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| - I learned of North Poke through TO Finest's food passport. For $5.65 you get a snack size Waimea poke bowl and a teryaki musubi.
The snack size may seem small, but the ingredients within it make the bowl quite filling. It's a good size to bring you over from a late lunch to early dinner.
The thing that stood out the most for me was how fresh the ingredients were. The bowl included salmon, edamame, sweet onion, seaweed salad, avocado, fried shallots and roasted sesame - all very fresh. I also can't forget the taro chips. It was not overly drenched in the aoili which was good and the salmon portion was plentiful. There was a bit of a spicy kick to the aioli.
As much as I enjoyed the poke, my favorite part of the meal was the musubi. Essentially it's a slice of spam, sandwiched with rice and wrapped in a thick strip of seaweed. I don't think I've ever enjoyed spam until now. The teriyaki flavour was sweet which complemented the saltiness of the spam. I probably could've eaten three of these, they were so good! The rice was fresh and had a bit of flavour which made it interesting (not sure what it was) and the seaweed had a good crunch to it.
My boyfriend also had the passport and being Muslim, he couldn't eat the musubi, but the ladies at North Poke (without hesitation) suggested adding extra toppings to his bowl instead. They were very accommodating which we appreciated! :)
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