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  • 339-18 Changle Lu,
    near Xiangyang Bei Lu

    Xuhui District

    长乐路339弄18号,
    近襄阳北路

    15 mins from South Shaanxi Rd
    5459 1588
    Daily, 10am-9pm

    Editor’s Description

    Last updated: Apr 20, 2020
    Poke place opening up as poke places get super popular in Shanghai. It's alright. Four or five varieties of poke bowls with options for 2 or 3 seafood items. Prices are 50rmb-60rmb for two and 70-80rmb for three. They've got a few interesting non poke items. A truffle hot dog, a chicken quesadilla, and a peanut butter, cheese, mushroom, and bacon sandwich for 38rmb.
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    • Ah poke bowls...Instragam's favorite lunch. Also probably the restauranteur's favorite lunch, since this uber trendy poke bowl allows restaurant owners to charge 70+ CNY for a few bucks of artfully assembled colorful vegetables. Surely the profit margins would be absurd, but thankfully Shanghai rents are here to keep things grounded in reality. 

      With that intro, I surely tip my hand a bit heavily as to how I feel about poke bowls. But when it comes to food, I am nothing if not fair. An overpriced and trendy but generally delicious plate of food is still going to get a good review from me. Not 5 stars necessarily, but certainly at least 4. 

      If Poke Poke wants to get to the 4 star level, they're going to have to give it just a little bit more. Here's the breakdown:

      My sesame-crusted tuna bowl. Was very pretty. The tuna was dry and the only flavor present was sesame, which overpowered the flavor of the tuna and made it even drier. The spinach rice was...green rice. I didn't detect any flavor of spinach. It's almost like the primary reason the rice was green to make it more photogenic...The pickled radish was tasty, the sauteed caulflower was flavorful, and the roasted sweet potato was slightly sweet and delicious. The roasted lemon slice and the pickled radish made me salivate, which helped get the tuna down. A disappointing way to spend 80 CNY. 

      My girlfriend's marinated salmon tartare bowl. Was slightly less pretty, but way more tasty. The chunks of salmon were very well seasoned and the whole grain mustard and pickled radish were good complements to the rice base of the dish. We ended up fighting over the good bits of her bowl and leaving behind a few bits of my bowl, because this one was tasty.  The only nitpick I have here is that some of the flavors in the bowl didn't seem to be intended to be taken all together - whole grain mustard on sweet potato was an odd flavor contrast for example. In the end though, a fairly acceptable way to spend 80 CNY. 

      Our deep fried zucchini slice appetizer. Ok it was flaky and light and well-seasoned and delicious. The breading seasoning was good, but I could still tasty the zucchini indicating perfect thickness on the breading layer. Good job Poke Poke. Now can you serve me something more interesting than ketchup to dip it in? 

      The drinks. Were light and refreshing and summery. Mine tasted like a cucumber mojito (sans rum). My girlfriend thought her ginger and lemon concoction was too sour, so I drank it all and I thought it was yummy, so she's objectively wrong. 

       

      The final verdict: I'm still not convinced on value for money, but I'm sure the menu has a few more legitimately tasty gems hidden among the blatant Instragram bait. I doubt I'll find myself craving it, but I'd probably go there occasionally if I worked nearby. Lunch for two was around 260 CNY, which is eehhhhh. 

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