Every summer, my heart falls for one particular dish. In 8th grade it was breakfast burritos. Summer '01 was all about chicken sandwiches at Jack. Summer '03 was Yakitori Chicken at Hanoyame Sun.

This is my summer flavor for 2006.

A little background history: Hawaiian Loft and I go way back. My cousin has hookups with the owner so we always have a couple dishes catered for our family gatherings.

Also, back in the day I would come here so often that one of the waitresses took a small sticker picture of me eating and put it in her checkbook.

But things changed when L&L's opened with their similar hawaiian menu at a cheaper price, minus the long wait.

Recently, I've found myself going back to the Loft because their hawaiian flavors are unique, their portions are monstrous and cuz Shakas closed up shop in my area.

First I like to start off with some Spam Musubi (and extra teriyaki sauce).

Then onto the entree -- Island Style Fried Chicken.

And then you know me and my sauce fetish.

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Locations in Lakewood, Cypress, Gardena and Torrance.