This is why I never trust the big travel magazines, particularly for shorter articles. In "100 Tastes to Try in '07", foodie Bible Food & Wine posts the Tsukiji Fish Market at Ala Moana as Number 59 and has this to say.

"Honolulu’s dazzling new Tsukiji Fish Market and Restaurant, inspired by the Tokyo original, has a make-your-own poke bar with the essentials for the Hawaiian raw-fish dish."

Too bad that local critics have universally panned the place. Saying its overpriced and not of the highest quality. Further, I don't know a single local who would EVER go to Ala Moana, brave the parking crush, and then go to a restaurant to make your own poke. It's kinda like going to New York to a restaurant and boiling your own bagels.

But I do understand how this stuff gets into the magazine. It is well intentioned, of course. But big magazines rely on young, cheap editors frantically pouring over press releases in order to fill out these types of survey stories. To its credit, Food & Wine and it's sister publication Travel & Leisure, has put out some very solid Hawaii coverage but it's often not so solid and sometimes just plain ridiculous. In any case, I highly doubt the person who wrote this piece has been to this restaurant, but if she has, she don't know her poke.

—Alex, 02/15/08