Poke is Honolulu's signature snack, cubed raw fish seasoned with shoyu, sesame and limu, sold by the pound from counters all over town. Ono Seafood on Kapahulu Avenue is a benchmark, while Maguro Brothers Hawaii works a stall in Chinatown's Maunakea Street market. Off the Hook Poke Market up in Manoa shows how the dish travels into the residential neighborhoods.
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Order A two-scoop shoyu ahi and spicy ahi bowl with rice.
Ono Seafood in Kapahulu Honolulu is the family-run poke counter that fishes shoyu ahi, spicy ahi and tako preparations from the refrigerated case.
Order Shoyu onion ahi over rice, plus the grilled garlic marlin if the case has it.
Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Chinatown Honolulu is the Kekaulike Market poke counter that brothers Junichiro and Ryojiro Tsuchiya stock from the Honolulu Fish.
Order Spicy ahi and limu ahi over rice, plus a side of furikake.
Off the Hook Poke Market in Manoa Honolulu is the takeout-only poke counter at the foot of Manoa Valley that draws University of Hawaii students.
Order Two-scoop shoyu ahi and spicy ahi bowl with rice.
Ono Seafood in Kapahulu Honolulu is the family-run poke counter that pulls shoyu ahi, spicy ahi and tako preparations from the refrigerated case.
Order Two-scoop spicy ahi and limu ahi with rice and furikake.
Off the Hook Poke Market in Manoa Honolulu is the takeout-only poke counter at the foot of Manoa Valley that draws University of Hawaii students.
Off the Hook Poke Market is manoa valley is twenty minutes off the tourist track but uh manoa students fill the counter for the city's best two-scoop bowls.
Maguro Brothers Hawaii Chinatown is a two-brother poke counter inside Kekaulike Market; the Tsuchiya brothers source from the Honolulu Fish Auction at dawn.
Try Two-scoop poke bowl
Ono Seafood in Kapahulu Honolulu fills a two-scoop poke bowl with shoyu ahi and rice for around $12, the most affordable sashimi-grade poke in the city.
Try Poke bowl
Maguro Brothers Hawaii in Chinatown Honolulu sells fish-auction-fresh poke bowls for around $12, the city's strongest sashimi-grade fish to dollar ratio.
