Love and Sushi

As, no doubt, many of you will know Valentine's day is coming up this weekend. It promises to be the best Valentine's Day of the whole year so I hope you are all as stoked as I am about it. Having someone with whom I can celebrate the holiday is turning out to be better than I had imagined. I try to be thoughtful and romantic even on regular days because I think it is important. That said, it gets the creative juices flowing when you have a specific event to prepare romance for. I hope that some of you out there will have equally shmoopy weekends.

For those who are anti-valentine I do sympathize and will attempt not to subject you to any more talk about how freakishly happy we are and all the fun we will be having while you set fire to Disney princess supermarket valentines cards. I promise, no more today.

Having dealt with the excitement of the next few days the last few have been pretty good too. I got a new mattress delivered which has been really nice. with the passing of my air mattress the time finally had come to get a grown-up bed. I will not, therefore, need to inflate my bed again for a long time which makes me inordinately happy.

There, I went like a whole paragraph. Sadly, my vow may end there depending on your sappy threshold. Tab and I wen ton a date on Friday to celebrate being less poor for a little while and the destination was Hachi's Kitchen which is a lovely little sushi restaurant down the street from my house. I can honestly tell you all that their dragon roll is the best I have ever eaten by far. It was constructed differently than other dragon rolls I have had as well. Perhaps someone who knows sushi better than I would know the difference all I can say is that it was amazing. The flavours blended excellently into a slightly sweet yet deeply savoury experience. The fish elements melted away on the tongue leaving the equally tender avocado and rice to bat clean up. I am uncertain as to what kind of sauce was involved but it's slight spice rounded out the piece. All told I recommend it highly. The Soft Shell Crab Maki was also very well done with a good combination of flavours and textures. The Nama Sake (salmon) Avocado Maki was well executed though not overly exciting. Dessert of a chocolate mousse cake for Tab and green tea ice cream for me ended the meal well.

All told, it was a wonderful dining experience with good service, excellent food and a lovely atmosphere.