You can now tuck into a taste of Hawaii in Norwich as the shutters go up on a food business with a difference.
Poke Nom has just launched opposite Superdry outside Chantry Place and it is inside a hot pink trailer, which owner Kate Oliver, 42, calls the 'poke pod'.
It will be there for a two-month trial and if it proves popular she will have a permanent pitch.
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Mrs Oliver started Poke Nom in a gazebo at the Holt Sunday Market in August 2021 after relocating from London with her family the year before, where she worked in the music and entertainment industry.The Hawaiian-style poke bowls come with a choice of sushi salmon, spicy chickpeas or teriyaki chicken with rice and vegetables.
Mrs Oliver, who lives in Holt, said: "I have been to Hawaii and had poke bowls and when I lived in London I would eat them a lot.
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"When I moved to Norfolk, I created what I couldn't buy and would leave poke bowls on my neighbour's doorstep in lockdown and they loved them - so it accidentally fell into a business.
"After starting in the gazebo I purchased the pod in April 2022 and I approached Chantry Place as my customers kept saying they would love to see me in Norwich."
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Everything is nut-free, as her son Arthur, 8, is allergic, and most items are dairy and gluten-free too.
She continues to go to Holt Sunday Market on the first weekend of the month and various events across the region in her gazebo, with Rebecca Sears managing the Norwich pod.
Mrs Oliver added: "Over the next year, I really want to focus on my line of sauces and I'm also working on a gaming idea to encourage healthy eating in children."
Poke Nom Norwich is open from 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday.
The summer what's on content in the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News is sponsored by Chantry Place in Norwich.
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