Arigato Sea40

 While I was on Vacation my friends brought me to a Restaurant called “Sea40” It is a Japanese Hibachi restaurant and it was a great time. I had never had Japanese food before so I was an open book for this one. Being allergic to shrimp did limit me a small amount sadly.

 We enter the place and the music and the atmosphere made you feel like you were in Japan. The seven of us sat around this big stainless steal hot top, our chef Phelix (I don’t think it was his real name, I don’t believe Phelix is a Japanese name), started twirling his spatula and fork like he was a piton twirler in a parade, flipping eggs in the air and flinging other items so fast it was almost a blur.

 He squirted sake’ in our mouths and made this really cool Volcano out of onion rings, he was a showman. I asked him at some point how long he had been a Hibachi chef and he told us that this was his second week, but he studied in his home country of Japan for 7 years to be able to become a Hibachi chef.

 As I said this being my first time I was open, and Chef knew my issue with shrimp so he knew not to fling one in my direction, but I did try everything else. The barbequed octopus was fantastic, although the head was chewy. We had spring rolls that were so good that it melted in your mouth. The warm Sake was excellent, I didn’t think I would like it, but it was pleasing to my pallet. The crunchy tuna rolls were interesting, but not my favorite thing, and the sushi was also interesting.

I think he has something in his teeth

 I did play it safe and ordered the filet mignon and chicken with Japanese fried rice and sautéed vegetable, I liked the daikon radish and the ginger sauce, but the “Yummy” sauce was way too sweet for me, it had the consistency of baby food and it tasted like strawberry yogurt.

 The sake’ warmed my cheeks, the food warmed my belly and my friends warmed my soul. I wished I had gotten more photos of the experience; it was all a blur of activities, maybe next time.

Until next time Domo Arigato

A Sub by any other name would taste so good

  Ok so Shakespeare I’m NOT! 

 This is not much of a Blog entry but I had a question for whom ever is reading my ratings this time around.

 What do you call a Submarine Sandwich where you live?

 I do not know how or why this came up, but for some reason it interests me. Here is what we have so far.

Massachusetts and New Hampshire 

Grinder

Grinder

 

Spukie

Spukie

 

Sub

Submarine

 

Maine

An Italian

Italian

 

Georgia

Po'Boy

 

Po’ boy

I would love for anyone that wants to contribute to tell what state they are in and what they call a Submarine Sandwich in your location.

 Ok I figured it out I was hungry ….That’s how I got on this one… Lets hear from you know.

Hungry for a blog entry

I was thinking it has been quiet for a couple of weeks as far activities go and I was not sure what to post that was worthy of a thought. Then I got hungry and decided that seeing how I have a lot of readers and followers from different states and different countries that I would ask what your favorite food or dish was.

 Being from Boston Massachusetts in the United States of America you would think that my favorite food would be Boston Baked Beans

or Clams

or Haddock

or even the New England Boiled Diner of Potatoes, Ham (or Corn beef) and local vegetables (and or cabbage),

although I do enjoy them I have to say that I actually have a fondness to Chinese food and Pizza, But my two favorite foods are Beef Stew with Turnip in it and a dish that is a spin on chip beef on toast, it is Scrambled Hamburger with beef gravy over white rice, not a Massachusetts dish or a New England dish for that matter, but something a really like to eat.

 So come on fellow bloggers, what is your native or local food dish and what is your favorite food of them all.

National Junk Food Day

I was sitting here wondering what wise comments or intuitive thought I could pass along to bloggers today and almost said I will skip it and then I remembered a not widely known Holiday called National junk food day.

For most of us, just about every day is Junk Food Day. For the rest of you out there, National Junk Food Day is a great opportunity to guiltlessly eat your, Ring dings, Ho-Ho’s, Potato chips and all your other favorite junk food.

Dietitians will tell you that junk food is any food that contains little nutritional value. We also include foods that are high in salts, fats, and sugars. In other words, junk food is all that tasty stuff that the dietitians, and your parents, say is bad for us. Junk food is the food dreams are made of, flaky cakes and strawberry shortcakes, cream filled goodies that make you drool just thinking about them… The food that makes you feel like a kid all over again.

On Junk Food Day, you get to eat anything you want. Eat any amounts that you want, too. Tomorrow, however, it's back to a healthy diet, Your Folks and spouses mocking and perhaps a stomach ache or in some cases a diabetic coma and insulin shot...  I never said Junk Food Day was safe or didn’t have any ramifications.

How did National Junk Food Day originate you ask? Well, fact checkers and inquisitive know it alls were looking for information on what is and what isn't junk food. They found no information on the origin of this day. It was most likely created by a diet conscious individual or group who desired to eat junk food, without guilt, at least one day a year. I refer to them as Food Nazis

Now as some of you may know, that creating an official “National" day requires an Act of Congress. Something the inquisitive minds did not find any records of. While Congress may be accused of going on occasional junkets, I firmly believe they would not support a Nation day of junk food.

 So for me and a few of my not so close friends out there July 21^st will always be a quiet time of binging on salty and sugary treats, I still may have to hide it from the powers that be, but dam it I am going to partake in it!

However I am compelled to post a Warning so here it is…

Please Note: Junk food may be hazardous to your health. After all, Your Doctors and Parents and spouses know what's best for you. Do so at your own risk. That risk includes those same people saying: "I told you so!"

Jump in and Join me Tell us what your favorite Junk Food is.

See you next time, Thanks for reading