Dining Out Oahu: Poké Bar, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii

 

Now when you're in Hawaii, what better place than to dine on  Poké.  If you're unfamiliar with the term, think of poke as sushi in a bowl! 🍣🥢 

Fresh ahi tuna, rice, crunchy toppings, and flavorful sauces all piled together for one delicious Hawaiian meal. This was one of our tasty discoveries in Waikiki!

Here's one of their menus.

I'll stop here and let you know what each of us selected as our "starting point."  I had the Firecracker and Sweet Harold had the O.G.

We were very hungry so we decided that we would order a regular instead of a small.  We should have ordered a small. The regular was a very generous serving.

Now look at how fun it is when you get to your place in line to order!

It's like a Sushi or Poké Jersey Mike's or Subway!  We both selected white rice as the base.

For my Firecracker Bowl it automatically includes Ahi Tuna, white and green onion, cucumber, masago (masago is the tiny, vibrant orange roe (eggs) of the capelin fish, commonly used as a finishing garnish, texture booster, or mixed into sauces for poke bowls), spicy mayo, and sweet chili and house sauces.  I opted to add seaweed, dried garlic, dried onions, and extra sesame seeds.

This was one of my most favorite meals of the entire trip!  Everything was extremely fresh, flavorful, and spicy!  

Now, let's see what Sweet Harold enjoyed!

The O.G. has Ahi Tuna, edaname, white/green onion, masago, Ponzu (citrus based sauce), and House sauce. He added crab to his along with the dried onion and dried garlic.  He adores sesame seeds so he requested extra of those. Yum!

Doesn't he look happy?

I really wish we had these types of restaurants nearby.  I'd love to splurge on them occasionally.