Friday night, my wife and I celebrated my birthday a day early (it's on Saturday the 21st) by going to Kampai, our favorite sushi place. We decided to splurge, in celebration of my increasing geezerhood...and we did that in a big way. We let the sushi chef guide us this time around, for the most part, which meant we did not order much of what we normally do. We had "Live Oysters," which were very large oysters that were pried from their shells before our eyes, then sliced into 4-5 pieces, then returned to a half-shell and drizzled with a very spicy sauce, then topped with jalapeno zest. Incredible!
Next, we had ankimo (monkfish liver), three silver-dollar sized (but much thicker) discs of molded monkfish liver, also topped with a zesty sauce and various shaved vegetables.
We had black peppercorn tuna, wonderfully flavorful and unexpectedly hot and spicy. We had one of our favorites, a volcano roll, rice rolls filled with a mix of very spicy crawfish and scallops.
We had sauteed string beans, another spicy one with wonderful flavor.
We had yellowfin tuna and unagi (eel), another couple of favorites.
I could have eaten twice what we did, but am glad I did not.
After dinner, we went to the Watertower Theatre, where we watched Man of La Mancha; we both enjoyed it.
All in all, it was a nice night. Tomorrow, we'll be less inclined to overdo the food...we'll probably still be full from tonight.
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All sounds wonderful...yummm! We're having a birthday party tonight for two friends, so 8 of us will have a cashew chicken curry I make, which is great, and also a tropical carrot cake with coconut icing. I've made it before and it is the most requested cake by my friends. We'll have popadoms, and all the rest, and all be full as ticks, no doubt. We'll raise a drink to you, too! Look forward to seeing you on December 27th...that's when we'll come back from Portland.
Joan
Well, a very Happy Birthday to you! It is also my beloved spouse's birthday, Mr. Perils; his "Heinz" one, as he has been saying. You may see a photo of the cake I made for him at his site. We celebrated last night while my brother was here by going out for seafood, and had a family dinner this evening.
Dude, it's my birthday today, too! Happy Happy! It's my Heinz birthday. Mrs Perils made an exquisite cake, and roasted a delicious chunk of lamb.
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