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2015-04-09
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I had this major omega-3 craving on a work day so I went to Poloni with a friend during lunch hour. The place was not difficult to find, it’s on the slope of Graham Street in Central, slightly above the wet market. Stop when you see bright coloured surf boards at the door. We were lucky, we got there before the rush hour. The friendly guy in the store offered a quick poke tasting session to us as first timers (yay!). We got to try almost all their ahi poke. Who doesn’t like choices? I thin
The creamy choices:
(1) Asian Creamy Ahi. This one had avocado chunks in it. To be honest, I only ordered this one because I wanted avocado. Otherwise, it tasted bland. A little but of salt would definitely help.
(2) Wasabi Mayo Ahi. This had a very faint hint of wasabi. I was expecting a kick from the wasabi but it wasn’t there.
(3) Spicy Mayo Ahi. As you can guess from the name, it was spicy and it has mayo. That was pretty much it.
The lighter options:
(4) Ginger Shoyu Ahi. I liked this one. The tuna chunks were coated with ginger bits and marinated in shoyu. The ginger was not too overpowering and the shoyu sauce provided the saltiness to bring the poke together.
(5) Hong Kong Style Ahi. This was an interesting one. It tasted like curry fishballs on the streets, but with the texture of raw fish!
(6) Thai Style Ahi. This had a distinct taste. There was marinated in lemon grass. I am not sure if I like tuna with lemon grass though.
You can have your poke on rice (white or brown) or salad or a mix of both. My friend and I both picked rice as neither of us ate like the typical Hong Kong girl. We can eat… a lot. Yet we couldn’t finish the poke bowl as they gave you very generous portion here. I kind of got bored of it half way. The rice was warm (it’s not sushi rice) but it was quite dry with the ahi poke. I wished they use the soya sauce they put in the Spam Masubi rice in the poke bowls as the moist maker. Speaking of which, the Spam Masubi was good! They warmed the Masubis in the food ‘incubator’. I am not a fan of spams so I guess it was not particularly memorable to me.
A visit to Poloni was a nice experience. The place was lively and cheerful and the novelty of Hawaiian ahi poke could not be found anywhere else in Hong Kong.
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