Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. October 1 at 8:00am Â·.
Poke / p oÊ Ë k eÉª / (Hawaiian for to section or to slice or cut) is a raw fish salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine, and sometimes as a main course. Traditional forms are aku (an oily tuna) and he'e (octopus).
Generally speaking, poke would refer to raw pieces of tuna cut into cubes, then marinated with soy sauce and sesame oil and mixed with onion; though the variations go far beyond this generalization. Poke doesnât necessarily have to be tuna or even seafood, nor does it have to be raw or cubed.