Sam Choy's Poke to the Max
Hawaiian restaurant · Columbia City
5300 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
Highlights
Poke bowls, rice plates, musubis, garlic chicken, spam fries
Poke bowls, rice plates, musubis, garlic chicken, spam fries
"Poke travels well to begin with, and Sam Choy's is our favorite spot in Seattle to grab some. Their marinades are full of shoyu-blasted flavor, with tender salmon cubes and furikake-sprinkled rice to soak it all up. And if you're truly on the go, you could grab some spam musubi for the road." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"The raw marinated fish at Sam Choy’s is delicious, whether you order it in a furikake-topped rice bowl alongside sesame seaweed salad or poke nachos loaded with toppings. There are a ton of sauce options like classic shoyu, sriracha, and wasabi aioli, and you can add some crunchy spam fries for an incredibly satisfying lunch (or a refreshing summer dinner)." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Since fries are such a beautiful invention, we’re skeptical when restaurants try to turn non-potato foods into fries. But one of the best incarnations of deep-fried sticks goes to Sam Choy’s crispy Spam fries dunked in tonkatsu sauce. Now that that’s out of the way, we also stop by this Hillman City poke shop for the buttery marinated raw salmon (which we prefer over their ahi tuna). Whether you order yours tossed in shoyu or spicy mayo, as a rice bowl or as a filling for crunchy tacos smeared with edamame hummus, you’re in good hands here." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente, carlo mantuano
"We’d pop by this Hillman City institution solely for the buttery hunks of marinated raw salmon, which steal the spotlight from minced ahi. Whether you order yours tossed in shoyu or spicy mayo, as a rice bowl, or stuffed in crunchy taco shells smeared with edamame hummus, it’s some of the best seafood on the South End." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Eating cold poke on a hot day is the picnic equivalent of having a shower beer, and we’re big fans of the bowls at Sam Choy’s. The best part about grabbing takeout here is that you get a lot of stuff in one order—some soy-seasoned fish (get the salmon over the ahi), rice, crunchy seaweed salad, and tangy pickled ginger. You could stop there, but it would be wrong not to add a spam musubi or two." - aimee rizzo
