Pokeatery

Nut allergy friendly, didn't even have to ask. Was empty on a Sunday afternoon. We ordered a loaded Large Box through Uber Eats and picked up. The glass noodles felt undercooked, much too stiff. The chicken was alright. Fish portions were pretty small and felt a little cold, like frozen. Pineapple definitely came out of a can, too sweet for me. I was surprised to see that the edamame was still shelled. Never been to a place that has served poke like that. Everything else was alright.

Ordered a large bowl (4 scoops of protein), it was 8 small pieces of fish in total (2 per scoop) in a massive portion of other add-ins. Wasn’t even that good either unfortunately. The worst part of all though was the fact that your edamame option is UNSHELLED edamame?! I have NEVER been to a poke place anywhere that uses unshelled edamame. It was mixed in, so I had to dig it out of each bite, and it was like 1/3 of the entire bowl. Like, have you ever tried your own food to see if it is enjoyable? Because it’s not. That’s just straight laziness in a dish.

Everything had the same taste and texture and it all tasted like nothing. Very odd

Garlic edamame and scallops no good. Ahi was good

Finally made my way to the Lake Chatbot Public Market to satisfy my poke craving. For me, a lot of build-your-own-bowl type of poke places do not deliver that same kind of satisfaction that traditional Hawaiian style poke does, but I was pleasantly surprised with the poke from here! I think what really brought it all together are their varieties of sauces. Depending on your taste, these sauces dress the ahi very nicely. I love how generous the portion of these bowls are, from rice to fish to toppings. So good that I crave this weekly!

Super good until the darkness sets in and the ticking gets louder