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The Limu Poke Leviathan took place on October 18, 2008. Mahalos to Luana Hills for the use of their facilities. 12 Limu Pokes (Ahi) put their reputations on the line in a WOW Grinds Blind Taste Test. The results was small kine controversial as some of the popular places ranked near the bottom while some of the unknowns rose to the top of the rankings. Click "read more" to see the results. |
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The Limu Poke Leviathan took place on October 18, 2008. Mahalos to the folks at Luana Hills Country Club for letting us use their facilities. 12 limu pokes from some of the best places put their reputations to the test in a WOW Grinds Blind Taste Test. There's nothing better than the smell of fresh fish and oceany limu...it was limu poke heaven. The results and rankings are coming soon.
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Are all limu pokes created equal? If you answered "NO!" to this question (and I hope you did), then what makes one limu poke better than the rest?
In the next WOW Grinds Blind Taste Test we hope to find out. But before we taste, we wanted the judges to tell us what they looking for in a winnah poke. And then, even if you not going be one limu poke judge, throw in your two cents and tell the judges what they should be looking for. Judges and non-judges, leave your comments and we'll make sure all the judges read this before the tasting.
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 Here are the Limu Poke Leviathan competitors and the reasons we selected them to compete.
Marujyu Market - Among the folks from Central District Aiea/Pearl City, this place is famous for their poke and Hawaiian food. This place didn't rank too high in the Shoyu Poke Showdown, but people said their limu poke is way better than their shoyu poke. Also on KHNL Cheap Eats, Lyle and Sam named this as one of their regular stops.
Keeaumoku Seafood - My friend Sean, who is the self proclaimed "Poke Master" recommended this place as one of his favorites. He said they use some of the freshest and best quality cuts of fish he's ever had. These guys came in 4th place in the Shoyu Poke Showdown.
Poke Stop - In 2007 was named 3rd place for Best Poke in the Honolulu Advertiser People's Choice Awards. In 2006 was named in the top 3 best poke in the Honolulu Weekly.
Tamashiro Market - We didn't include these guys in the Shoyu Poke Showdown so this is their first appearance as a competitor. These guys have been selling fresh seafood in Kalihi for decades. I heard they get 30 kinds of poke to chose from. The folks at KHNL called this place "one of the most recognizable landmarks in Kalihi."
Ono Seafood - This place came highly recommended by the Tasty Island blogger as the "best" poke in Honolulu. And then, self-proclaimed "Poke Master" Sean said this place was one of his top picks. If you google this place you will find that choke people refer to this place for the best poke.
Alicia's Market - For the past 40-50 years, this place has been well known among local folks for their poke and roast beef and char siu ribs and other grinds. Also was recommended by some of the Moms on HawaiiMoms.com.
JJ Seafood - The reigning champ of Shoyu Poke. My Uncle Shag, from the Windward side, recommended this place as one of the best poke he's had. He's not a self-proclaimed "Poke Master", but he's the Uncle that get plenty experience with beer and pupus.
Fort Ruger Market - In 2006 was named in the top 3 best poke in the Honolulu Weekly. On Dan's Hawaii blog, it was named best poke in Hawaii. Oishii Eats blog called this poke a big hit
Foodland - They came in 3rd place for Shoyu Poke, but how would their limu poke do up against the little specialty poke shops.
Foodland (control double entry) - We entered Foodland shoyu poke 2 times to test the judge's credibility. If the judge's knew what they was doing, they should score the Foodland pokes about the same.
Costco - Our 2nd place winner for shoyu poke because their sauce was so ono according to the judges. Their shoyu poke get action, but how does their limu poke rate. We wanted to see how this big store would hold up against some of the Mom and Pop fish markets.
Tanioka's Seafood and Catering - Named "Best Poke" from 2006 thru 2008 in the Honolulu Advertiser's Best of the Best People's Choice Awards. This place is legendary among local folks for their poke and other grinds like their fish patty musubi and fried chicken. Self-proclaimed "Poke Master" Sean likes this place too. They didn't do so well in the Shoyu Poke Showdown, but we think their limu poke will be force to reckon with.
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 Planning the Limu Poke Leviathan turned out to be fairly simple because we just wen duplicate the planning of the Shoyu Poke Showdown. One small kine difference was that we included couple more poke competitors (Ono Seafood and Tamashiro Market) due to people giving us the "shame on you" finger shake for not including these winnah places in the Shoyu Poke Showdown. So we took their feedback to heart and made sure to include these places this time.
The biggest challenge was that there was more judges this time. About 18-20 people said they was interested in judging this challenge and we ended up having 12 judges and their family/friends. That was too much people for my manini living room so we had to find a bigger location. Thanks to the folks at Luana Hills Country Club for letting us make house in one of their banquet rooms, we were able to accommodate the larger number of people attending this tasting. So lavish us guys getting, yeah?
But pretty much that was the only differences in the planning and everything else was same same. We did the side by side judging style as the other challenges where all the limu pokes were lined up with their random letter. Then the judges served themselves in any order they wanted and scored each one. We did weighted scoring again with taste=50%, texture=30% and presentation=20%.
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