Monday September 20, 2010

Claw and I decided to try San Diego Restaurant Week at Nobu inside the Hard Rock Hotel tonight. I don’t even know why I bother with this bullshit because I know damn well I am going to go in there and order whatever the fuck I want rather than the 4 items they give me to choose from. I do this every time. Restaurant Week is fine for people who aren’t picky and who don’t know better about their choices in dining. They do it twice a year and EVERY SINGLE TIME I fall for it. And the worst part is that the restaurants are usually packed with rookie diners and the kitchen gets backed up and they fuck something up. So, being a food snob like myself…Claw and I sat down at the sushi bar and had the chef make us whatever he felt like whipping up.

Tuna tataki with artichokes and some other yummy stuff. Sprouts and stuff I think. It was so long ago that we went I don’t really remember what was on there except that we both agreed that it was freaking amazing. It didn’t even matter that we were burping it up for the next 4 hours. It was delicious. And it wasn’t on the menu so I can’t really tell you what was in it other than tuna and a special kind of olive oil that was really good.

We told him to make whatever and he gave us this giant mound of eel. It was too much. Eel should be served small in my opinion. Small bites and then you don’t get so freaked out by the hard things that feel like bones. It was tasty but I would rather have had it in an actual sushi roll or a hand roll.

And one of the dishes that is on the list of Top 50 Things to Try in San Diego Before You Die: yellowtail with jalapenos! (I have to give the tuna best dish award for the night though.)

I was breaking in a new pair of hooker boots to take to SF for the weekend and was ready to hit a couple of bars, in particular Searsucker but Clawsy pussed out on me. As I was walking home my friend Andrea screamed “Hey hooker!” from her car a block and a half away. It was hysterical. As soon as I got home he sent me a text saying he should have gone out with me. Dork. It’s all good as I have a ton of stuff to do before leaving town. I am making the recently unemployed Tommy 5tone run errands with me all day

Wednesday April 28, 2010

I pretty much sat in my house editing the vacation photos all day and had nothing to blog about so I asked Jarin to meet me for dinner so I could chip away at this fabulous list. Lauren had sent it to me a few months ago and I decided that I would try all of the places they listed! For those of you too lazy to click on that link it’s a “50 foods to try before you die” list in San Diego. Some of the items I have had before, some are cocktails and they are all over the county and all sound super yummy. We chose Confidential because it was closest to my place but the menu item they highlighted is seasonal. Ok, next stop was Nobu at the Hard Rock Hotel.

 #15 Yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno. It was pretty tasty, I don’t know about it making this list though. There are a zillion other menu items at Nobu that I would have put on that list. (The black cod for example)

We also had the crispy rice with spicy tuna. They served it a little different. I usually see it with the tuna on top of the crispy rice thingy. I was like, really, you couldn’t have assembled the damn thing for me?

Cod in butter lettuce cups (these are good, but they were a little salty for me.)

Oyster and uni shooter (Fabulous!) I know it looks wretched, but if you love shooters this is a definite must-try.

And the waiter kept pushing us to order the salt and pepper squid so we finally caved and it was actually very good. The best part was that they have happy hour all night on Wednesdays so we got some good deals and remarkably, I did not overeat. Jarin even dressed up because he knew he would be photographed for the blog! haha. Jason also met us out for a beer. He did not dress up.

Becky does my hair and was whining about how I wore a headband the whole time on vacation and why bother growing my hair out if I only wore it pulled back off my face. So here you go my dear, I have blow dried and straightened my hair 3 days in a row now

Meet Jarin’s friend Roger. Roger is a consultant who evaluates companies to see how “green” they are. Hey Roger, marry me! I got the high five for the Earth-Day-Car-In-The-Shop-Due-Dead-Battery-Because-I-Never-Drive-It story. He also loved that I dig through my friends trash and pick out their recycling.