Haru

Sometimes I walk by a place and think “I should go there,” and so I do.  Nice to have friends who are so accomodating I’ve heard of Haru a number of times, including from FeistySis, who’s said she’d gone to the opening of a midtown location (a friend of her had a hand in designing the space), and enjoyed the food.  So why not?We started off with an appetizer of red and white tuna tartare with miso lemon sauce ($9.50).  The sauce itself was really, really delicious – I immediately started trying to figure out how to [...]

I Love Sushi

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 [...]

Hana Sushi

Directly following my trip to Peru, I left on a research trip to the West Coast for two weeks.  What was I researching?  Glad you asked: a book on Stadium Eats!  Um, yeah, without a deal in sight currently (hint, hint, anyone reading this who is interested!), I went to preemptively scout out the 6 West Coast stadiums and eat my way up and down the West Coast at the same time, starting in San Francisco, working my way down to Los Angeles, then San Diego, back up to San Francisco and then to Seattle!  Phew!  Tune in at 4:15 [...]

Chikurin

BlindBaker and I decided to go shopping before a dinner engagement we had, but needed to grab something to eat – fuel for shopping, you see?! – beforehand, so we headed over to Chikurin on 64th Avenue.  I remember going here when it first opened; I think it was even the first of the locations because I see now on their website that there are, holy crap, 9 locations.  Damn.  That’s a lot.  In any case, this location is right next to the subway station that I used growing up, and somewhat close to my mom’s house.  So I [...]

Mickey’s Place

A while back, HB told me about a really good Japanese place near my school, and I’d tried to go to the restaurant… except it wound up not opening till 4pm every day!  Happily, this led to the discovery of Press 195, and as I <3 that place now, I can’t say I was that mad that Mickey’s was closed that fateful day in January.  However, I made it a point to try to get to Mickey’s sooner than later, so one day, when one of my evening classes was cancelled, I headed over to check out the wares…My [...]

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