My sister just went back home to Fairbanks, Alaska early this morning, but she will (hopefully) come back to Ohio for our brother's wedding in October. She'd been down here visiting friends and family for about 2 weeks. She brought her trusty dog, Molly, down with her to keep her company (and to keep an eye on her).
Sunday, June 9th, we tried to get over to Fairfield Commons to watch Pirates 2 with some of her friends, but I-675 was completedly shut down. I've never seen this before and I never heard the reason it was closed. We took another route and it took a lot longer than we thought, but everything worked out when we got to the theater because her friends got there late, too and we all sat together. Oh, the CGI in Pirates was great, but there was just too much going on. It was still decent, though.
Monday, June 10th: Marty, my sister, invited me to go eat with our older brother and his fiancee at a nice sushi restaurant down near the Dayton Mall (Kai Sushi Cafe). This was actually my second time here and it was the first place I had "real" sushi.
I had the Sushi Cafe Combo and when it arrived, I was greeted by a some rolls with fish eggs (one with a quail egg on top and another with sea urchin on top) and a scary-looking shrimp head. I decided I wouldn't eat the shrimp head (but my brother did) and I saved the quail egg roll for the very last (when I was almost through my bottle of cold sake). I really liked the "dancing shrimp roll" my sister had and some of the other stuff on my plate, but I think next time I go there, I'll just get the 'regular' sushi combo and save some money (as well as not having to suppress my gag reflex). Tip included, I spent almost $50.
Sunday, June 16th: During the local heat-wave, my sister and I took our dogs for a short hike with some of her friends from Dayton and their dogs around Yellow Springs (too bad we didn't bump into Dave Chappelle). They were pretty nice people and we had a nice time, despite the intense heat and humidity. Afterwards, we went for ice cream cones.
Monday, June 17th:For the second week in a row, I got to eat out with my sister and older brother, this time at an Indian buffet place that my brother and his fiance like. It was my first time having Indian food, so I got the buffet like everyone else. It wasn't appetizing to look at and I was confused with all the sauces and vegetables, but once I tried some stuff out, I began to find stuff I liked: the 'nan' bread, lamb curry with rice. I might try it again sometime, but it's not my favorite ethnic food.
I had a good time and even though I was gone most of the day at work (and tired afterwards), I'm glad we got to hang out as much as we did, Marty. See you in a couple months...
2 comments:
Interesting account of our food outings. I think you might be better off if you got a couple rolls of the sushi menu - like the spicy tuna roll or the the rainbow roll. These are less costly and if you get a certain amount in rolls, they come with free nice ginger salad and miso soup. Also, if you are seated at the sushi bar, you also get a free squid salad that is AWESOME! So try it again sometime, but don't get the combos if you wanna save money.
Glad you gave Indian a chance, but it doesn't seem like you enjoyed it too much.
And, the word "fiancee" with the extra "e" on the end is the female version of the male "fiance" so Lyz is my fiancee - since I'm not homosexual and don't have a fiance.
I'm glad you replied. I must have missed this or something.
Well, this hasn't changed my love of sushi, but I'm glad for some tips about that restaurant (in particular).
Also, I had no idea even how to spell "fiance", let alone there were differences in spelling according to gender. Thanks for clearing that up. I will change it.
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