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Skriven 2014-08-21 21:43:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16026 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> day.  NB>> Ya never know...  :)

 RH> True. Talked a bit with him today; he might try something a bit hotter
 RH> but no spicy seafood dish like Steve had. (G)

 NB> For now...  ;)  He could build up to the spicy seafood dish someday,
 NB> and surprise himself... (G)

I somehow doubt it tho.


 RH> They liked the wasabi,
 RH> as long as they had very small amounts of it. He said she got a bit
 RH> too much of it with one bite and it was "much" hotter than expected.

 NB> Well, Yeah!  ;)   That's pretty much the definition of good wasabi..
 NB> :)

And it's not spoiled pistachio ice cream as Mater (in the Cars 2 movie)
thought it was.


 RH> The smaller portion was quite filling by the time you factored in
 RH> everything that was in the box, the miso soup and the small dishes.

 NB> Actually, to be expected...  :)  Lots of little bits of stuff can add
 NB> up pretty well..  :)  I went with a friend to Fu's new place and we
 NB> had the unagi bento box lunch specials... Miso soup came first, then
 NB> in the box there was salad with Japanese dressing, a pork dumpling, a
 NB> gyoza, some
 NB> tempura veggies, rice with the unagi perched atop (a good sized
 NB> portion) and nicely adorned and with a couple of pickle slices
 NB> alongside, and a
 NB> half-roll (4 pieces) of Philadelphia roll (usually california roll,
 NB> but he knows my preferences [g]) with some pickled ginger and a little
 NB> mound of wasabi.  Filled us up right smartly...  :)  Didn't even need
 NB> the
 NB> complimentary order of crab rangoon wontons that showed up, but they
 NB> managed to be consumed as well.  (G)  Really really good stuff...  :)

Sounds good. We had quite the assortment too, all very good. Should have
asked about a couple of things--what they were--but they were good.

 RH> This place is basically Korean but the serving style of the bento type
 RH> boxes is a definate Japanese influence. Same as the wasabi and miso
 RH> soup I think are more Japanese than Korean but went well with the
 RH> Korean foods.

 NB> Yup, the bento box, the miso soup and wasabi are more Japanese than
 NB> Korean, also the teriyaki entrees...  :)  But the two can well be
 NB> complementary cuisines, especially if the cooks can handle both well,
 NB> as we found well demonstrated when Yang's had them both together.

The cooks here did a great job! We've got to get back there again; the
food was really good.


 NB>  NB>> The bright spot is that their excellent sushi (and other
 NB> Japanese  NB>> cookery) chef has just opened up his own restaurant...

 RH> I'd like to try it but would have to find sushis that didn't have a
 RH> lot of rice in them. The rice would add a lot of carbs, fast, if I went
 RH> with a lot of the 'standard" sushis I've seen.

 NB> Well.... sushi IS rice...  (G)  But there are lots of other options.
 NB> Sashimi, for example, is just the topping part, with rice only
 NB> available as an option which we usually do take, but you wouldn't have
 NB> to.  And
 NB> much of the nigiri sushi is available by the piece, so you could just
 NB> pick one or two pieces.  Generally when I have any significant amount
 NB> of nigiri sushi or sushi rolls, that will be the sum of the rice for
 NB> me for the meal... I won't take any extra with anything else...  :)

Yes, but rice is carbs and I can't have too many of them. I'd have to
pick & choose carefully to balance the rice carbs with enough proteins
to keep my system happy.


 NB>  RH>> It'll be about 160 miles one way so he will come up, stay for 3
 NB>  RH>> days (2 nights), returning home on the 3rd day. It will be a
 NB>  RH>> strain but he wants to finish his degree this coming school
 NB> year.  NB>> That is tough, indeed... but leaving the degree hanging
 NB> and having to  NB>> get back to it later might be just as bad, maybe
 NB> even worse, in the  NB>> long run...

 RH> Being this close to done, it makes sense to go ahead & finish if he
 RH> can.

 NB> For sure.  :)

That's the plan, as of now.


 NB>  RH>> Only down side is, that we won't be able to do it many more
 NB> times,  RH>> if any.
 NB>  NB>> It would certainly take more planning...  :)   Possibly when he
 NB>  NB>> graduates, that can be part of the celebration...?   :)

 RH> If we're still in the area............................

 NB> One never knows... ;)

I know; we never thought we'd be here this long.


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Ruth
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