Uni
Tonight, John and I went to Matsuhisa for dinner. Thanks to a friend, Nara, John and I had some gift certificates to blow through, and a nice dinner was just what we needed to celebrate President's Day. You celebrate President's Day, don't you? I think we were mostly celebrating the fact that we both had President's Day OFF. That never happens. Ever. Freelance is great and all, but it doesn't lead to getting holidays off.
Because we had some gift certificates, we wanted to try mostly new things, with a smattering of old favorites. I mean, scallop sushi is amazing, and the yellowtail jalepeno is one of my collection of "this inspired me to make something delicious at home" recipes. But let's try some new stuff! Let's try abalone! This dungeness crab and spicy sauce thing is probably good, right? Everyone likes waygu tataki, no?
In honor of trying something new, I went back for my second ever round of uni.
I first tried uni (sea urchin) at Yamashiro for my 29th birthday (fun fact: Yamashiro is where we're getting married!). I didn't much care for it, and it sort of made my stomach seize up like I was going to hurl. But it's supposed to be delicious, and people that love uni LOVE uni...so worth another go.
My stomach seized up like I was going to hurl.
This will be my last foray into the world of uni. I'm done. Thanks for playing.
I also blame uni for why I'm up right now. Nobody should be awake at this hour.
Because we had some gift certificates, we wanted to try mostly new things, with a smattering of old favorites. I mean, scallop sushi is amazing, and the yellowtail jalepeno is one of my collection of "this inspired me to make something delicious at home" recipes. But let's try some new stuff! Let's try abalone! This dungeness crab and spicy sauce thing is probably good, right? Everyone likes waygu tataki, no?
In honor of trying something new, I went back for my second ever round of uni.
I first tried uni (sea urchin) at Yamashiro for my 29th birthday (fun fact: Yamashiro is where we're getting married!). I didn't much care for it, and it sort of made my stomach seize up like I was going to hurl. But it's supposed to be delicious, and people that love uni LOVE uni...so worth another go.
My stomach seized up like I was going to hurl.
This will be my last foray into the world of uni. I'm done. Thanks for playing.
I also blame uni for why I'm up right now. Nobody should be awake at this hour.