Following Matt Anderson's traditional sushi on Easter eve, Burr invited everyone to sushEaster last night at Ginza of Tokyo. We started out with delicious edamame and some tampura (sliced potato, sweet potato, shrimp, carrot, broccoli, onion, zuccini dipped in a thin batter and fried) with miso soup. While I am not adventurous enough to try the "raw" dishes, Mark and I enjoyed Philidelphia rolls (smoked salmon and cream cheese), New York rolls (shrimp and avacado), California rolls (cucumber and avacado), Unagi (eel- that was a push for me, but it really is delicious- sweet with a smoky sauce), and shrimp sushimi (shrimp on a egg of rice). Everything was cooked (the smoke "cooked" the salmon) and nothing had a "fishy" taste. For desert we all got some ice cream- Mark, Natalie, Burr and I got tampura ice cream (fried ice cream) with a lovely strawberry sauce on top while Sarah got a heaping bowl of green tea ice cream.

After sushi, we headed over to Natalie and Burr's while Sarah headed out for another hot spot. We watched some old (1960) episodes of Bullwinkle- all amazed with the changes in technology and groning at the jokes we use to think were so funny :) We also talked about traveling, Burr and Natalie had spent 5 weeks in Europe and have learned many great tips and suggestions. I need to remember to get a travel towl from REI and the "lonely planet" travel book.

What a lovely night to spend with friends and a wonderful way to spend Easter Eve.