honeygrow

This review allows me to reflect on 8th grade, when our class project was to write, and/or perform a presentation of “how to do/how to make something”. At the time, my sight was on culinary school. So, I decided to bring in 2 woks and demonstrate to the class “how to make chicken sit fry”. The reaction- staff smelled it in the principal’s office, and secretaries to the vice-principal and principal, wanted to sample what I had cooked. I received an “A+” for the project. I can assure you, know one from Honeygrow took notes that day! Bland, with portions on the child size, my meal was a major disappointment, and fitting for the restaurant whose name consist of the two words I kept saying to each entrée before it was opened, “honey-grow”! Let’s start with stirfry. Unless you’re desperate and there’s absolutely no Chinese restaurant available there is no reason to order stir fry from this chain restaurant, that’s mind-boggling how it’s been successful between the small portion with mostly noodles and a taste, which I was searching to find, it is definitely one of the three worst stir fry dishes I’ve had in over 40 years. Aside from the above, one of the problems with both the vegetables utilized in the stir fry as well as the salads, is that for a restaurant chain, that you would assume, focuses on healthy ingredients, as opposed to other fast food chains that mostly all utilize preserves, and the dirty dozen of vegetables, 95% of the ingredients are not organic, and are known vegetables high in pesticides and other carcinogens- simply look at the very resourceful website ewg.org, which will greatly benefit your health, as well as anyone that you care about. If the ingredients utilized by Honeygrow were organic, and did not include anything toxins, and there was an assurance of no preservatives, I could try to substantiate quality over quantity, but, still compromise taste. But, that doesn’t apply here. The salad, can include organic spinach, if that’s what you choose as your base. For the rest of the ingredients, I will went with safest (aside from carrots) choosing the edamame, snow peas, chickpeas, Mediterranean herbs, along with the grilled chicken. Honeygrow does have items, very limited, to accommodate people with gluten allergies. Otherwise, if someone were to suggest ordering from Honeygrow again, my answer will simply be, “honey no!”

I really love this place. The food is always great. I do with that they had more options for both gluten and dairy free, especially with the sauces, though. They have options for those individually and label things well, but it is tricky with both. Thankfully the food is still delicious without any sauce.

Giving this 5 stars across the board even though I haven’t been yet because they have gluten free rice! It’s amazing how they can get two wheat proteins out of rice now. Amazing stuff!