West took me to a fabulous little restaurant right down the street, Sekisui. It is a restaurant that serves authentic Japanese cuisine and Award Winning Sushi! I know this cause the banner on the web page says so - www.sekisuiusa.com. Check it out.
The evening started with us waiting at the bar while a table became available. Now, this place has the traditional Japanese seating with pillows on the floor at low tables, and you have to remove your shoes, but seeing how West and I had been busting a move for the past several days and were already more than a little achy, we decided not to risk getting down on the floor and not being able to get up. Yes, it was a distinct possibility. So, bar waiting it was! And, out of the blue, Your's Truly decided that a White Russian sounded good...very Japanese-y, no? Well, the bartender, Rena...she just about jumped for joy when I ordered that because they had just gotten in some new Stoli's flavored vodka and she had been dying to try it in a White Russian! It's Stoli Salted Karamel....and boy oh boy.....I hit the lottery with this one!! Just trust me....you're going to want to try this one SOON!! I even convinced this nice couple sitting next to us that she needed to try it...and she did....and she loved it!
Our table became available so we walked 3 steps from the bar to the table, which was fine because we had been watching the Saints/Texans game. Didn't get to see the end and not sure who won but hey....football season is gearing up!
On to dinner...we decided to have a surf and turf roll, which was shrimp, crab and sliced beef.
And yes, it was every bit as delicious as it sounds! Our waitress, Toni, was just very sweet and and a wonderful waitress, which YT always finds appealing! I decided I wanted more than Sushi so I had salmon that was grilled in a foil pouch with lemon and shitake mushrooms....talk about good!!! It had some really wonderful grilled veggies, rice and soup as well. West had the Kushiyaki entree with a skewer of shrimp and one of chicken with veggies, rice and soup. Now, because my wonderful friend Jim's lovely bride Motomi (that's her below) is Japanese, YT has been taught that anything that has "yaki" at the end...means it's grilled. File that away for future reference!
We so enjoyed this nice, hot, fresh meal as we had been dining on fast food for the last 3 days....with the exception of the wonderful grilled burgers at Sooner Ridge on Saturday night. Many thanks again to Karen and David for that fine feast!!
So, with full tummies we drove it on back home to Casa Del West - Memphis Style and called it a night!! We will try to get back on the brunch track next Sunday but until then, here's wishing everyone a fabulous お休みなさい and スウィート·ドリーム!! Yes, that's good night and sweet dreams!
Sounds YUMMY!!!!!!! Love and missing ya!
ReplyDeleteI'm really upset right now because I don't think there are ANY places for brunch 'round my parts.
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I'm a recent fan of brunch. So. It looks like I will be doing brunch DIY style until I am rich enough to open my own restaurant.
Think of all the fun stuff I'll be able to put on Eggs Benedict!