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Skriven 2008-08-23 11:33:40 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: RE: if you knew sushi like I know sushi!
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Hi Nancy!
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->  hn> on the conveyor belt. Once you find a suitably good sushi 
->  hn> spot, it's good to go back often enough so they know you
->  hn> both by sight and name..you get a slightly better service
->  hn> when they know you care enough to return!
-> 
-> I apparently make an impression in only a few visits.  The hole-in-the-
-> wall place I recently found (only take out at that) knew which sushi
-> roll I wanted as I walked in the door... third visit, I think it was...!
-> Of course, it WAS the Double Eel Roll... probably not ordered all that
-> often in that neighborhood... (G)  Before, Fu knew what I liked, too,
-> and when I came in for the lunch special, always tweaked it just a bit
-> to closer conform to my favorites... :)  Of course, there, we had been
-> regulars for the restaurant before his time (and pre-sushi)... for years
-> before, so the owner knew us by name, too... :)
-> 
-> Holds true for more than just sushi, of course... :)
->  
Indeed it do! And it's a nice feeling of 
familiarity when you walk in and the 
staff greet you with friendship and
you know you're gonna get good 
food and good service!

->  -> I most certainly did have fun at the picnic.. :)  And, in talking about
->  -> it, I've pretty much talked a friend of mine (who's much more of a cook
->  -> than I) into coming along with me next time we can make it...  :)
-> 
->  hn> Try talking that friend into joining us here at the
->  hn> cyber kitchen as well! We always enjoy new 
->  hn> folks and there are plenty of seats available at the table! 
-> 
-> She's not into computer stuff that much... so getting into the echo
-> might be a harder sell than just dragging her along to a picnic... 
-> THEN, maybe, I can talk her into getting into Fidonet and the COOKING
-> echo... to stay in touch with her new friends, and get all the recipes
-> etc... I'm planning to work on it, for sure.  :)
-> 
Oh you is a sly one you is! (grin) Hope it works!

->  hn> Thursday night Anne (my wife), Amanda (our daughter)
->  hn> and me (myself) went to a place in 
->  hn> Sebastopol for dinner. Dinner for the 
->  hn> three of us came to about $250 including
->  hn> tip! Boy was the food great!! The place is
-> 
-> Bit pricey for me...!  Good thing the food was great, especially for
-> that kind of money... ;)
->
It's a bit pricey for us as well! But you have
to be open to new experiences, and this 
place was very intriguing! And I must say
it was worth the price, not that we'd be
going there often enough to be "regulars"!
 
->  hn> We all shared a bit of each of our dishes
->  hn> with the others (with the exception of 
->  hn> my salmon..which Anne would not touch!)
->  hn> Every dish was prepared to perfection, and 
->  hn> we "rested" between courses and a whole
->  hn> fleet of attendants would bring out the dishes
->  hn> and clean the remnants. Not a usual dining 
->  hn> experience for us, but we have been driving
->  hn> by this place on all of our visits and finally 
->  hn> our curiousity got the better of us and we
->  hn> decided to investigate. Certainly it was worth
->  hn> the price, the food and service was excellent.
-> 
-> An experience to be savored, obviously... :)  Another justification for
-> the price. (G)  To say nothing of satisfying one's curiousity... always
-> a good reason...  :)
->
It's nice to dine in a manner to which
we are not accustomed! 
 
->  hn> Amanda and I each had a gin and tonic to preface
->  hn> the meal and some French pinot noir to accompany
->  hn> it. Michael would most likely have selected several
->  hn> different wines for the various courses...but one 
->  hn> glass each lasted Amanda and I the entire meal.
->  hn> It was a superb wine and a superb meal!
-> 
-> And, with Michael's help, you might have doubled the cost, too. ;)
-> Sounds like a very enjoyable feast.  :)
-> 
-> ttyl      neb
-> 
Michael certainly would have been able to do 
a superb job at pairing wines with all the 
dishes...but no one at our table would have
been able to keep up with 4 glasses of wine
in a meal! They'd have had to roll us out of 
there in wheelbarrows! (grin) The one glass
of pinot noir we had with dinner was plenty 
for Amanda and me.
chat with you soon!
hap 
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