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'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 06, 2007 1:24:53 pm PDT #2829 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

How many pieces of sushi do you all typically eat in one sitting?

I usually eat a couple of rolls, plus a couple roe or uni gunkan-maki if I'm hungry. But it depends on the kind of roll. I try not to eat more than $20 worth of sushi at a sitting.

I suspect sushi may be on the menu tonight now that it's been brought up. I don't feel like baking the trout filet I have in my freezer.

Happy Birthday Robin!


Tom Scola - Aug 06, 2007 1:26:48 pm PDT #2830 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I usually get a combo too, but the new Japanese restaurant that opened by me doesn't have a combo plate, which was why I was asking.

I got an eel avocado roll, which had about 7 segments, and a salmon, a tuna, and another eel sushi. Plus a cooked, salted mackerel Tapas thing, which was amazing.


Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 1:27:52 pm PDT #2831 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

I must conquer sake similarly.

I've just gotten used to it, but Mr. Jane and our friend S. love doing sake bombs. The place where we go is really nice about it too. They do the ones where you balance the sake above the beer with chopsticks then pound on the table to drop it. They always ask, and always clean up after.


Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 1:30:11 pm PDT #2832 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

This is our place, Teppo [link] My favorite thing there is the bacon wrapped grilled tomato kabob appetizer thingy.


§ ita § - Aug 06, 2007 1:38:16 pm PDT #2833 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I wanna play! I wanna play!

In general, I hate restaurant staff already "knowing" what I want, but honestly, I always want hot tea here and the busboy has sometimes headed towards us with our drinks before we've had a chance to sit down.

He's cool. He gets to do that.


Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 1:42:00 pm PDT #2834 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Looking at our sushi place on their "Friends of Teppo" it seems George Clooney is a friend of Teppo. I am now (probably insufficiently though) mortified that we sit in the back and behave like it's the pub down the street (even though it kinda is).

ETA: That place looks cool, ita


amych - Aug 06, 2007 1:43:39 pm PDT #2835 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

All the comparative sushi talk is making me hungry. Also, making me wonder what it would take for the restaurant industry to finally fucking give up the damned noisy flash brochureware sites.


Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 1:44:31 pm PDT #2836 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Also, making me wonder what it would take for the restaurant industry to finally fucking give up the damned noisy flash brochureware sites.

Heh. I have no sound card here at work, and somehow I just knew...


amych - Aug 06, 2007 1:45:02 pm PDT #2837 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I am now (probably insufficiently though) mortified that we sit in the back and behave like it's the pub down the street (even though it kinda is).

See, I think the Clooneyness makes it even cooler to behave like it's the local. As long as you behave well at the local, but being in the business, I'm sure you do.


Daisy Jane - Aug 06, 2007 1:46:45 pm PDT #2838 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Yeah, laughing too hard and the saki bombs are probably the worst of it (and again, we ask and clean up after ourselves). We also smoke out back with the kitchen staff.