Fresh, Crackling-Crisp Hand Rolls Make Nori Bar Worth a Visit
Nori Bar, Ward Village’s new eatery, is worth a visit. But with only 16 seats, reserve ahead or prepare to wait at the hand roll sushi bar.
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Nori Bar, Ward Village’s new eatery, is worth a visit. But with only 16 seats, reserve ahead or prepare to wait at the hand roll sushi bar.
Eight poke shops have opened across the island since last spring—and more are in the works. Here’s a shop-by-shop look at the newcomers.
Who’s opening, who’s expanding and who just opened on O‘ahu’s food and drink scene. Who’s opening, who’s expanding and who just opened on O‘ahu’s food and drink scene.
Poke here is lightly sauced, but the seasonings pack flavor. Four ‘ahi varieties include ginger green onion (my favorite), spicy and limu. Salmon varieties include truffle salmon and spicy. There’s also tako, kajiki marlin and baby scallop poke. And while the shop opens at 6 a.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. on weekends, poke, offloaded as whole fish from boats in the early morning, doesn’t land in the poke case until 10:30 a.m. From July 10, poke will be joined by a chirashi bowl ($17 to $20—with ‘ahi prices rising, the price hadn’t been decided by Wednesday, when I took these pho...