These are a few of my favorite things....

I took Marc out to sushi for his birthday on Friday. We had not been happy with our latest choices. Sushi Pier 2 where the service was beyond horrible and when brought to their attention, it only got worse with attitude. Sushi 7 has a fantastically designed restaurant with poor service, but at least they knew without it having to be brought to their attention. Anyway, after reading a review in the RGJ, we decided to head to Rickshaw Sushi (try saying it three times fast). It was formerly Rickshaw Paddy which I had only been to once many years ago. We were immediately greeted the moment we walked in. You can do all-you-can-eat from a table or the bar. We sat sat at the bar. Everything happened so quickly from there. Our drinks were ordered and brought right away and the sushi chef asked if we like cream cheese and ordered us an appetizer (these are included in the all-you-can-eat menu.) It was a deep fried egg roll with cream cheese and seafood. He cut it and drizzled it with a sweet sauce. It was a very elegant looking egg roll and so yummy. The sushi menu was filled with rolls that had ingredients I didn't know you could put into sushi. The Tundra Roll had mango, macadamia and balsamic in it. (I meant to take a to-go menu to really know what was involved, but totally spaced it as we left.) It had salmon on top which he charred with a hand held torch. The Kwon had charred cheese on it topped with a wasabi tobiko. These were so beautiful and delicate - not to be dipped in soy sauce. These are not rolls that belonged in an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. We ordered mussels. These were huge and not shriveled up and too chewy which you find in other restaurants. YUMMY! Another thing that caught my eye was the tempura banana with ice cream for dessert.  Since I have given up dairy temporarily, it will have to wait until next time. Marc and I were thrilled from the moment we entered. The all-you-can-eat dinner is $20.95. You can get cheaper in town but surely not better!

Here is a picture of the Kwon roll with Kwon. He's worked in many sushi restaurants in Reno and made the menu for Rickshaw Sushi.





I have more to blog on but am running out of time. Stay tuned for my first auction experience. It was CRAZY!