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| - God love you, Hawaii. Not only do you have a fabulous lush climate but because of the multi-cultural mix of the islands, this has also spilled over into your food. Pokebowls are a perfect example. Take all the ingredients of Japanese maki rolls, the veggies and fruits available on the islands, put them out in a large salad bowl form and voila! Pokebowls.
Honi Honi has been open for several months now in Verdun and practically everyday, whenever I walk by, there's tons of people in there giving the place a constant hum and catching the looks of older pedestrians looking in and trying to figure out if the place is Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese or what. I stuck to a pretty solid stand-by, spicy salmon and jeez, talk about a generous portion! My pokebowl came with crunchy noodles, mango, red cabbage, lettuce, cucumber slices, shelled edamame beans, pickled ginger, a giant mound of cubed raw salmon, with a generous portion of fish roe on top, all of this sitting on a bed of rice and baby kale, and doused with the spicy salmon sauce. This is not only healthy and fresh eating, but super-tasty too.
They also have appetizers like crab cakes and shrimp tempura on the offering but between my pokebowl and mason jar white sangria (again, very generous portion) I'm glad I didn't order anything since I was stuffed. I can see myself becoming a regular here during the summer months when you want to eat light anyway.
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