Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona a Kailua-Kona resident has actually had the ability to take a standard Hawaii preparation in food and convert it into a form of haute cuisine. This local-style and brand-new poke lunch time eatery, Pabre, is constantly developing and messing around with brand-new mixes. He never jeopardizes about the real integrity with the meals.
Poke Kailua-Kona - Pabre a matured 35, was obviously a plumbing contractor for more than 11 years. He after that made a decision to leave the comforts of his profession while focusing all his creativity into poke. He mentions that the response he gets from pleased customers is what makes the entire process satisfying.
While he was maturing, Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona was consistently assisting inside the prep works of food for parties, constantly discovering to see. Even his 2 children Kanoa aged 5 and Kamalu 3 is already learning knife-handling capabilities.
In 1999, Pabre helped in the opening of the neighborhood poke eatery but left to start out their own. Just recently, he was named the entire winner from the competition called “Sam Choy's Keauhou Poke” for 2013. He previously the opportunity to excite the crowds with his “Poke Bombs”, which are sushi as a cone topped with various poke.
Pabre opened Umekes to convey his interest and origins in meals. He's stated that poke is way 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 and also the chili peppers.
Umeke in Hawaiian means bowl, and 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. Together with these bowls every one of the visitors have the choice of side recipes including: quinoa, rice, poi, kimchee salad, lomi salmon, hoio salad, broccoli and crab salad and seaweed tossed salad. The rates because of these meals vary from $7.50 to approximately $18.
The octopus or far better known as tako and also the shrimp pokes come in numerous flavors. These pokes start at around $11.99. Sweet treat poppers with haupia, lilikoi, and chocolate and banana cream promote for around $3 each. Throughout the last couple of years, Nakoa Pabre proprietor Umekes Kona comes to be a much more daring and declares that his customers are gone for good up being much more prepared and open minded regarding eating raw fish. For almost any seafood or fish enthusiast Umekes simply demands big cravings. Poke is a huge staple inside the regions of Hawaii and has turned into a frequent main course.
Umekes Kona is open from Mondays to Sundays throughout the trading hours of 10am during the early mornings into 7pm in the evenings except for Sundays they close 5pm. The restaurant attracts various and varied day-to-day specials, and customers can select in the stunning setup with the outdoor dining location. The brand-new preferences and everyday specials keep your diners returning for further to have the enjoyable and amazing mixes and meals that Pabre provides.