Well, as Tele has previously posted, the other night we went to Kobe. I think its a fine little sushi bar, and I must say that while I was there I fell in love with Red Snapper. That's some awesome fish, I tell you what.
The problem, however, is as much as I love sushi, I can almost never eat enough of it. I can eat .. well.. quite a bit more than I logically should be able to eat, and I fear that it's my voracious appetite that will condemn me to a) not eat enough at a sushi bar, b) eat so much at a sushi bar that the itamae and I have to battle in hand to hand combat because they have nothing left in the restaurant to eat, or c) I've eaten so much sushi that the Pacific ocean is declared devoid of life. A good example, is what I had to eat today. I had the following to eat:
- 4 cups of coffee
- 1 cup of tea
- 5 bottles of water (16 oz)
- 4 sandwiches
- 1 cup cheese popcorn
- 2 truffles
- 1 pear
- 1 stuffed pork chop
- 1 baked potato
- 1 bowl of cinnamon apples
- 1 bowl of coffee icecream
At the sushi place, if I recall correctly, I had:
- 5 pc cucumber roll
- 5 pc philadelphia roll
- 4 hamachi (yellow tail)
- 2 red snapper
- 2 crab roll
- 3 cups green tea
- 1 16oz sake
and we went out for frozen yogurt afterwards, in which I had a 16oz plain with pomegranate seeds.
I think I have a tapeworm. He and I understand each other.
I was shopping yesterday and decided to pick up a box of Good Earth Decaffeinated Chai Tea Bags that were on clearance at Smiths. (Sales are good!) Upon arriving home I boiled water and poured it in a mug, placed my tea bag in, steeped it for a few minutes and then sat back to enjoy the spicy tea. However, I found the tea to not be very spicy at all. I was dissapointed. The box says to add milk and honey if desired. So this morning I was on a mission. How do I make my own Chai Tea taste yummy without having to go to the local tea house? I set out on the internet for my search. I found a great website Chai! that has all sorts of recipes to make the tea itself from scratch and gave me the info I needed on how to make my pre-made tea bags taste yummy.
So here is what I did. I filled my mug with water, poured it into a sauce pan, added 1/4 cup milk and 1/8 cup honey, then I placed in the tea bag and brought the whole thing to a boil. Then I allowed it to steep for about 5 minutes before consuming. Ahh, much better. I am still looking for some more spicyness, so I think I will try it next time with table sugar so that the honey flavor doesn't dominate.
I may just have to try making the tea itself from scratch, but in the mean time this will satisfy my Chai needs.
Just a side note: Wikipedia has a great bit of info (don't they always) on Chai. They explained that really Chai means tea and what we drink is really Masala Chai or spiced tea. Also Wiki says that you must use much sweetener to get the flavors of the spices to come out. Lesson learned. On with the Masala Chai experementations.
