April 3, 2006

• something about brunch is just soooo nice.  the morning light, crisp air, apricot jam on scone, bright colors of the food and plates, smiling faces of friends.     thank you for making it a beautifully blue spring day!

  
  

  white cherry blossoms were in full bloom and was a perfect prelude to a japanese excursion!  low profile doors gave way to an elegant interior.  at the bar, the chef served and described each original piece by piece.  no additional wasabe or soysauce was needed cos it was already brushed on as part of the creation.  we took our time and enjoyed each one.  it went down like butter!  bluefin toro with ponzu mousse, marinated tuna with pine nuts on fried nori (yum!), marinated tuna with tofu sauce, squid with shiso flowers, grilled toro and sauteed sea urchin (yum!)...  even the sake was smooth and sweet.  well, i just like to clink the glasses!   too bad they didn't allow pics because each sushi was sooo interesting and pretty!  go for inventive sushi that is subtly complex, delicate and wonderfully melt in your mouth gari good.  
  

  
  

   

  
  

  Sushi Tidbits

  
  

  Highest reported price ever paid for a tuna: $83,500, in 1992
  Number of individual servings produced by the highest-priced tuna ever sold: 2,400
  Number of seconds it takes a bluefin tuna to accelerate from 0 to 50 mph: about 3
  Number of seconds it takes a Porsche 911 GT3 to go from 0 to 50 mph: about 3
  Number of seconds it takes an auctioneer at Tokyo's Tsukiji market to sell a tuna: about 3
  Value of seafood moved through Tsukiji each day: $2.7 million
  Weight of a toro (fatty tuna) hand roll at Manhattan's Monster Sushi, in ounces: 5.1
  Pounds of tuna sold at Manhattan's Monster Sushi (on 23rd Street) in 2004: 14,600
  Number of sushi restaurants in Lexington, Kentucky: 1
  Number of sushi restaurants in greater Los Angeles: 276
  Number of rice balls a Tomoe MSR-3000 sushi machine makes in one hour: 3,000
  Number of sushi pieces Masa Takayama of Manhattan's Masa makes in one hour: about 200
  Price of a 12-piece sushi dinner at Randalls supermarket in Houston: $4.69

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