WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love these changes! They ditched a couple of things that I didn't care for much and brought in some things that I will either like more, or haven't tried yet so I'll be happy to try.
Bread - did they have Hawaiian bread at 'Ohana some time ago? I can't remember. But I'll be happy to try it, either as a new item or a returning item.
Never liked wontons or wonton chips. Others did, but not me, so I'm not terribly sad to see them go.
Pork dumplings - something new! I'll enthusiastically give them a try next time.
Stir-fried shrimp - loved it, but I loved the skewered shrimp much better, so I'm happy about this one.
I never cared for the sausage at all. Okay flavor, but tough as shoe leather. I hardly ate any of it.
Dessert - I cannot cheer enough that the bread pudding with vanilla ice cream and bananas Foster sauce is staying! YAY! and YAY! again. I know some folks liked the pineapple with caramel sauce that used to be served there, and I love pineapple myself, but to me, a $30 meal deserves a more elaborate and slightly more exotic dessert than some fresh fruit with canned sauce poured on top. I can get that at home; I want something special.
I hope someone asks soon and verifies whether you can still request the pineapple and sauce instead of the bread pudding; if you can, then the controversy and argument will end.
If you can't, we're doomed to argue the issue for all eternity.
Umm...sorry to break it to you guys, but the shrimp on the skewers also have the shell on them and will also need to be peeled! It was that way before and so it shall be again!
As I recall, the old skewerd shrimp were a little less messy than the stir-fried shrimp because they had less sauce on them.
I also recall loving those shrimp way more than the stir-fried shrimp, so I'm very happy that they're back. The stir-fried shrimp we very good, but I just liked the skewered shrimp better.
I may have to go here again to try the new menu. Which means I'll have to give up either Boatwrights, Olivias, Hollywood and Vine, or Kona.
Out of those, I'd say ditch Hollywood and Vine before any of the others. H&V is a very good meal, but the menu selection is fairly routine, ordinary buffet fare that you could find at home. Certainly, buffet food at home wouldn't be as good as H&V, but the selection would be similar.
Just my opinion, YMMV.
YAY! I'm very happy with what they've added, and most importantly what they've KEPT.
Me, three.