Last night, Mom took us out to celebrate Arisa’s birthday. We went to Umami Asian Kitchen in Chagrin Falls.
The menu says that Umami is the “fifth taste”, as in sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Umami is a Japanese word. See the wikipedia article for a description. Also see the “basic tastes” article too.
I see why they call it Asian Kitchen as it’s not really a Japanese restaurant. They take some Japanese foods and make it all their own. For example, they have an Udon Noodle dish, but it’s not what one would expect from a Japanese restaurant. It was really very good. We had Seared Red Tuna, Spicy Tuna Rolls, and Calamari. I had the halibut with sweet potatoes and ginger, Arisa had one of the specials which was scallops (hotate) on Jasmine rice. Ken had the Seared Salmon, and George had the curry chicken entree. Elly had Calamari and Assorted Sushi appetizers as her entree. Mom had crabcakes. I tried everything except the crabcakes and it all was very, very good.
Oh, and Chagrin Falls looks great at night. The whole town is decorated in Christmas Lights. If you get a chance, I’d check it out.
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Turns out Arisa has never had candy or carmel apples. So we decided to give them a go. Pictures taken with my blackberry, hence they’re not very good.
We haven’t eaten them yet, but I’ll update this post when we do.
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Today, Arisa and I headed out on some errands, one of which was to head over to Rick Case Hyundai to ask a few questions and get another key for the car. So we took a little side trip to see Lake Erie. Other than seeing it from around the Great Lakes Science Center, or driving along the Shoreway, Arisa has never been to Lake Erie. And it’s been many, many years for me.
I must say, it’s a damn large puddle. Of course, we lived a 5-10 minute walk from the beach in Okinawa (East China Sea), it’s been a while since we got this close to a large body of water. I miss the sound of waves.
I took some pics of the garden today. It’s coming along very nicely. I noticed today that of the six garlic cloves I planted, the 6th and final one is actually coming it. 100% success rate on the garlic.
After I took the pictures I went out and harvested some beans, lettuce, mizuna, and bak choi. Quite a bit of it in fact:
I also grabbed some of the seed pods for the Mizuna. Going to see if we can get some seeds for next year(not that I really need them as we still have a lot left over), as well as mixing it with regular mustard seeds to make mustard.
I wonder what’s for lunch…ramen with bak choi!? Sounds good to me!
