senoritafish | (no subject)

For dinner on Friday at the meeting, I bundled up and set out for a walk to see what I could find for dinner - we're provided a list for these meetings but none looked appealing, and the hotel's restaurant was far too expensive (they wanted about $25 for chicken breast!). About a mile down the road from the hotel, I discovered a Benihana restaurant - sure, it's a chain, but I wasn't in the mood for Mexican. I opted for the quieter and less crowded non-teppan side of the restaurant. They seated me by the window, and I was really wishing it was daytime, as it was right on the bay, but all I could see was dark, and a few lights and the traffic from the San Mateo Bridge (I think).

I ordered a sushi combo, and was amused by the tablefull of women next to me, who were done with dinner by the time I sat down, but were finishing up with cocktails. They all had cameras and were having a great time taking pictures of each other and comparing them on their little screens. Sadly, I forgot the real camera and had to rely on the phone, which does not convey the jewel tones of the sushi above. They were still there giggling when I got up to leave.

Flying fish roe
Burlingame Benihana, CA
Kyocera Switchback phone camera
3 April 2009

The foyer had this enormous papier-mache manekineko in a glass case, about three feet tall. I really liked the fisherman painted on its tummy...