Sushi Love – Ozumo

Hi friends! Hope you’re all having a great day so far. This morning was a lil rough getting up since I’m a grandma and all and need 8 hours of sleep…and any less and I’m a zombie which is exactly what happened. Although I would definitely take less sleep for the amazing time we had last night with our new friends…hi Kristin and Dave! 🙂

Dave is a friend of my husband’s and I just met him and his lovely wife for the first time last night…we had a blast together at Ozumo and it was a wonderful evening with awesome company and delicious food 🙂  Since I’m still fairly new to blogging, I tend to feel awkward taking pictures in restaurants but we were in San Francisco and anything goes there (;))…I don’t think anyone even noticed!

Before I begin, here’s my outfit for the evening. Maxi dress from Express…we were having perfect summer weather for it too!

We arrived at Ozumo a bit early to beat traffic so we sat at the bar while talking with our friend Brian who is the General Manager Ozumo. He bought us a round of drinks (hubby – Sapporo, me – diet coke), along with the most amazing warm, garlic edamame. It was to die for and hubby professed his love for it quoting, “I’d like to take a bath in this it’s so good”. Yes it was pretty spectacular. I didn’t get a pic of it at the bar but we ordered it again once we were seated with our friends since they had to try it…

I wanted to eat every piece of that garlic but tried to control myself in front of our new friends 😉

Since I’m no longer drinking alcohol for our Getting Ready plans and thus the DD, I stuck to my diet coke while the hubby and friends enjoyed cold Sake…

Down the hatch!! 🙂

And then it was time for our first of two appetizers that comes complimentary with your dining experience…

Sorry for the blurry photo, I was trying to be quick! And I don’t remember how the waitress described this dish but it’s some type of raw fish and corn relish (like a ceviche) on top of a chip and cucumber. Whatever it was it was good!

Second complimentary dish…

Raw fish atop avocado with a type of soy sauce and cabbage…the avocado and fish together created a delicious creamy texture and the flavor was rich with a salty and sweet bite to it.

The menu is a bit overwhelming and the prices are a bit high so we stuck with what we were sure to be happy and satisfied with eating – sushi! Shared between the hubby and I…

Yasai-Maki – Seasonal vegetables with a tart ume plum sauce

Sekiwake – Spicy Tuna Roll with tobiko, tempura flakes, salmon, hamachi and peanut sauce

Dragon – Tempura Shrimp Roll wrapped in grilled unagi and avocado, with sweet soy sauce – my fav!

We then ordered dessert shared by all that was insanely delicious. Sadly I forgot to snap a pic but it was the Dark Chocolate Fondue – Warm Belgium chocolate fondue with fresh fruits.

It was fun night with our new friends and a very pleasurable dinning experience. We hope to go there again very soon and order a whole bunch of different items off their menu – Ozumo will definitely be seeing us again! 🙂

Boy was I glad I made the decision yesterday to workout and have today as my rest day because I more than needed that extra hour of sleep…it was much welcomed 😉

I was not only sleep deprived but felt like a human walking salt shaker after all the sodium I consumed last night (ooph!), so nothing sounded more appealing than a smoothie for breakfast…

1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk and 1/2 cup Non-fat milk (I ran out of Almond so had to use some regular milk)

1 frozen banana

1 scoop Casein Vanilla Protein Powder

1 tsp. xanthan gum

Peanut Butter Puffins

Hope you’re all having a great day so far and I’ll see you all back here tomorrow!

Questions: Do you like sushi? What are your favorite types (rolls, sashimi, nigiri) of sushi to order?