Every year, the editorial team at WHERE Edmonton Magazine reviews the new restaurants that have opened in Edmonton and awards their top three picks in best new restaurant, new casual, new bakery, and new menu categories.
2017 Best New Casual
2nd: ‘Ono Poke Co.
Chef Lawrence Hui was one of the first to bring this popular Hawaiian dish, poke—a raw fish salad—to the prairies of Edmonton. With a myriad of fresh flavours, each feature poke was crafted by Hui based on influences he picked up while touring Maui and learning from its chefs. Uncle Tom’s Surf Poke was named after one of those chefs, and it’s a combo of ahi tuna with fresh onion, cucumber, and sea asparagus with a spicy tobiko aioli.
