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Poke Etc.

916 East 8th Street, National City, CA

Bowls of steamed rice and ahi poke go for $8.95, up from $7.95. Salmon poke bowls are $9.95. Ditto poke salad, with mixed greens and sesame dressing. There’s also a kimchee poke bowl, for $8.95. Or, for $10.95, you can mix any two poke flavors (and they have everything from shoyu – soy – to oyster sauce to ginger to sweet’n spicy) plus a seaweed salad. Or, if you’re willing to take market price, you can have mussel poke, or octopus poke.

Then they have the normal combos you think of as Hawaiian, all $8.95. Teriyaki chicken, kalua pork with cabbage and onions, pork tonkatsu (a breaded pork cutlet), shoyu chicken, which is a chicken boiled in soy sauce with sugar and spices to make it interesting. The tempura shrimp plate comes with six pieces, and fish katsu’s basically a panko-breaded white fish. And yes, they all come with macaroni salad and steamed rice on the side. And you can add a little poke for $2 more.

Prices: Bowl of ahi poke and steamed rice, $8.95; salmon poke bowl, $9.95; poke salad, $9.95; kimchee poke bowl, $8.95; two poke flavors, with seaweed salad, $10.95; choice of entrée plates, including teriyaki chicken, kalua pork, pork tonkatsu, shoyu chicken, tempura shrimp, fish katsu, $8.95 each; Aloha Plate (kalua pork, poke, rice), $9.95; Kaili Combo (chicken adobo, poke), $9.95; kama’aina plate (kalua, laulau, poke), $11.95; katsu curry bowl (pork or chicken), $8.95; chicken curry, $6.95

Buses: 929, 955, 968

Nearest Bus Stops: E8th at Highland (929, 955, 968 westbound); Highland at E8th (955, 968 northbound); Highland at E 8th (929, southbound)

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Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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