Restaurant review: The Poke Co – Hawaiian dishes with a Japanese twist
The smoked chicken poke was a standout but the serving sizes and price may make this newly opened establishment in Wan Chai off-limits for some
Fancy some mix-and-match superfood with Hawaiian and Japanese flavours? The Poke Co,which opened recently in Wan Chai, offers just that. The brightly lit and spacious restaurant offers poke (pronounced po-kay) – the Hawaiian word for “to cut or slice”, which is raw fish salad in Hawaiian indigenous cuisine. Japanese migrants to the southernmost US state later added a twist to the dish, adding sushi rice and miso sauce.
The Poke Co offers six standard house poke dishes, or diners can mix and match, choosing from a wide range of ingredients.
We tried the classic tuna (HK$98 for regular) with kale, cucumber, sweet onion, pickled ginger, and enjoyed the appetising sweet-and-sour Island Sauce made with honey, citrus and coconut oil.
We also ordered the smoked chicken poke (HK$98 for regular) with brown rice, dried coconut, cucumber, carrot and fried shallots. The smoked chicken cubes were delicious and went well with the spicy wasabi mayonnaise.
Those who want a customised version (HK$108 for medium and HK$128 for large) can choose a base of brown rice, zoodles (Italian zucchini sliced into stands), quinoa or kale. They then select a protein such as Japanese tuna, Norwegian salmon, shrimp, chicken or tofu. Then they select two vegetables from a choice of eight and pick a sauce from citrus miso, island sauce, wasabi mayonnaise, Korean fire sauce or Hong Kong XO sauce.
The Poke Co, Rialto Building, 2 Landale Street, Wan Chai, tel: 3705 1782. Open: 11am-10pm
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