Friday, January 28, 2005
i love japanese food
part of me was glad that we couldn't go to Thompson Island today...after all, that meant not having to worry about packing (good since i had just come back from another retreat). Also, it meant getting to go out to fancy restaurants instead. :)
So we ended up having the retreat in the E38 conference room (same place where the Japan lunch table is held on Wednesdays). It started at 3pm, where we first listened to a former MIT intern talk about his trip and his studies on anime in Japan. Soon after, we all left to go Fugakyu, a Japanese restaurant in Brookline (apparently it's the best/fanciest Japanese restaurant in the Boston area...it got a "$$$" and a 9.1 rating on the boston citysearch restaurant guide).
Anyway, the food there was simply *amazing*. The first round of food consisted of miso soup, with a few plates of various things (beef rolled up with asparagus, baked eggplant covered with this really sweet & delicious sauce, tofu with some shaved stuff on it). The eggplant was extremely delicious..i was totally shocked since i usually dislike eggplant! The thing is, it was prepared a lot differently than "normal" (usually it's breaded and fried, or covered with some vegetables..but this was just baked, made into more of a dessert).
The second round of food consisted of sushi boats (don't they look great), which had a variety of different kinds of sushi (i liked the ones with eel & the mayo sauce, but also the non-fishi ones with sweet potato). I didn't get to try all the different kinds..i wanted to, but i was getting quickly getting full. :)
And of course, after that they brought out the third round of food, which was plates of tempura (!). Even though i was already full, i had to try some (and I wasn't sorry in the least..it was really tasty). I liked the sweet potato ones, and the calamari rings that were also covered with toasted almonds as well. Yummy! :)
And then after *that*, even though my stomach was at like 150% capacity, there was (of course) still room for the dessert (green tea tempura ice cream, covered in this sweet brown sauce). Dude, it was the most delicious dessert i've had in a while..a lot different from anything else i've had. it was soooo good...i probably finished it in less than a minute. I'm glad i don't have the recipe..i'd end up eating it everyday. :)
After that, we all took the T back to the conference room, where we watched a Japanese movie ("Twilight Samurai"). Then I ended up walking back home, to watch some mindless TV and then get a few hours asleep, before my scheduled run of 10 miles tomorrow (eek!).
So we ended up having the retreat in the E38 conference room (same place where the Japan lunch table is held on Wednesdays). It started at 3pm, where we first listened to a former MIT intern talk about his trip and his studies on anime in Japan. Soon after, we all left to go Fugakyu, a Japanese restaurant in Brookline (apparently it's the best/fanciest Japanese restaurant in the Boston area...it got a "$$$" and a 9.1 rating on the boston citysearch restaurant guide).
Anyway, the food there was simply *amazing*. The first round of food consisted of miso soup, with a few plates of various things (beef rolled up with asparagus, baked eggplant covered with this really sweet & delicious sauce, tofu with some shaved stuff on it). The eggplant was extremely delicious..i was totally shocked since i usually dislike eggplant! The thing is, it was prepared a lot differently than "normal" (usually it's breaded and fried, or covered with some vegetables..but this was just baked, made into more of a dessert).
The second round of food consisted of sushi boats (don't they look great), which had a variety of different kinds of sushi (i liked the ones with eel & the mayo sauce, but also the non-fishi ones with sweet potato). I didn't get to try all the different kinds..i wanted to, but i was getting quickly getting full. :)
And of course, after that they brought out the third round of food, which was plates of tempura (!). Even though i was already full, i had to try some (and I wasn't sorry in the least..it was really tasty). I liked the sweet potato ones, and the calamari rings that were also covered with toasted almonds as well. Yummy! :)
And then after *that*, even though my stomach was at like 150% capacity, there was (of course) still room for the dessert (green tea tempura ice cream, covered in this sweet brown sauce). Dude, it was the most delicious dessert i've had in a while..a lot different from anything else i've had. it was soooo good...i probably finished it in less than a minute. I'm glad i don't have the recipe..i'd end up eating it everyday. :)
After that, we all took the T back to the conference room, where we watched a Japanese movie ("Twilight Samurai"). Then I ended up walking back home, to watch some mindless TV and then get a few hours asleep, before my scheduled run of 10 miles tomorrow (eek!).
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