Omakase Christmas Eve
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Three posts in one day...
This one is for Steve and Emily...
who would have loved this dinner
and the ambiance of this beautiful restaurant...
Even though I had a lovely invitation to visit extended family of the friends I'm staying with... I find that I still can not attend large social occasions...
So... I took myself off to my favorite sushi place in Fort Collins, [Jeju Restaurant](http://www.sushijeju.com/)...
This one is for Steve and Emily...
who would have loved this dinner
and the ambiance of this beautiful restaurant...
Even though I had a lovely invitation to visit extended family of the friends I'm staying with... I find that I still can not attend large social occasions...
So... I took myself off to my favorite sushi place in Fort Collins, [Jeju Restaurant](http://www.sushijeju.com/)...
I asked for Omakase, which means in Japanese, literally, that I put myself in your hands, in your care. The head chef created a feast for me that I would like to share with you here...
I started with a warm cup of green tea...
I started with a warm cup of green tea...
Then miso soup...
Then a delicious salad with seared tuna...
followed by scallops wrapped in tuna...
Then a sashimi platter like I've never seen before...
after that came the nigiri with the freshest hamachi roll...
sans the scallop nigiri that I ate
before remembering to take a picture...
sans the scallop nigiri that I ate
before remembering to take a picture...
Imagine my surprise when desert showed itself...
tempura cheese cake dancing
around the cutest orange panda...
A feast for this night indeed!
around the cutest orange panda...
A feast for this night indeed!
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