Sushi Friday

Johnny Quest continues.

Johnny was our sushi chef, but then he decided to close up shop and we had to find a new sushi restaurant.

So far we'd been through Sakura (tiny rolls), Tennou (crunchy sushi rice (how can that even happen, not to mention happen consistently?)), and Tokyo (way too slow).

Today, we tried Daiwa, located in a small strip mall across the street from the aforementioned Tokyo.

I think this is where our Johnny Quest ends and our Ken worship begins.

Ken is the name of the sushi chef and (I'm assuming) owner of Daiwa. It's a nice looking place with plenty of light. Today, there were three waitresses (all very pretty, except one of them had this expression on her face, the whole time we were there, that she was scared to death of everything she saw). There was never a wait; our water glasses were refilled promptly. Which is important when one is eating sushi as we all know sushi is made from fish and fish require water.

But I digress.

So they have all the standard stuff and a few things that are unusual. And one of the unusual things is now one of my favorite sushi items of any kind at any restaurant: The Kimchee Hamachi Roll. *(I really wish I remember to take a picture of it.) It's soy paper wrapped around a Japanese kimchee, yellowtail, carrot matchstcks, cucumber, asparagus, and some aruglua. The kimchee here, is the star. Ken said it was a Japanese Kimchee: sweeter and not as spicy as the Korean style. All I know is it was completely delicious. Sushi Fridays have refound a home.

As for the rest of my lunch companions, Brain had some kind of fried roll (he was ordering without reading the descriptions, as usual. 2003 RE/MAX World Long Drive Senior Champion had some hamachi and a couple of rolls. The Reindeer had a very shiny nose. You would even say it glows. And she over-ordered and had too much and now has a styrofoam box with sushi to go bad.

Anywhoo. Daiwa. If you know where the Cox place is on Lapalco, you've already found it.