Need Excitement? Say "Surprise Me" in a Sushi Bar
I treated myself to Dinner a Fujiyama (I hope I spelled that right) on Hwy 100 and Oklahoma yesterday. The place was dead, so I sat at the sushi bar and invited the chef to treat me. I distinctly remember saying "surprise me" and "I trust you."
Wow! He made a "Citrus Tuna" appetizer that was so good, I told my girlfriend we needed to go back tonight so she could try it. Then, he wrapped a slice of flounder in seaweed (I think) and deep fried it. He doesn't even have a name for this little dish, so I had a really hard time trying to order it again tonight. Diner was a spicy sushi roll, with red snapper or tuna (I can't remember). For desert, he finished with a fruit plate.
The really scary part, though, were the shots. The chef treated another patron and me to shots of sake. I really like sake. It goes down smooth if you drink it warm, otherwise it's like drinking diesel fuel. But, he started adding things to it. First, he put gold flakes in the glass. No big deal, right? The third ingredient, though, was a raw egg. This was no chicken egg, it was roughly the size of my thumbnail. I had to try very hard to hide the fear on my face. I'll eat anything, many people will attest to that. But, shots and raw eggs are two things that I just don't know how to handle. I was truly afraid that I was going to gag.
Maybe the dose of hot sake that I'd already been drinking helped. I managed to down the shot, egg and all, only to be offered a second, egg-free version. The egg, by the way, they later told me was a quail egg. I guess that's one more thing to add to the list of strange foods I've eaten.
I hope I haven't scared you away from the restaurant, though. This place has a really great menu, with plenty of your more mundane dishes (for the less adventurous). The wait staff there is very friendly, and they will make an attempt to get to know you. And, if you're really lucky the chefs will occasionally speak a few Spanish words to you (as if English with an Oriental accent isn't confusing enough).
Wow! He made a "Citrus Tuna" appetizer that was so good, I told my girlfriend we needed to go back tonight so she could try it. Then, he wrapped a slice of flounder in seaweed (I think) and deep fried it. He doesn't even have a name for this little dish, so I had a really hard time trying to order it again tonight. Diner was a spicy sushi roll, with red snapper or tuna (I can't remember). For desert, he finished with a fruit plate.
The really scary part, though, were the shots. The chef treated another patron and me to shots of sake. I really like sake. It goes down smooth if you drink it warm, otherwise it's like drinking diesel fuel. But, he started adding things to it. First, he put gold flakes in the glass. No big deal, right? The third ingredient, though, was a raw egg. This was no chicken egg, it was roughly the size of my thumbnail. I had to try very hard to hide the fear on my face. I'll eat anything, many people will attest to that. But, shots and raw eggs are two things that I just don't know how to handle. I was truly afraid that I was going to gag.
Maybe the dose of hot sake that I'd already been drinking helped. I managed to down the shot, egg and all, only to be offered a second, egg-free version. The egg, by the way, they later told me was a quail egg. I guess that's one more thing to add to the list of strange foods I've eaten.
I hope I haven't scared you away from the restaurant, though. This place has a really great menu, with plenty of your more mundane dishes (for the less adventurous). The wait staff there is very friendly, and they will make an attempt to get to know you. And, if you're really lucky the chefs will occasionally speak a few Spanish words to you (as if English with an Oriental accent isn't confusing enough).
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