Fri, Jul 03, 2009
Ai Sushi
Posted to Miscellaneous category
Nanette took me out to dinner for my birthday yesterday, to a restaurant called Ai Sushi and Steak.
The food was excellent, and reasonably priced for the portions, which were huge.
I had a tempura, udon and California roll combo. The miso soup at the beginning of the meal was smooth and flavorful. The flavors of the green onions, seaweed and tofu were not buried under the miso itself.
The tempura (shrimp and vegetables) was light and not greasy, and the dipping sauce had a nice tang in addition to the soy sauce in it.
The eight small pieces of California roll were well made and had a nice balance of ingredients and a complex flavor -- the crab part seemed to be a crab salad, and I'm not sure what all of the ingredients were.
The bowl of udon soup was huge (this meal failed the 'don't eat anything bigger than your head' rule) with very good noodles, an excellent broth, and plenty of cabbage, carrots and broccoli.
I brought most of the meal home in boxes. I had half the cali rolls and tempura pieces for breakfast, and I'm working on the soup for lunch.
And I think I need to plan on a very small supper tonight.
Our favorite Japanese restaurant in Denver, Mori, closed a while back, but I really think Ai is nearly as good, though their menu is less extensive. (I miss kitsune udon, which I used to get at Mori. And the Japanese pickles that used to accompany every meal.)
And I need to find a source of the thick udon noodles you get in restaurants. The ones I can find locally for home cooking are all skinny. The good Japanese grocery that probably carries them, Pacific Mercantile is still in existence a couple of blocks from the site of Mori, but Denver is a long way to go for noodles and pickles and a few other items. Maybe I'll go down to the art museum one weekend this summer (which is at the other end of the downtown shuttle route) and stop by the market while I am there.
Posted at: 1:16 pm MDT
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Re: Ai Sushi
Shawnwrote on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:11
There is a decent Asian grocery in Broomfield on 120th. Next time you swing by the office try stopping by. I don't recall the name, but it's on the south side of 120th across the street from Safeway and Goodtimes.