{"id":997,"date":"2011-10-24T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2017-05-23T11:52:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T18:52:58","slug":"roys-restaurant-hawaiian-fusion-cuisineanaheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=997","title":{"rendered":"Roy&#8217;s Restaurant &#8211; Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine@Anaheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been to many Roy&#8217;s Restaurants and have always enjoyed their food.\u00a0 Each one is unique but I always knew I could count on consistent good food and great service.\u00a0 I was elated when this one opened at the Anaheim Garden Walk a few years ago.\u00a0 Allen and I even celebrated\u00a0 our 10th and 12th anniversaries here.<\/p>\n<p>It had been awhile so we made a reservation to come back last night.\u00a0 The evening started great.\u00a0 Our server was very friendly and cheerful.\u00a0 We had a great conversation with her, even Mike the manager came to say &#8216;Hi&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We got our iced tea and free spicy edamame (love these!).\u00a0 I always find it really cute when a restaurant makes personalized condiments such as these sugar packets in different types; white for white sugar, brown for brown sugar, blue for equal, and pink for sweet &amp; low.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1003\" title=\"Roys_JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys_JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys_JPEG.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys_JPEG-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>Our appetizer was Calamari.\u00a0 This was a changed recipe from before.\u00a0 Smaller squids were used with a little bit more batter for a crunchier taste.\u00a0 I also liked that the sauce was on the side instead of glazed in.\u00a0 I could definitely smelled a hit of curry in the air.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-999\" title=\"Collages15\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages15.jpg 665w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages15-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>The salad was Hearts of Baby Romaine with Curried Chicken Salad. \u00a0This took a few bites to get used to but it grew on me. \u00a0After all, I do love curry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1005\" title=\"Roys-16\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys-16.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Roys-16-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>Instead of the Trio dish I usually get, I decided to just go for the Hawaiian Style Misoyaki Butterfish.\u00a0 I adore this fish, soft and buttery.\u00a0 The accompanying triangle sesame\/nori rice was a great compliment to the fish as the bok choy and baby carrots.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000\" title=\"Collages16\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages16.jpg 665w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages16-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>Allen was in the mood for the Surf &amp; Turf with Petite Filet, Lump Crab Oscar &amp; Maine Lobster Tail.\u00a0 This was where the dinner went wrong.\u00a0 I am extremely unforgiven to fine dinning restaurant not cooking steak properly.\u00a0 Allen had ordered it medium but it came out medium rare if not rare.\u00a0 I was glad it was his dinner not mine because it would have totally grossed me out!<\/p>\n<p>I also felt the restaurant could have handled the situation a little better than just apologized and recooked the same piece of meat to bring it back, which by the way, took a few minutes. \u00a0Had this happened in another fine dinning restaurant, the dish was taken off the bill. \u00a0Don&#8217;t know if the fact that we already had $20 email discount and complimentary dessert cards from previous visit played into the factors.\u00a0 Having your dinner interrupted due to improperly cooked meat can really ruin the whole dining experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1001\" title=\"Collages17\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages17.jpg 665w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages17-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>Dessert was Melting Hot Chocolate Souffle and it did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1002\" title=\"Collages18\" src=\"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages18.jpg 665w, https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages18-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/>It&#8217;s going to take awhile for me to get over the disappointment.\u00a0 Hopefully when I come back next time, things will look up again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roy&#8217;s Anaheim<br \/>\n321 W. Katella Ave. Suite 105<br \/>\nAnaheim, CA 92802<br \/>\n(714) 776-7697<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/20\/1445768\/restaurant\/OC\/Roys-Hawaiian-Fusion-Cuisine-Anaheim\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been to many Roy&#8217;s Restaurants and have always enjoyed their food.\u00a0 Each one is unique but I always knew I could count on consistent good food and great service.\u00a0 I was elated when this one opened at the Anaheim Garden Walk a few years ago.\u00a0 Allen and I even celebrated\u00a0 our 10th and...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"pp_embeds":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[273,272,267,268,269,271,88,266,270],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-garden-walk","tag-butterfish","tag-calamari","tag-chichen-salad","tag-chocolate-souffle","tag-filet-mignon","tag-lobster-tail","tag-roys-restaurant"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Collages17.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lTx3-g5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9675,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions\/9675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}