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Jianken!

April 17, 2010 at 8:53 pm | Posted in Dinner, Eating Out, Snack | Leave a comment
Tags: Avocado, Greek Yogurt, Salmon, Smoothie, sushi, tuna

Smoothie as promised! This baby was made with a ton of fresh strawberries, frozen blueberries, a huge scoop of Greek yogurt, some local honey, blueberrry pom juice, and ice. Totally hit the spot. I felt 100 x better after having this guy.

Look what has come up in our front yard!!

Brooke and I set out on a mini-Saturday adventure. Our first stop was the market. I bought a huge bag of spinach and we each got a bowl of dumplings. It started to rain a bit and we decided to get manicures and pedicures. The place we went just got new chairs and they were FANTASTIC! I could have stayed in one of the chairs for hours!

Our next stop was the 29th Street Mall. We went into the Apple store- A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! My new purple nano is sweeeet!

So, the Yankee Candle store happens to be going out of business.  They had a 75% off everything in the store sale! I kind of went a little crazy. They gave me a crate to carry my candles home in!

Tonight we went to Jianken Sushi Bar. Ben, the guy who made sushi for my birthday used to work there. This place was the best ever and I can’t wait to go back! Thank you again, Ben!

My green tea pot. I love love love these tea pots.

Rice with toasted sesame seeds and miso soup with seaweed and the silkiest tofu ever!

Poke trio platter

Starting at the left- salmon with lemon, garlic oil, FRIED CAPERS!!!!, and red onion

Center- octopus and other stuff. There were suction cups on those and not going in.

Right- tuna with hot chili oil, lemon, red onion, green onions, and I’m sure lots more ingredients I do not recognize.

Avocado roll and asparagus roll.

Pickled radish with Japanese mint and a veggie roll (asparagus, cucumber, daikon radish, daikon radish sprouts, avocado, and some kind of tofu omelet thing)

On the top- surf and surf (shrimp tempura and avocado topped with strips of seared tuna and more avocado). This is probably my favorite roll ever! I don’t even like shrimp and this was delicious! I had the ones topped mainly with avocado.

On the bottom- Spicy Tuna Diablo (spicy tuna and avocado topped with more tuna, jalapeno, sriracha sauce, and a tiny bit of avocado). YUM YUM YUM

and all together now…

Not photographed- Korean bbq style ribs with an asian slaw and shredded apple on top. These were so so so delicious! The most tender ribs I’ve had in a long time!

Ginger and wasabi! This stuff was stronger than the average wasabi! Phew!!

Nightingale- Absolute Pear and lychee juice and ???  Lime-sugared rim. This was my mini taster! The real one came in a martini glass. We all had sips of that. (Look at the newly painted nails!)

Veggie prep. I could have watched these guys prepare sushi all night. Their plates were gorgeous and everything tasted fresh and so delicious. Can’t wait to go back!

As if this wasn’t enough food, Kev and I made ‘Grasshoppers’. These were supposed to be green, but oh well. Peppermint, Kahlua, Vodka, and vanilla ice cream all blended together. This sucker is strong!

Hers and His.

Time for bed! I’m exhausted!