It was only a matter of time before the bowl phenom went global.
Rajesh Bhardwaj, founder and chief executive of Michelin-starred Junoon, and his partners, executive chef Adin Langille and Stephen Macrina, have just opened an international poke bowl fast food concept in Park Slope.
Bowl & Blade, at 169 Fifth Ave., is 400 square feet and can seat up to eight.
Each bowl is inspired by a different culture, from Hawaiian to Greek to Korean, and made to order.
Customers choose a base, from grains and greens to veggie noodles and then a protein, from ahi tuna, Verlasso salmon and sous vide chicken breast to root vegetables or tofu.
Maui-style poke, for example, will have wakame seaweed salad, scallion, sweet onion, mango and tobiko caviar as a base, while the customer can choose the sauce and protein.
The East Medi bowl features olives, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and chickpeas with a cumin tahini sauce. Sweet bowls, with açai and frozen yogurt, like the Elvis Crunch-let, with peanut butter, banana, granola and toasted peanuts round out the menu.
More outlets are in the planning stages, with the next one opening in Midtown, according to a source.
