When I am thinking I want something sweet, crunchy, refreshing, and delightful, I think about eating an acai bowl. It's packed with nutritious ingredients such as fruit, protein, and granola. I like mine most when it has chia seeds in it. I recently went to a new smoothie joint called Mamaka in University Parks near Texas Christian University. When you walk in you feel like you've been transported to Huntington Beach. The walls are covered in magazine papers of scenes from the coast. The garage doors that extend from wall to wall open up so that the inside and outside are one cohesive space.
The store is set up like a smoothie bar. You walk up to the cashier, place your order, and they write your order on your cup. Next, you wait why curiously watching all the smoothie-istas make all the orders. I tried their house specialty, the Mamaka Bowl. The base is an original blend comprised with banana, strawberry, blueberry, mango, acai and almond milk. It is garnished with house made granola, strawberries, bananas, and blueberries. This bowl was everything you would expect from a berry based smoothie. If you really like the granola you can buy it by the pound.
At last, my review. The bowl itself was about 1/2 acai 1/2 granola. My personal preference is a little less granola, and a little more acai. Ratios are an important factor to me. However, I do realize some people enjoy granola more than I do. In fact, the person next to me ordered extra granola in theirs. I also went on a hot Texas summer day. If you are from Texas, you understand how hot that can be. I was racing to finish my bowl before the sun melted it all. That was the only down side about the cohesive indoor/outdoor space. I believe that if the burden of the sun did not melt the acai bowl down so quickly, I would have enjoyed it more. Overall I give this place a 8..5/10.
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