Poi Bowl
Poi Bowl was located at Ala Moana, and started October 7th 1968 by the Tengan Ohana with Wilbert Yeishin Tengan (1925-2016) and Ruth Nancy Haruko (1928-2013). The family would grow with Valerie, Stacy, Noreen, and Steven. The family owned both the Victoria Inn, Z's Coffee House, Miyako, Orange Julius, and Ala Moana Poi Bowl. The Poi Bowl was an early vendor at Makai Market at Ala Moana Center. The Store was opened up with Tengan Family and Avis Hee. The manager Tetsuo Tengan the nephew of Nancy would be the one running things and the people who were running the restaurant. The preparation would involve about 300 lau laus daily, freshly cutting the salmon, cutting the tomatoes, working with the fish with bones and all. Jimmy Borges also came in a lot. The Fast-Food of the Locals in a sea full of franchises was the Poi Bowl at the shopping center as it was able to hold its own. Lots of the older places would vanish, but the one who kept it altogether was the ever innovative Po...