Man, I didn't even notice I hadn't done this post….time to catch up!
After returning from the Big Island, we had maybe a full day to get our grinds in….the Missus wanted to make the most of it and I had wanted to check out Keeaumoku Seafood, and tiny shop just mauka of Beretania Street. Oh….yes, in case you didn't know, we never used East-West-North-South while I was growing up, in fact, I was kind of confused with those directions when I first started working, then living on the mainland. Back "home" we use "mauka", toward the mountains, or "makai" towards the ocean.
Anyway, the shop it a tiny one with barely a handful of parking spaces right in front of it. Funny, I still remember when Nippon Theatre was across the street from here….man am I getting old!
Anyway…we wen' score one of the spaces right in front of the place.
From the cold case, it seems that this place makes poke in small batches, which is not a bad thing. The poke did look a bit dried out as well, but we weren't here for poke. There was a rather stern mannered Korean woman working and a very sweet young lady who was Filipino. She really did a nice job putting together our plate.
I'd really come here for one thing…….this:
No…it's not the brown rice, ok? The Missus did insist on that to counter-act the rich and wonderful fried Ahi Belly. Man was this good! A slight resistance before melting away in your mouth. This being Ahi, not Aku, the flavor wasn't too strong for the Missus.
You also get an order of poke with the Ahi Belly. I chose the sesame oil poke, which was coated with masago. sadly, it wasn't very good. The fish was tough and this was strangely lacking in flavor.
The Missus really wanted to balance out the scales and we ended up going to Whole Foods in Kahala, where She built a massive salad. We had our meal at one of the tables right outside the market.
Man, we're still talking about that Ahi Belly…….
Keeaumoku Seafood
1223 Keeaumoku St
Honolulu, HI 96814
Brown rice is good for you or get some white rice and mix it up with a some lite soy sauce, al la brown rice ๐
That fish belly does look obscene.
I mean it in a good way…
LOL Billy – They used to mix brown rice into our regular rice in elementary school…..not my favorite thing either. That tuna belly was obscenely good!
That looks so ono! My son and I were just on Oahu a couple of weeks ago and would have loved to hit this place up. We did get our share of poke though ๐
Speaking about Hawaii directions, my Hawaiian friends here always say “I’m coming down your side”, or “your side has plenty food places…” I just figured out recently it was because in Hawaii, you are always giving directions saying, “west-side”, mauka side of island, etc. It’s easy to give directions referencing which side of island you are headed to!
Hey Jack – I’m sure you got your share of poke! Hope all is well.