Awhile ago, we were in the city, specifically wandering around Japantown to use up a photography class I purchased for us on Groupon. Unfortunately the class was pretty useless to us but at least I got to spend time in Japantown, oogle at the gorgeous fish at the Amano store, and lastly, get an awesome […]
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I’m semi-celebrating Lent with my friend which means sushi on Friday! We had lunch at Sushi Sam in San Mateo. It was pretty good but disconcerting to hear the chefs speaking Cantonese. So much for being a Japanese owned restaurant! I ordered a very un-Lent dish of Kurobuta Kakuni. Unfortunately I was too busy […]
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Quick stop at Sushi Tomi! We got a bunch of rolls and bento…Salmon Skin, Dragon, Caterpillow, Spider, and a side of salmon nigiri! Close up of the adorable caterpillar roll.
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Lemme backtrack a bit. Last year, I took my parents up to Seattle for a quick weekend getaway to visit my 87 year old grandaunt that’s like a surrogate grandmother to me. When we flew in, I did a quick Yelp search and found Maneki. Ohhhh Maneki. They only took reservations and turned us away […]
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Sorry… that’s a pretty sickening sappy title of this post. And I guess as newlyweds I can semi sort of get a pass. Before I lose all of my readers (yes… all 3 of you!) I should quickly explain. When I’m too damn lazy to cook dinner, he generously offers to take me out to […]
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Chicago’s known for their deep dish pizza/steakhouses (and hot dogs). NY’s famous for bagels/thin crust pizza. Nothing screams SF louder than Sourdough. Seattle’s known for being the birthplace of coffee. The little push pin on my traveling map now targets Vancouver. And I associate it for birthing this whole new food revolution starting with… *drumroll […]
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Sam and I celebrated our first monthaversary tonight. 1/11/11! Since I’ve been pretty domesticated the last few weeks, we went out to Sushi Tomi to feast at their sushi bar. We had our usual… salmon sashimi/saba shioyaki combo, an order of amaebi sashimi, an order of uni, salmon skin roll, tarako onigiri, and we tried […]
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