About POLOLI

POLOLI OPENED ITS FIRST STORE IN CENTRAL, HONG KONG IN 2014 TO SHARE POKÉ AND THE ALOHA SPIRIT WITH ASIA. THE BRAINCHILD OF CHEF-PRENEUR STEPH KUDUS, POLOLI NOW HAS 4 POKÉ SHACKS IN HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE.

BORN AND RAISED IN SINGAPORE, STEPH SPENT MANY SUMMERS DURING COLLEGE IN HAWAII WHERE SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH POKÉ. UPON GRADUATION, SHE MOVED TO HONG KONG FOR A CAREER IN INVESTMENT BANKING BUT SLOWLY GOT BORED OF THE LIMITED FRESH SEAFOOD OPTIONS IN THE CITY. WHAT BEGAN AS AN EXPERIMENT IN THE KITCHEN OF HER TINY APARTMENT TO SATE HER CRAVINGS FOR HAWAIIAN FOOD SPARKED THE IDEA TO SET UP POLOLI - THE PERFECT MARRIAGE OF HER LOVE FOR COOKING AND HOSTING BIG PARTIES, OVER YUMMY FOOD.

AT POLOLI, THE POKÉ IS MADE FRESH BY THE #POLOLICREW THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND SERVED CHILLED, JUST THE WAY THE OHANA (HAWAIIAN FOR ‘FAMILY’) LIKE IT. POKÉ (PRONOUNCED ‘POH-KAY’) ORIGINATED IN HAWAII ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO AND TRADITIONALLY CONSISTS OF FRESH RAW SEAFOOD, CHOPPED INTO CUBES AND MARINATED IN TANTALISING FLAVOURS—TRADITIONAL POLYNESIAN, AMERICAN AND ASIAN INFLUENCED.