Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Pounders Grill

473 South Main St. (Logan)

A little piece of Hawaii is a welcome addition to Cache Valley. Pounders opened on March 30 and its generous Hawaiian hospitality is quickly growing in popularity. Pounders is a casual dining environment and flip flops are alway welcome. The line may be long, but moves quickly (and is worth the small wait). Place your order at the register and then have a seat inside, or out under the colorful umbrellas. Your meal will quickly be carried out to you, so keep an ear listening for your name.

Pounders menu consists of 8 basic meats that can be combined in 3 different meals, as salads and as sandwiches.

The Keiki gives you the choice of 1 meat, rice and salad. The Pounder lets you choose 2 meats, and also comes with rice and a salad. With the Kahuna you are able to sample 3 meats as well as a salad and rice. The prices start at $4.99 for the Keiki and I believe go up to $8.99 for the Kahuna. The front counter has a tray of different sauces for you to enjoy. Included in those are their Katsu sauce, a teriyaki sauce, as well as soy sauce. Pounders serves Pepsi products.

My first visit to Pounders was with my sisters. I ordered a Pounder with Katsu Chicken and Kaluha Pork. The pork was exactly the same as I remember eating at a luau on the island of Oahu. The Katsu chicken is a Panko crusted chicken served with Katsu sauce. A sweet sauce made with apple sauce. Two sisters ordered ribs, but found them to be tasty, but very greasy. The other sister ordered a sandwich, but was left wishing she had opted for a more traditional plate instead. Meals are served with macaroni salad, but may be subsituted by a green salad upon request. Fries can also replace the rice if you so chose, but I don't recommend it.

On my second visit I once again had a Pounder with Pounder Chicken and their ribs. The Pounder Chicken is breaded and fried and served in the signature Pounder sauce. It is my favorite item so far. Instead of greasy, I found my ribs to be rather tough, although the flavor was delicious.

If Spam and seaweed are your thing, look for the Spam rolls next to the register.

On my most recent visit I noticed the shaved ice machine enticing me to come back for a Pounders Shaved Ice.

Grab your Hawaiian shirt and head to Pounders. You won't regret it.

1 comment:

marta said...

so happy to have met you, deidra! you completely made my day. am so sad i didn't snap a shot of us together.

i was just telling dan about this cache county blog, had no idea you were the one behind it. will be referring to it someday when we have our dream farmhouse in cache county.

xo. all my best.