I love Sushi! :)

This is the story of the best sushi ever. A couple years ago I worked at this bar in NW Portland and there was this place that had Happy hour all day and it was called Sansai. It was pretty cool looking place and I would walk by it every day.  I decide one day for my lunch I get me some sushi. I walk in and I am instantly greeted by the host/ waitress and she was a cute lady who I soon come to be a good sushi buddy. I get seated at the bar  of this room that used to be a garage but turn now a hip little sushi joint. There was this Asian man who was the chef and he looked like a man who even if the food was bad if you didn’t say it was great he would cut your head clean off with his razor sharp sushi knife and make Sashimi with it.
 To my surprise he gave me a big smile and greeted me. As much as I noticed the restaurant he noticed me walking by daily. We of course talked about me working crossed the street and how much I love sushi and I was excited to try his restaurant out. He gave me the warmest look that he respected ever costumer that walked in to his restaurant individually with their own respect. Not this generic greeting that most places you go to.

I put my order of Tempura California roll with real crab, fresh avocado, cucumber, and tempura deep fried. You can tell this man has spent his life making sushi. He didn’t even look at what he was doing and I couldn’t even keep up with how he did things before he sent it away to be deep fried. I also ordered a Spider roll, which has soft shell crab fried, avocado, cumber, wrapped in Nori, rice and Masago (smelt roe). 

Within minutes my food was on my table and ready for me to devour. Now this is my first time I ever had deep-fried sushi so the fat kid in me is like, “YIPPY!!” The first taste was amazing not to heavy, all the flavors were amazing and it was probably the best thing known to man for me. Sex on top of the moon with Barry White singing in my ear could be the closest example to the complete ecstasy of love I had with this Sushi roll. The next bite was the Spider roll and it was huge and the legs were pointing out the side and it looked scary and sexy at the same time. I find if you can make something that terrifying to the eyes taste amazing, you are a gift to the culinary world. The combination of crunchy and sweet, and salty as the smelt eggs burst between your teeth was amazing.

 By far the best experience in sushi I have ever had. As I got my bill and see that my meal was less than $10, I lay a 20 and said my good byes. This was one of the best sushi I have ever had.

First Step

I am 25 years old and I have loved cooking since I could remember. I have gone to culinary school and worked at a few place but I just have feeling in the depths of my soul that I just don’t know enough. It’s like being able to hit a shot in only one spot of the court. I just want to taste new things and try diverse flavors. How am I going to be a chef but only have a narrow spectrum of what good food is? I mean I live in Portland, one of the biggest cities of gastronomy in the US. You can throw a rock in the air and it will land on a place that serves food. So I figure why not try them all.

 Hard part for me is where to start. Where is it I can get ideas from a lot of people without asking them directly? Facebook. I ask the question, “Where is there a good place to eat?” A friend of mine goes look online. I hate online. Search engines that get paid to show the restaurants  to be advertised. I hate that idea. If your good then why is that you have to pay to be the best, it makes no sense to me. I want to ask people. I mean there are some really good places out there that don’t even use the internet to get praise. I want to be able to walk and get lost in the city, then find this gem of restaurant and be so hungry because I have spent an hour finding it that I will appreciate the food placed in front of me. I mean I hope I don’t have to do this on every occasion but just follow me here.

 Food to me is a statement to the world of where a person is, was, and where they want to go. If you try something and a smile doesn’t come to your face or some kind of joy comes out of then it’s not good food. For me food is the only thing I can talk forever about. Why not share my thoughts to the world. So if you read my blog like what you hear and want to tell me about a place post it or email because I am always happy to try your restaurant