Now Serving Omaha: Blue Hawaii

WELCOME TO NOW SERVING THIS WEEK VISIT OMA TAKES US TO BLUE HAWAII AND I’M JOINED BY OWNER AND CHEF PETER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YES. WELL, YOU MADE A LOT OF GORGEOUS AND COLORFUL STUFF. LET’S GET RIGHT INTO IT. TALK ABOUT THESE POKÉ BALLS. WHAT’S ALL IN THEM? POLK MEANS TO DICE IN HAWAII. MANY PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUSHI AND POKÉ? YEAH, WELL, OBVIOUSLY POLK IS IN A BOWL. THE PRESENTATION OF THE TWO POKEMON IS DIFFERENT. THE SUSHI, IS, LIKE, MORE ARTISTIC, YOU KNOW? YEAH, AND THE PORK IS, LIKE, MORE CASUAL. YES. YEAH. SO THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS IS JAPANESE CUISINE. THIS IS HAWAII. AND YOU GUYS ARE SERVING BOTH OF THEM IN THE SUSHI. WE HAVE AN ENTIRE PLATE. HERE ARE SUSHI TACOS. YES. THIS IS THE SUSHI TACO. THIS INNOVATIVE IDEA WAS CAME FROM MY WIFE. WE WENT TO A SUSHI RESTAURANT IN LOS ANGELES MANY YEARS AGO. AND THEN IT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THESE DISHES COMBINES MEXICAN CUISINE AND JAPANESE CUISINE. BRINGING THAT LA FLAIR RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA. YEAH, TACOS. WHAT’S ALL IN THEM? THIS ONE IS THE CRISPY NORI SHELL. WE CALL THEM KULEBA. NESTLED IN THE FRESH SALMON, FISH, TUNA AND CREAMY AVOCADO. AND THEN THE SHELLS. WHAT ARE THE SHELLS MADE OF? FRIED NORI. NICE. NICE, NICE. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TYPICAL SUSHI ROLLS LIKE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. AND THEN ALSO ON THE MENU HERE AT BLUE HAWAII IS SOME ENTREES. TALK TO ME ABOUT THESE DISHES. SO HAWAIIAN CUISINE IS CAME FROM MANY OF CULTURES. FILIPINO, CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE AND MANY OTHER STYLES. YEAH IT’S A BLEND OF LIKE, ALL THE CULTURES. SO EACH DISHES YOU CAN TELL THAT IT CAME FROM. OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE IS CASHEW CHICKEN. YOU CAN SEE MANY CASHEW CHICKEN RICE MACARONI SALAD. AND THEN WHAT’S THIS ONE? THIS ONE IS MOST COMFORT FOOD IN HAWAII. WE CALL IT LOCO MOCO. NICE. AND THEN THIS ONE. I CAN’T QUITE TELL WHAT’S ON THIS. THIS ONE IS LIKE KOREAN STYLE COFFEE. SHORT RIB. AWESOME. AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME INTO BLUE HAWAII, WE’RE ON 72ND AND PACIFIC. WHAT DAYS AND HOURS ARE YOU OPEN? WELL, OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 11 TO 9, FROM MONDAY TO THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE OPEN TILL 9:30 P.M. PETER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL THIS GORGEOUS FOOD. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BLUE HAWAII AND TO VISIT OMAHA AND KET