Poke & Box

Poke bowls have always been a popular item in Hawaii (even before it started trending on the mainland). But businesses have gotten creative with the concept and poke bowls now take on a whole new meaning.  Instead of just rice and poke, you can get poke bowls with all sorts of enticing add-ons, toppings, sides, etc. to spruce up the taste and appeal.

At Poke and Box, you get to create your own gourmet "hand-mixed" poke box from start to finish, and you get to see it made right before your eyes.

Here's how you order:

1) Select your size  - small, medium or large. The larger the size, the more protein and topping selections you get.

2) Choose your POKEBOXBASE™

• Rice or salad
• Avocado
• Crab Meat
• Cucumbers
• Raw Onions
• Green Onions

You can have all six if you want.  My recommendation - take all 6!

3) Choose your POKEBOXMIX™

• Fresh Ahi
• Salmon 
• Tako
• Hokkaido Scallops
• Cooked Shrimp
• Tofu
• Chicken

Since I ordered a small box, I was only allowed to choose one.  I chose my favorite - salmon.

3) Choose your POKEBOXSAUCE™

• Shoyu
• Aja spicy shoyu
• Go Chu Jang
• Creamy Sesame
• Wasabi Mustard
• Mild Spicy
• Hot Spicy
• Very Spicy

I'm not into creamy sauces or hot sauces, I went with shoyu.

After the sauce is added, watch them hand-mix your poke right before your eyes!

4) Choose your POKEBOXTOPS™

• Nori Seaweed
• Dried Onion
• Furikake
• Tempura Flakes

I was only allowed to choose one, so I chose the tempura flakes.

• Green Onion 
• Corn § Jalapeño 
• Pineapple
• Purple Cabbage 
• Daegu 
• Pickled Ginger
• Kim Chee 
• Daikon 
• Choy Sum 
• Sesame 
• Taro Chips  
• Ocean Salad 
• Masago 
• Edamame 
• Pine Nuts 
• Sliced Almond

Again, I was only allowed one choice, so I chose the edamame.

 And here's my small Poke Box:

$8.37 after tax

@WeHeartHawaii ordered the small Poke Box with salad, mild spicy ahi, nori seaweed and radish sprouts.

I really liked my Poke Box. The fish tasted fresh and I liked the base and toppings offered.  The portion is pretty small though, so I would recommend getting the medium, especially since you get more choices with the larger boxes.

@WeHeartHawaii would have liked his more if he had known that the mild spicy sauce was cream-based. Had he known that, he would have opted for a different sauce and probably would have enjoyed his box more.

Poke & Box
Ala Moana Center - Makai Food Court
1450 Ala Moana Blvd.
(808) 394-7633