Expect to see poké popping up everywhere this year. Sweetfin Poke/Facebook If you haven't yet heard of poké (pronounced POH-kay), that's bound to change soon.

A wave of restaurants serving this Hawaiian raw-food specialty is about to crash into the New York City — and national — dining scene, bringing the next new phenomenon in fast-casual food. Sorry, boring old salad and Chipotle: the tides are turning.

Poké is a mix of raw cubes of seafood (usually ahi tuna or salmon) in a soy sauce-based marinade. It's often garnished with seaweed, cucumber, avocado, or tobiko, and served over rice or greens. Ubiquitous in Hawaii — you can pick it up at grocery stores or even gas stations — poké is a deconstructed, flavorful version of sushi. It's also generally healthy, endlessly customizable, and very pretty.