Fran C.
Yelp
I gotta give it up to my Yelp buddy on Maui - Maria P., for posting annoddah winnah's on Maui!!!!
Lately I've been on a "poke kick", and while working in Wailuku last week, when it was time for lunch I decided to open up my Yelp app. to see if I could find a joint that serves poke.
Low & behold while looking though Yelp I see - "Kaohu Store" for poke, then when I opened up the site, I see my friend - Maria P.'s wonderful review.
Since I'm always down to try new places, I decided to give this place a try.
Where is the Kaohu Store located????
The Kaohu Store is tucked away between a few government buildings in old Wailuku town.
If you folks know where "Ichiban Okazuya" is, just head down the road a few short blocks as the Kaohu Store is just down the street.
There are a few parking stalls in front of the store, and when I came that afternoon, I did not have an issues securing a parking space.
As I walked into the store, I was greeted right away, and I could clearly see that this store is real old skool mom & pop kinda joint (if you know what I mean).
The Kaohu Store basically sells drinks (alcoholic drinks & soda), they sell a few plate lunch specials, and of course...........what I came for, the POKE!
The poke selection is not extremely big, but what I can honestly tell you folks is.......what they offer here, it's really FRESH!!!
After looking over the small poke selection, I decided to get a 2 item poke bowl, so I ended up getting the Dynamite Poke & the Fresh Ginger Poke on White Rice (sorry they don't do Brown Rice here).
What can I say about the poke?
Like I said before, the poke selection is not too big, but what they serve here is really fresh!
I especially like the Fresh Ginger Poke! The poke was fresh, and on the sweeter side, and you can actually taste the ginger in the shoyu based sauce they used for the ahi.
The Dynamite Poke, although it looked like Spaghetti Mac Salad, it was actually Imitation Crab in a spicy mayonnaise type of sauce. Not bad, but I think I liked the Fresh Ginger Poke a little better.
I liked the way this business packed my poke, as they separated the poke from the rice, and you have the option of putting all together yourself.
It's nice that they kept the rice separate, just in case if the rice is still hot, the hot rice won't cook up the poke.
The Kaohu Store is basically a grab & go kinda place, there is no place to sit down & eat, so bear in mind of that if you want to pick up some food from this joint.
As for me, I basically bought my food from here, then I drove down to the Maui Lani Safeway & purchased a drink from Safeway, then I used their covered outdoor tables to consume my poke bowl............Bruddah Fran is akamai, 'eh? Lol!
Looking for fresh ono poke??? Give the Kaohu Store a try!