Ogo Ono-loa Hawaii Restaurant

In Japan, Loco Mocos usually have demiglace sauce instead of gravy and on top of that they mess it up even more by throwing a salad on top of it. So I don't usually do restaurant reviews but when I heard some people raving about the real Hawaiian food they found in Akasaka, I just had to check it out.  After a dissapointing trip to Akasaka on a Saturday night (they don't open weekends) I came back the following week on a Friday night arnmed with a reservation. I'm happy to report that Ogo Ono-loa is the real deal.

A Hawaiian plate with chicken lau-lau and kalua pig, the restaurant's 2007 Aloha Poke Festival winning teriyaki ahi poke, two scoops rice, some poi and two beers. Nice tasty stuff. I wouldn't say it was better than Ono Hawaiian Foods in Kapahulu but for a restaurant in Japan, this is authentic as it gets. And since this IS Japan, you pay for it. A whopping 7480 yen for it.  I'd say about 2-3 times the price of what it costs back home. But if lunch at Kua Aina costs 1500 yen here I guess the 2980 yen price of the Hawaiian Plate at Ogo's is about right even if the portions are a little tiny.

So if you've got the urge to splurge on some real Hawaiian food in Japan, Ogo's i s your best ch oice.