Earl and Pen’s 50th Anniversary party Day. Aug 18th. Sushi, Sake and stuff.

So, Joel and I decided that since we couldn’t attend Earl and Penny’s Anniversary party, that to honor their 50 years of marriage we must do something in celebration over here.

So, we did…

We headed over to the Grand Hotel at about 1:30 in the afternoon with the intention of getting tea and having a read of our books before going to the Sushi restaurant. We figured we are THIS close to Japan, it would be a miss if we passed up the opportunity.

We were seated by the window in the coffee/tea shop

But moved, though the view GORGIOUS the sun yet lovely was REALLY hot. Not wanting to melt we opted for a table just out of suns reach. We ordered tea and chatted. We then ordered drinks. I, a Mai tai, my first REAL one EVER… and man was it GOOD. Joel got an Iced mocha. Now that I think of this, I find this odd. I am the one who usually goes for the mocha’s, and Joel always said mochas are HOT and are nasty cold. But he had no great challenge getting this one down the hatch. It was TOP NOTCH nummy. I think we had something snacky to eat, but I don’t recall what. And we sat and chatted again. NO reading actually happened, but it was a nice afternoon of taking it easy and chatting.

We headed down to the Japanese/Sushi Restaurant Enoki at 6. It didn’t open till 6:30 so we had a bit of a wait. NO biggie. When we did get in we were seated at a table where the sushi bar itself was in view.

We ordered the usual California rolls. They have to be tried and tested!!

We ordered a combo plate of sashimi. The waiter made a special trip BACK to the table to make sure that we NEW we were ordering RAW fish. We assured him that we new what we were getting in to.

When the plate came…
It looked much less blurry then this...

It was PRETTY! The first interesting thing was that, at this restaurant they served the sashimi with no rice beds underneath that is customary at home. I THOUGHT everywhere, but guess not. The fish did NOT need it. OH MAN the Tuna and salmon were MELT in your mouth good! I think the best Joel and I have ever tasted. With each order they made sure that we were going to be OK with what we ordered… encouraging us to order one order of raw spring rolls first to see if we really wanted more. Very nice of them really.

(Raw Sping Roll)

For those of you who like Sake, we had a really SMOOTH sake called Gekkeikan. I would dare say the best Sake I have ever had.

For desert - Spiced Chocolate pudding… more like cake really… and grilled bananas with chocolate.

So, maybe the reading – that never happened - and tea are the parts Earl and Penny would appreciate most, but it is the thought that counts?? :)

Happy Anniversary Earl and Penny! Hope you had a GREAT party!!
Judy and Joel.