I’m excited to report that Forest Grove has a sushi restaurant—at it’s pretty good. I’ve been there several times and the menu continues to evolve as they adjust to customer demand. They don’t have a sign or printed menus yet so I cannot tell you the name of the restaurant. This article from Forest Grove Live summarizes the history behind the restaurant and intention of the owners. I learned the same story on my first visit and found John very friendly. An article in this weeks Forest Grove News Times has even more background on the restaurant.
Today Brandon and I worked from home. I was actually able to take a break for lunch so we decided to try the sushi in restaurant vs take-out. Brandon was happy to see that they put Salmon Nigiri (as well as other nigiri) on the menu. For $8.95 you get 8 pieces of nigiri—- a huge amount. The presentation was great, including the wasabi dab on top, and the food was fresh. The actual piece of salmon was smaller than we get at other restaurants. But, that is how you get so many pieces for that price. I think it was a nice blend of quality and quantity. The miso soup is fantastic—very hearty—if that makes sense for miso. I loved that the wasbi was put right on the soy sauce dish making it very easy to season your sauce. The wasabi was delicious, potent yet manageable.
Overall, I’m thrilled that we have sushi in Forest Grove. I hope it’s a big success. Thank you to The Kim’s for bringing sushi to our town.
I am on my third and hopefully last (for the foreseeable future) espresso machine and grinder. After many, many weeks of research and many emails and discussion threads later I decided on the La Spaziale Mini Vivaldi II and the MACAP M4 Stepless grinder (with doser). I purchased both from Chris Coffee after chatting many times with Chris and Mary…I am extremely happy with my decision.
Typically when someone gets obsessed about something, they learn everything they can, explore, and set higher and higher goals/standards. This happens to me a lot on many different topics, the last being espresso. Without going into painful details, I was ready to arm myself with superior espresso gear on the quest for the God shot.
Below is just a quick list of key features I love about my new setup.
As promised the Academy Award winning video of The Unboxing.
Well now that I just wasted a whole minute of your time, please go back to your regularly scheduled program.
