After a wonderful dinner at Kinjiro (and karaage at Karayama) we awoke early to catch our shuttle to LAX at 520am. I actually slept better on the flight than at the hotel.
And breakfast was adequate and held us for quite a while. After getting about 2 hours of shut-eye, I awoke, freshened up, and soon enough, we were landing at "home".
My In-laws picked met us and of course the first thing we wanted was.....poke, of course! The Missus's Mom and Dad live in Ewa Beach, so the natural stop was Tanioka's. But man, the line was crazy....folks standing outside, with a security guard letting folks into the shop one-by-one. We decided to just drive "home" and unpack.
And then....well, we just needed to get some poke. Ono Seafood is closed on Sunday (and Monday), so after mulling some options, we headed off to my "neck of the woods" and Fresh Catch. Funny thing; I'd actually packed the Fresh Catch insulated bag to keep stuffs cold for this trip. So I guess it was just fate?
Not to say that Fresh Catch wasn't busy....they were.
The woman behind the counter was very efficient....but the pressure was on to have your order ready by the time you hit the counter. Decisions....decisions.....
In the end; it was a half pound each of the Hawaiian Blend, Spicy Ahi Shoyu, and Smoked Tako.
The Hawaiian Blend was the favorite hands down; just enough salt, but not enough ogo...still, the onion was sweet, there was a hint of spice.....the fish was good quality...well, in comparison to the poke in San Diego.....well; let's not go there.
The Spicy Ahi Shoyu was too sweet and salty.
I'd have liked more onions...need that pungency to cut the saltiness. Still the fish was good quality.
The smoked tako had too much mayo; but a nice smokiness.
Enjoyed the tobiko, which added a bit of texture; but the octopus was hard instead of being chewy.
Still, this was a nice start to our trip.
Fresh Catch
3109 Waialae Ave
Honolulu, HI 96816
Ah, it was good to be "home". It had been too long.
And it was hard to beat our "dining room"...…
The Missus's mission was now to have poke every day.
nice start!
Posted by: kat | Sunday, 10 February 2019 at 07:32 PM
It was a fun trip Kat!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 06:54 AM
Your dining room is alot more scenic than mine unless you like seeing cars go by...
Posted by: Soo | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 07:33 AM
Well, if I turned around; I'd see the cars driving past us Soo.....but I think this direction was better! ;o)
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 07:34 AM
Back to the roots...i love it!
Posted by: jack | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 09:19 AM
It was good to be "home" Jack!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 10:22 AM
I like the Missus' thinking - poke every day! On a recent trip to Honolulu, we got our poke from Foodland. The Foodland at the Ala Moana mall is very upscale - at first, I thought I was in Whole Foods.
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 01:28 PM
I think you're referring to Foodland Farms Sandy? That's the Foodland equivalent of Whole Foods. It's right below the Park Lane condos. We checked thme out on our last visit.
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 11 February 2019 at 02:05 PM
Nice way to start! Looking forward to more poke posts.
Posted by: Junichi | Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 11:05 AM
Hi Junichi - We did end up eating quite a bit of poke
Posted by: Kirk | Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 12:39 PM