My favorite wife had a stress echocardiogram done this morning; she has an odd malady of her heart (congestive heart failure) that has kept her cardiologists alert since the 1960s. After the test, she called me to ask if I wanted to join her for lunch. Well, of course!
So, we went to Sushi Star, a place that opened last November; we've never been there before. We got a lunch special (8 California rolls and 8 Spicy Salmon rolls), plus an order of unagi (fresh-water eel, cooked...4 pieces!) and an order of maguro (tuna) sashimi. My god, it was good! We both were astonished by how good it was and how inexpensive (a relative term when talking about sushi). We spent about $31 for the meal, including their iced green tea. That's an outageous price for lunch, I realize, but it was for my wife, for god's sake! And her birthday is on Saturday, so it's OK to do an early splurge.
We decided then and there that this place has instantly become our "special occasion" lunch joint. It's not too far from the office (and will be closer when we move at the end of August) and the prices won't break us unless we go more than once every two months.
I cannot get over how much I love sushi. I just wish it weren't so trendy and popular; I'd like the price to drop into the upper atmosphere at least.
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