubi that's quack-wrapped at an island restaurant...I peeve. 2 plate lunches, 2 sodas, 4 spam musubis...14 bucks. Beat that?!? I didn't have to load the boys up in this rain to pick up lunch nor did I have to cook. How luxurious. Lol. We don't ever use delivery services of any kind so it felt pretty nice! The morning of delivery I did receive a text ensuring I still wanted my order, then another text with an ETA...The guy who delivered said 1045 and he was here at 1045. Also, he had a very nice spirit about him. I will say this, if you are looking to fall asleep after your lunch...then order 2 more plates or add a musubi or two. Because one plate won't knock you out if you're a big eater. The scoops of rice are rather on the smaller scoop than your normal scoop, and I think the chicken I got was literally 1 chicken thigh sliced into long pieces. So if you are someone more on zee health conscious note and portioning is part of zee plan, this is absolutely the place for you! If you're a small eater, then this is the place for you! But...remember for 5 bucks...two scoops of rice, an entree, a side dish, a drink, and a dessert, annnnd free delivery...where are you going to find that?!?! I will definitely be using their service because I have become a fan unless otherwise. To the service, promptness, and food quality....as we say in the visayas...Lami Kaayo!Since it's a delivery service...keep the strollers in your car and consider it extremely kid friendly as you can keep everyone in their pajamas. Hahahha!Highly recommend!"
"I ordered pork sisig, chicken cordon bleu and roast beef party trays! All were really good and delicious! Our fave is the roast beef!"
"We just had pizza stone'd serve 160 guests for my daughters birthday. From the first interaction with the owner to the moment they left the party it was so convenient, they were profesional, took care of EVERYTHING, successfully served everyone and the food was delicious! I had several guests tell me that the pizza was amazing, that the meatballs were the best meatballs they have ever had and that the pastas and mini hotdogs were yummy as well. Overall the experience hiring and executing such a large event was seamless thanks to their open communication and attention to detail. There was not one hiccup throughout the event. Pretty impressive. I chose the on-site oven pizza makers so each guest was able to customize their individual pizza and had it within a few short mins. Because our event was so large there was a time when there was a little bit of wait, maybe 15 mins or so not bad at all, but even more amazing she had two women serving/delivering the pizza to each guest so guests were able to enjoy the party. We also served meatballs, mini hotdogs, baked ziti and chicken Alfredo in chaffers indoors where her staff had to keep food warm and replenish when necessary. Hands down best service, best food and such a pleasure to work with. Do yourself a favor and hire pizza stone'd for your next event!"
