From Deseret News archives:
Dining out: Rumbi Island Grill
Since then, the chain of Hawaiian- and Caribbean-influenced restaurants has expanded to seven locations in Utah, with others in Arizona and Colorado. Six years on, the menu is still reliable and quick, though you now can find much more authentic and cheaper Polynesian fare elsewhere in Utah.
Though there are plenty of "tropical" salads and sandwiches on the menu (the signature "Voodoo" chicken salad, with field greens, jerk chicken, feta, corn strips and spicy vinaigrette springs to mind), the backbone of Rumbi's menu is its rice bowls, which diners customize to their tastes. There's Hawaiian teriyaki, Jamaican jerk and Thai-influenced Bali Island flavors from which to choose, as well as three kinds of rice (or noodles for a little extra), plus several meat or veggie options.
I had a half-bowl of Jamaican jerk steak served over "Rumbi rice," which the menu describes as coconut rice with red beans. Besides strips of marinated steak, the bowl also contained mixed broccoli, peppers, julienned carrots and squash.
Much better was my husband's selection from the "Island Entrees" menu, the luau pork plate. It featured a juicy-sweet pile of slow-roasted pulled "Kalua" pork that was incredibly tender and delicious. However, the portion of pork was downright stingy, its initial plentiful appearance achieved by piling it on top of some of the accompanying macaroni salad.
I liked that salad, by the way, with its creamy, aromatic dressing and sprinkling of fresh green onions, but not so much the bland Asian slaw on the other side of the plate. Factor in those two sides and the two scoops of white rice (in other words, it's a plate lunch) that also were part of the meal, and you get little more than a taste of the featured meat, plus a whole lotta starch.
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