User Tools
Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona a Kailua-Kona resident has actually had a chance to take a standard Hawaii preparation in food and transform it into a type of haute cuisine. This local-style and brand-new poke lunch time eatery, Pabre, is constantly developing and playing around with brand-new mixes. He never jeopardizes on the real integrity with the meals.
Fresh Poke Kona - Pabre a matured 35, was a plumbing contractor for more than 11 years. He and then made a decision to leave the comforts of his profession and concentrate all his creativity in to poke. He mentions how the response he gets from pleased customers 's what helps make the entire process satisfying.
While he was becoming an adult, Nakoa Pabre owner Umekes Kona was consistently assisting in 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 a neighborhood poke eatery but left to start out his own. Recently, he was named the overall winner with the competition called “Sam Choy's Keauhou Poke” for 2013. He had the opportunity to excite the crowds with his “Poke Bombs”, which are sushi by means of a cone topped with different poke.
Pabre opened Umekes to convey his interest and origins in meals. He has stated that poke is much 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 the chili peppers.
Umeke in Hawaiian means bowl, plus a variety of these bowls include pulehu meanings that to become broiled on the fire. Teriyaki beef, laulau pork or kalua, char siu (chicken) and poke or smoked fish. Along with these bowls all of the visitors hold 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 differ from $7.50 to approximately $18.
The octopus or greater referred to as tako as well as the shrimp pokes are available in a wide variety of flavors. These pokes start about $11.99. Sweet treat poppers with haupia, lilikoi, and chocolate and banana cream sell for around $3 each. Over the last year or two, Nakoa Pabre proprietor Umekes Kona originates to become a many more daring and declares that his customers have ended up being far more prepared and unbiased regarding eating raw fish. For almost any seafood or fish enthusiast Umekes simply demands big cravings. Poke has become a very large staple within the areas of Hawaii and it has ended up being a preferred main course.
Umekes Kona is open from Mondays to Sundays through the entire trading hours of 10am in the early mornings into 7pm before bed except for Sundays they close 5pm. The restaurant catches the eye of various and varied day-to-day specials, and customers can choose in the stunning setup with the outdoor dining location. The brand-new preferences and everyday specials keep the diners returning for additional to have the enjoyable and amazing mixes and meals that Pabre has to offer.
