5 DISHES YOU SHOULD TRY (AND WHERE TO TRY THEM)

1 Poke

Although ‘ bowls’ have recently become trendy outside of Hawaii, you can’t beat the real deal. Hawaiian poke (which roughly translates to ‘cut into chunks’ in the Hawaiian language) consists of bite-sized cubes of raw fish marinated with a mixture of seaweed, onion, Hawaiian salt and roasted nut. The fish may range from soft tuna to the much firmer marlin, but the biggest requirement is that it’s locally caught and extremely fresh. Head to Fresh Catch on Oahu to try their signature smoked (octopus) poke or Da Poke Shack on the Big Island for fresh fish that literally came off the boat that morning.