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Island Poké: why Hawaiian street food is trending in London

New London restaurant, Island Poké, is the closest thing to a Hawaiian beach hut this side of the Atlantic.

On a chilly, late October morning, James Gould-Porter, the co-owner, is telling me his childhood stories of Hawaii that inspired the new joint, the thrill of buying fresh poké from street vendors and eating it right there on the beach when he was just nine years old.

The restaurant opened its doors in late October, inviting Londoners to BYOB – “Build Your Own Bowl” – with delicious fresh fish and Hawaiian flavours, all in a take-out, street-food fashion.

In a stroke of genius, Island Poké forgoes the traditional restaurant or cafe setup, and takes the dish back to its Hawaiian street-food roots.

At the luxury end, Poké can be found at Black Roe restaurant in Mayfair, but it’s a very different experience to Tom and James’ street food.

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The Kingly Street site will be open seven days a week, and serve a breakfast-to-dinner menu, including ‘Acai bowls’ (breakfast bowls), and the choice to BYOB (Build Your Own Bowl) of poké.

James Gould-Porter, co-founder of Island Poké, said: "My first taste of authentic poké was in Maui when I was nine, which stuck with me and led me to quit my job and take Poké to the streets of London.

Miller added: “I first tried poké in L.A last year and seeing its incredible success, I am confident [Gould-Porter] and the team will turn Island Poké into the preeminent poké offering in the UK.”

Miller confirmed that the backing of Island Poké pointed to The White Rabbit Fund’s plans to continue looking for deals in the current London restaurant scene.

The concept is not the first poké-inspired opening to hit the capital city; restaurateur Kurt Zsedar debuted the dish at his Mayfair site Black Roe, and has confirmed he would be keen to open an entirely poké-based brand in the near future, while raw fish restaurant Ahi Poké was also announced in May this year.

Island Poké

London's first authentic poké experience.

Island Poké offers Hawaiian sashimi-style cuisine hailed for its vibrant flavours and health-giving qualities.

Serving only the tastiest, most authentic Pacific dishes, the takeaway concept is a true breakfast-to-dinner destination.

Stop by for everything from a fresh Acai breakfast to BYOB (Build Your Own Bowl) Poké with the freshness and flavour of Hawaii with every mouthful.

Jame's first taste of authentic poké was in Maui aged 9, and has been completely hooked ever since - discover the craze in Carnaby.

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The sunny Hawaiian shores can feel like a million miles away when the temperamental London summer is in full swing, but luckily you’ve got the chance to get a bite of it thanks to Island Poké.

The second site for this restaurant after their successful opening on Kingly Street in Soho, they ofer a variety of poké – a Hawaiian dish made of fresh fish in a soy-based dressing, with steamed rice and garnishes - to visitors of the bustling Broadgate Circle.

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Island Poké is the most recent addition to Central London’s food and drink scene.

Joining the collection of ever evolving eateries in and around Carnaby, such as Dishoom, Island Poké will be serving a breakfast-through-dinner Pacific Island-inspired menu.

And after testing the waters with its street food cousin the Hawaiian Fish Co., Island Poké was born.

While Island Poké was not the first dishing up bowls of sushi-grade fish in beautifully sweet, sour and salty marinades, they will not be the last.

With build your own bowls from breakfast to dinner, Island Poké will fit right into Instagram’s current obsession: the bowl.

Island Poke Review: What We Thought

Island Poké (pronounce po-kay) has been a name on the street food circuit for a couple of years but has opened a permanent site just in time for the colder months, when being outside is slightly less appealing.

On the Menu: A simple menu of Hawaiian poké and healthy breakfast bowls, the focus here is on clean, fresh, nutritious food that also happens to taste great.

Depending on the time of your visit the counter will be decked out with ingredients to make your own breakfast bowl by choosing from a base of açaí or coconut yogurt then toppings, or if you visit later on you build your poké bowl from a base of rice, handful of tuna or salmon and colourful, exotic toppings.

The result is a rich, smooth blend that shows Island Poké pay attention to everything on the menu – it’s not all about the fish.

Final Word: Island Poke is a great addition to Soho offering a concise, refined menu to solve breakfast and lunch dilemmas, proving that the street food scene really is the place to start out.

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Weekday lunchtimes are a terrible trial, the burden of choice weighing heavy as the cross.

Enter Island Poké, a Kingly Street spot hawking a speedy take on the increasingly ubiquitous raw fish salad bowls, Hawaiian in origin and here bastardised with Japanese and Californian embellishments.

Choose a base (brown or sushi rice, or salad), a fish, and then a host of toppings, dressings, sprinkles and so on until you’ve got a sizeable mound of food, crucially occupying the middle ground between Instagrammable delicateness and sriracha-splattered taste explosion.

I went for a classic ‘ahi’ bowl, and very good it was too: decent sushi rice topped with marinated tuna shoyu, zingy pineapple chilli salsa and shredded wakame seaweed, embellished with nori and crispy shallots.

It was excellent stuff and, for south of £8, brilliant value (my companion’s rather cleaner bowl of brown rice, tuna, edamame, ginger and sesame was equally good).