And Now for Some Food...

Food, travel, sex... I crave experience. The food aspect here has been a little lacking. As has the coding, but I am going to remedy that. I am trying to get my employer to allow me to open source some of the solutions I have developed. And I don't cover sex here because... well, I haven't actually thought about why I don't talk about sex.

Oh yeah, food.

My end-all, be-all favorite food is sushi. I seriously can, and have, eaten it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some people might be familiar with conveyor belt sushi. For those that aren't, the customer sits at a bar and a moving belt brings different plates of sushi. It is the Dim Sum of sushi. The tab is calculated based on the number and color-coding of the plates.

It's also the fast food of sushi. The quality can vary wildly, and ironically the sushi tends to be more plentiful and of higher quality when the restaurant is more busy. But when it's good, it's good. Sometimes, I just don't have the patience for Saburo's, which is seriously the best sushi I have ever had anywhere in the US. Unfortunately, there is always a wait there, usually an hour or more.

There is Umenoki Kaiten nearby (9738 SE Washington St Portland, OR 97216), which definitely can be godawful at the wrong time of day. Last night, the sushi was pretty good at 6:30PM. You have been warned.


The Dim Sum of Sushi

There is a decent selection of nigiri, but the maki is usually the better choice at conveyor belt sushi bars. The quality and quantity of the fish on nigiri is just not nearly as good as "real" bars like Saburo's. The nigiri is disappointing whereas at real bars, the quality is just so much more evident. But Umenoki's rolls are quite respectable.


Soft Shelled Crab Roll with Eel


Rainbow Fever Roll (California roll with six kinds of fish on top)

And a meal of sushi is not complete without sake.



Hakatsuru is okay, but it's no G Sake. Seriously the best sake I have ever tried, albeit a touch spendy. And if anyone wants to serve you warm sake (without plum wine), run. Sake is served warm in order to mask bad sake.

Eating nourished the body; eating well nourishes the soul.