What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Hawaii?
The beaches are full of enthusiasm, the hula dances accompanied by the ukulele, the beach parties full of handsome men and women...
But for foodies like Kaidong Sauce, Hawaii's bright food is what interests me the most
The fiery Poke Bowl is Hawaii's most iconic cuisine
Not only major food bloggers and fitness experts have posted beautiful photos
Even Obama is madly obsessed with this bowl of rice
There is even news that this is the time of Porky.
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【Popular Science】
WHAT IS POKE?
Originating in Hawaii and pronounced "Poh-Keh", Poke is said to have been a snack for local fishermen and was later used as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine.
Poke, which means "slice/piece" in Hawaiian, began by mixing seafood into chunks and eating them, and then the Japanese came to Hawaii and added a delicious sauce to it, and poke became poke rice.
The real fire of poke rice is in California, New York and other places, by a number of American Internet celebrity stores to bring fire. Because of its low oil, low salt and no fire cooking, healthy and low calorie, it has caught up with the trend of raw food diet. And poke rice is served in a bowl, which is quick and easy to eat (so it's called poke bowl). Of course, the appearance is also high.
This healthy and delicious Hawaiian wind has also blown to Shanghai in the past two years, who has always had a tradition of loving rice bowls. Kaidong Sauce, who was losing weight, visited several strong Hawaiian-style shops in The Magic Capital with a curious stomach.
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1. Fresh ingredients are invincible
Littlecatch
2nd Floor, No. 89 Taixing Road (near Wujiang Road)
Little Catch is owned by a pair of sisters from Singapore, the sister Huang Wenyi is two years older than her sister, and the two of them opened this small shop together, which is a famous internet celebrity shop for paella when they were on Urumqi Road.
Due to the large number of customers in the old shop, the sisters opened a new store in Zhangyuan, which is ten times larger than the old store, with blue decoration style, fishing net design, cute tropical fish decoration, and fresh and bright marine style is very comfortable.
In Singapore, Wen Yi's family has been running a seafood business, and at first she had little interest in the seafood industry, thinking that selling seafood was not something that young people should do. The family did not insist, and slowly, Wen Yi, who liked to eat seafood, found it difficult to find fresh and affordable seafood in Shanghai, so there was Little Catch.
She hopes that through Little Catch, high-quality seafood can become ordinary ingredients that everyone can easily consume, in order to ensure freshness, they are "conservative" in the purchase, preferring that someone come late and can't buy it, rather than sell it leftover. The unique advantage of the seafood restaurant makes the Porky rice here absolutely fresh.
The feedback of the guests is their source of inspiration, so there is no spicy version for "not eating spicy star people", cooked food for pregnant women who are inconvenient to eat raw food, and guests sometimes add avocados to their own meals, so Wen Yi found a reliable avocado supplier and included the avocado into the feeding option.
Maybe we've heard too many stories of entrepreneurs' chicken soup, and this shop doesn't tell stories, there's only one hard truth: --- delicious. Freshly caught fish, avocados, cucumbers are all cut into pieces and served with crystal clear sushi rice, drizzled with a spicy sauce mixed with Japanese soy sauce and onions, and sprinkled with moss to eat a large mouthful!
2. Combine Japanese wasabi style
POKEPOKE
No. 18, Lane 339, Changle Road
This shop on Changle Road is full of strong marine atmosphere, both in terms of decoration style and food. White blue mosaic tiles,
The neon lights of industrial characteristics, the fresh schools of fish on the walls,
As well as the wooden menu and the small fish-shaped menu, you can appreciate the ingenuity of the shopkeeper,
It is said that not only do the ingredients come from the United States, but the overall interior design is also tailor-made by American designers.
The signature fish raw sushi double platter is rich in ingredients, salmon and tuna fish meat is tender, squeezed with a little lemon juice, mixed with cucumber crisp, mixed with cashew nuts and sesame aromas, as well as kelp and seaweed umami, as well as avocado soft glutinous, onion and mustard flushing nose may make you exclaim.
3. One of Obama's favorite restaurants
AlanWong’s Shangha
2nd Floor, Shanghai Centre, 1376 Nanjing West Road
AlanWong is one of Hawaii's most famous Mixed-Japanese chefs.
His restaurant has set off a new trend of eating on the Pacific Islands, and Obama has to go to his restaurant every time he returns to his hometown in Hawaii, which shows that the taste is certainly not bad. Located in the Shanghai Centre, the restaurant is very low-key, but it is much more luxurious than other Poke shops. Behind the black gate is a hall surrounded by dots of starlight,
Through the lobby, you can also see suspended glass water droplets, and the whole restaurant seems to be in a mysterious aquarium, from delicious raw fish to Kobe Wagyu in Australia, Kagoshima long-tailed red snapper with a unique taste to classic Hawaiian salmon Poke,
You can taste it at this restaurant,
Afternoon tea is also a popular delicacy, as dreamy as the starry sky.
4. The collision of Muji wind and ocean wind
MissPoke Porky Fresh Meal
511 Dagu Road
Blue and white are the main colors, echoing the oceanic nature of raw fish and rice, and the red color used to embellish seems to be Hawaii's passion.
The environment is very simple, the main light color system, there is a faint Muji simple style, giving people a feeling of very careful, very clean.
Coupled with fresh and delicious meals, diners can eat with peace of mind. Salmon is imported from Norway and is fresh and refreshing, with a good taste for a thick cut. The sweetness of the crab meat is mixed with rice and caviar, and it is very delicious. Can't help but take one bite after another. Rice is five rice, full of rice, and delicious to eat. Borscht was also delicious.
Rice kelp green bean caviar, blended with the aroma of white sesame seeds, and the crispness of cashew nuts, no matter which point of view of the color and aroma, it is very exquisite.
5. Good taste in the café
WindCafé
Room L109, Hall B, Hongqiao Tianjie Shopping Center, No. 869 Shenchang Road (Exhibition Space 1)
In the core area of Hongqiao Business District, Longhu Hongqiao Tianjie District B on the first floor of the streetfront storefront, I stumbled upon this small and refreshing seafood coffee shop. Sitting in this shop, I actually have the feeling of an exotic harbor, and I seem to be able to smell the salty sea breeze.
The most traditional Poke is made up of fish, salt, seaweed, and macadamia nuts. After the Japanese arrived in Hawaii, they introduced the tradition of seasoning with soy sauce, which has evolved into a mixture of ideas. Poke bowl is best suited as a weekday lunch for a single person, one person will not feel lonely, order a salmon plus an avocado, full of nutrients without worrying about getting fat. This shop not only has delicious porky rice, but also the taste of coffee is particularly good. Unlike the little catchers, the quiet little shop allows you to have a full meal.
As I have been losing weight recently, the configuration of low-calorie light food makes it very safe to eat. I ordered the signature paella with a strip, which is rich in color and looks very appetizing with hot rice, and it is very satisfying to eat it in one bite.
Take advantage of the fact that the poke has not yet caught fire, find a sunny day, take photos outside the house in the sun, expose the slogan of the merchant on the bowl, add a fresh filter of Shanghai style, proper American California style, and press all kinds of Internet celebrity shops!