Dominic the Food Reviewer: Aloha Poke
This weekend I went to Aloha Poké, a Hawaiian motivated cafe at 220 E. Buffalo St. in the Historic 3rd Ward. They also have two other areas in Wisconsin which include a place in the Wauwatosa Village and at the Mequon Community Current market. 

“Poké” signifies diced raw fish. It very first originated in Hawaii in the 1970’s and begun with Japanese fisherman. Aloha Poké serves a menu of healthful modern day poké bowls with both equally raw and cooked, vegan, vegetarian, paleo, gluten totally free and pescatarian proteins to select from.



I experienced the honor to meet up with a single of the co-owners Brian Wang. He owns the restaurant with his brother Tom. They opened their very first cafe 4 many years back in the 3rd Ward. They wished to convey more healthy Hawaiian inspired food stuff to the spot. Poké is incredibly preferred in Hawaii, Japan, Chile, Vietnam and Thailand.



This Aloha Poké location is adorned with shots of the beaches in Hawaii. They have a wall with lots of grass on it that lights up and claims “I wish you were in this article.” There are surf boards in the restaurant as very well to depict the surfers in Hawaii. The restaurant is very thoroughly clean and arranged.



Brian described that all their ingredients are freshly produced and organized suitable at the poké cafe. They minimize up all the substances every single solitary morning. They imagine in refreshing meals, but sustainably. Their meat has no antibiotics in it, and their fish is pole caught.


This was my to start with time hoping poké, and I ordered their Crunch Bowl which had toppings these kinds of as jalapeño, cucumber, scallions, edamame, tobiko, crunch, spicy aioli and samurai sauce.



It was a very light-weight food. It had so lots of different flavors with the jalapeños, cucumbers, edamame, and samurai sauce. At the top rated of the bowl was some fish eggs, also referred to as roe or tobiko.

On the menu there are distinct meats to opt for from including rooster, shrimp, tuna, salmon. They also offer tofu. They also have a lot of toppings and sauces this kind of as maui onion, pineapple, seaweed, wasabi, spicy aioli. You can pick out from three diverse sizing bowls tiny, major, and kahuna. 



I would remarkably recommend making an attempt their crunch bowl simply because it had a a whole lot of flavor with all the diverse elements. You will not be let down. Also, it is a excellent cafe to go to mainly because they cater to quite a few diverse diet programs and foodstuff limitations. They also offer cooked meats like rooster and shrimp much too. There is anything for everyone here.