Prepare to be amazed at the monstrous eating habits of Lauren and Jenny. We did not rival Kobayashi and I'm not by any means totally fully (there's always more room in my belly), but we did a pretty good job tonight at my fave Japanese restaurant, Nishiki. This was the best meal I've had in a long while.
BTW, I did not consume all the food in these pictures by myself (though I probably could have). I halved everything with Jen.
Jen and I both ordered the grape soft drink, which tasted like grape candy. It could have been made from grape candy for all we knew. Maybe that's where the froth comes from.
Next up, we were presented with California rolls (also spelled Canifornia rolls, just to be confusing). These were delicious. The best sushi I've ever had. This sushi had the perfect synthesis of ingredients - the crab and avocado blended together beautifully. I'm also delighted by the orange colour of the roe, which makes a wonderful crackling sound in your mouth.
Now come the gyoza or dumplings. They had been nicely burnt. Yes, we have discovered that things can be nicely burnt. It added a nice crispiness and slight chargrilled flavour.
We also got some rice to accompany our meal. Jen ordered beef rice and I got plain rice.
 Our last little main dish was our personal favourite. Eggplant with a sweet sauce, topped with cheese. I could happily eat this every day. Perfect - sweet, savory, squishy and just the right amount of cheese.
 Now if you think we stopped there, you'd be wrong and you really don't know us well enough. Dessert? Hello! Since we love our green tea stuff, we went all out on the maccha front. Firstly, green tea cake. Delicious. Sweet and moist, filled with cream and red bean and topped with chocolate.
We also ordered our favourite dessert - a mountain of green tea ice topped with red beans, a ball of green tea icecream and rice balls. This is a dessert to be shared. Even I agree with this. Jenny and I embarked upon an excavation, quickly quarrying deep into the mountain (they should bury a surprise inside). We've decided the ice looks like a volcano, the red bean being the lava. The icecream blob is a monster, which ended up cowering on my side of the volcano to hide from Jenny. We've decided that the rice balls are "gelatinous balls of nothing". Really. I like the squishy texture but they don't taste like anything. We were shivering by the time we finished eating. Big cold mountain. What wasn't devoured had melted into a green puddle. This mystical mountain doesn't last long.
And here lies the aftermath of the forces of nature known as Lauren and Jenny (minus the two dessert dishes).
I love food. This meal was incredibly satisfying. If you don't believe me, you should have heard the strange, ginormous and deep rumble of a burp I did upon returning home. Justina you would have been so proud. If only you were here to hear it. You're never here to hear them. I'm like the tree that falls in the forest. Labels: dessert, Japanese |
