Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona a Kailua-Kona resident has actually had a chance to require a standard Hawaii preparation in food and convert it into a kind of haute cuisine. This local-style and brand-new poke lunch break eatery, Pabre, is constantly developing and experimenting with brand-new mixes. He never jeopardizes around the real integrity of the meals.
Poke Kona - Pabre a matured 35, was obviously a plumbing contractor for over 11 years. He and then made a decision to leave the comforts of his profession and concentrate all his creativity directly into poke. He mentions how the response he gets from pleased customers is what helps to make the entire process satisfying.
When he was maturing, Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona was consistently assisting within the prep works of food for parties, constantly discovering and seeing. Even his 2 children Kanoa aged 5 and Kamalu 3 is already learning knife-handling capabilities.
In 1999, Pabre helped within the opening of your neighborhood poke eatery but left to start his or her own. Recently, he was named the general winner with the competition called “Sam Choy's Keauhou Poke” for 2013. He had a chance to excite the crowds with his “Poke Bombs”, which are sushi in the form of a cone topped with different poke.
Pabre opened Umekes to express his interest and origins in meals. He has stated that poke is far more in comparison to simply skilled dices of raw and fresh fish. It even expands beyond typical coral reef and briny fish, salt, limu, inamona, shoyu as well as the chili peppers.
Umeke in Hawaiian means bowl, along with a number of these bowls include pulehu meanings that being broiled over the fire. Teriyaki beef, laulau pork or kalua, char siu (chicken) and poke or smoked fish. As well as these bowls all the visitors have the collection of side recipes including: quinoa, rice, poi, kimchee salad, lomi salmon, hoio salad, broccoli and crab salad and seaweed tossed salad. The rates for these meals vary from $7.50 to approximately $18.
The octopus or far better known as tako and also the shrimp pokes are available in a wide variety of flavors. These pokes start around $11.99. Sweet treat poppers with haupia, lilikoi, and chocolate and banana cream sell for around $3 each. During the last few years, Nakoa Pabre proprietor Umekes Kona originates to be a much more daring and declares that his customers are gone for good up being a lot more prepared and unbiased regarding eating raw fish. For just about any seafood or fish enthusiast Umekes simply demands big cravings. Poke has been a huge staple in the aspects of Hawaii and has turned into an ideal main course.
Umekes Kona is open from Mondays to Sundays through the trading hours of 10am in the early mornings into 7pm at night aside from Sundays they close 5pm. The restaurant catches the eye of various and varied day-to-day specials, and customers can choose from your stunning setup from the outdoor dining location. The brand-new preferences and everyday specials keep the diners returning for additional to experience the enjoyable and amazing mixes and meals that Pabre is offering.