Sunday, May 1, 2011

Dinner!

Another wonderful meal at one of our favorite places in Seattle. Mashiko in West Seattle. This is a superb sushi place - creative, delicious, surprising, delightful, and now, all sustainable.



The first dish was some Kumimoto's with a bright yuzu garnish.


More oysters. These ones had more of a garlic-butter presentation, and were grilled. Delightful, and totally different than the first ones.


A geoduck salad.


This was Hawaiian farmed Abalone.


The abalone filter feeds, so the stomach/intestines of the abalone on this beautiful shell were sort of a seaweed pate, and were really good. (We all liked it better than the abalone itself, which was pretty mild.)


hmm - rainbow trout, and something else, i think. Someone else better come in an fill in the details.
I will say, one thing that you notice, in the sustainable format, is the use of a lot more small fish instead of the long-lived deep sea ones.


These were scallop-burgers, wrapped in prosciutto... They were really awesome!


A poke - not probably traditional, but really tasty. One thing i love about Mashiko's dishes is that they are both very flavorful, and subtle, and light.


This was a tartare in an avocado bowl.


Someone else will need to name the fish, but they are beautiful, aren't they? The one with the shizo is saba, i'm pretty sure.


Clams - with butter, shitake, i think some wine - the aroma alone was to die for.


oooo, help? I know it has a white sesame sauce. Something grilled, and so tender!




mmmmm... some rolls. The fish-bone cracker is one of those things i'd never have thought i'd eat, but they are always delightful at Mashiko.




My desert - a tempura fried green-tea ice cream.


Josh's desert - deep fried brownie and green tea ice cream.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thursday, February 17, 2011

good food northwest

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/allyoucaneat/2014252176_james_beard_awards_2011_semifi.html?cmpid=2628

Monday, October 25, 2010

mmmm.... coffee

Yes, it is true, there was a coffee maker that i still needed:




(Cold-brew, and beautiful.)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Good for what ails you


I'm probably too please with the whole being able to make chicken soup, thing, but it really makes me feel civilized.

Monday, July 26, 2010

campfires!


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Originally uploaded by saska01
I should let Saska blog this, but, just a hint of the tastiness that camping brings!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Cheese!!

http://www.cheesesociety.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=202