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Pacific & Hawaiian · Starter

Ahi Poke

  • Easy
  • 20 min
  • roughly 2 of 4 for cost

nutty-toasted · gently hot · briny · umami-deep Leads with toasted, nutty warmth throughout, a warm current of chile, finishing long and savory.

Ingredients

  • 500g sashimi-grade ahi tuna, cut in confident 2cm cubes: the cube size is the texture
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce (shoyu) + 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ½ sweet Maui onion, slivered thin; 2 green onions, sliced
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds; ½ tsp red chili flakes or a spoon of chili crisp
  • Limu (seaweed) or crumbled roasted nori; inamona (roasted crushed kukui nut) or a few crushed macadamias standing in

The words inside

Sashimi-Grade & Ikejime

Allergen screen

Found: gluten · nuts · fish · soy · sesame

Screened for: gluten, dairy, egg, nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, molluscs, soy, sesame, celery, mustard, lupin, alcohol. Not screened: sulphites.

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Method

  1. Chill everything: bowl, fish, hands' patience; poke is a cold-chain dish.
  2. Fold the tuna gently with shoyu and sesame oil first, the glaze coat.
  3. Onions, sesame, chili, limu in; fold, don't stir; taste: it should be ocean-first, seasoning second.
  4. Rest 10 min in the fridge and serve cold, alone as pupu or over hot rice as a poke bowl: the temperature contrast is the modern classic. 10 min

At the Table

The Pour
Pinot Noir (Willamette or Burgundy)
Also Right
Chilled Gamay (cru Beaujolais)
From the Taps
Saison
Zero-Proof
Hibiscus iced tea

The fatty fish that cross the red line: silk-textured, low-tannin reds meet their oils without a metallic clash.

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Film school

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