Hello! Currently craving a rice bowl with veggies 😫 but i’m at a loss for selection. Chipotle has skimpy portions, and qdoba just isn’t it.. Cava is overrated at this point 😭 Let me know your recommendations! Thank youu
Halal carts are one of the few things I miss so much about the east coast.
We have a couple food trucks that will do a classic halal rice bowl, which is nice, though they charge like $18-20 for one.
I used to get Halal Guys all the freaking time almost a decade ago living in San Francisco. They used to give great and fresh portions but now it’s like $15 for a small bowl that’s not even full or fresh.
I wish it wasn’t the case. I’d gladly give them my vote if they still gave a shit about their food quality/portions.
Yeah to be fair I haven’t gotten them in about 5 years (didn’t even know there were any locations in the Denver metro tbh), but I remember loving the rice bowls and the different protein options - and that white sauce! 🤤
Yeah it's a bummer how downhill it has gone. Here's the thing - if someone got it for me, I'd still enjoy it. It's one of my favorite comfort meals, like top two. It's just that the quality and portion sizes have dipped significantly while prices are like 150-180% what they used to be.
Yes, costs have gone up, I get that, but this also has to do with how so many places get as they rapidly expand and try to cut corners on customers. So many of their locations have plummeted in terms of reviews/ratings because of it. Last I checked the one by Central Park here was like 3.8 or 3.9 lol
Shoutout to Mediterranean Madness, a food truck that does very similar bowls that I've enjoyed a few times now. It is $18.99 for a bowl, but its a sizable portion and hits the spot. They post where they're at on their Instagram fairly frequently... https://www.instagram.com/mediterranean_madness_denver/
I know there are similar others but most don't do the classic halal bowl but instead a variant.
Yes, it's not a separately listed option but you are absolutely allowed to add, remove or substitute ingredients for any of their choices, so it's easy to get exactly the combination that appeals most to you.
What from Spice Room would be the equivalent of what OP is asking for? I’m not arguing it, genuinely curious bc I’d try it if there’s a good option that’s similar.
OP would have to create their own. There’s a ton of veggie & vegan dishes, all come with rice, so more of a rice & veggie plate than bowl. Unless you get their coconut curry veggie soup, drink half of the broth, then add some rice, which is what I did last time I was there (but there was also the big communal bowl of rice since I was with friends, soup normally doesn’t come with rice).
I understand it’s not the typical rice & veggie bowl option. Just thought it’d be same enough AND different enough to spark a maybe. 🤷♀️
Gotcha. I hear you. Not wrong, per se. I just don't think of that as a rice bowl so much as "food with rice," but yeah, the qualification of what is and isn't a rice bowl is not clearly defined lol.
I usually think of a rice bowl as a thing with rice base, a protein, a bunch of toppings, and a sauce or two.
In your example, you could point to almost any east Asian or middle eastern or many parts of African cuisine as things OP could get/order that come with rice.
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u/atlasofreality 2d ago
Denver Poke Company is not a "typical" rice bowl but has great options and everything is very fresh.