An Asian doing sushi, hold the applause please.

I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything, so I apologize. (I will try to be better...mental note). For the past 4 months, I've spent a significant amount of time learning the ins and outs of all things sushi. I must say that working in sushi has taught me a patience level for failure that I didn't know I had within me.

This picture is one of a few rolls that I made and we feature at my restaurants. The one at the top of the picture is a Spicy Crunchy Tuna Roll and the one below is a Sex on the Moon Roll. The Spicy Crunchy Tuna has tuna, kimchee sauce, tempura flakes, rice, and masago all within the seaweed . My all-time favorite is the Sex on the Moon, I love the crunchy texture of the shrimp tempura and the avocado with the eel and the cream cheese (which is weird, because I am not a huge fan of cream cheese or eel). The sauces you see are kimchee sauce and eel sauce, and they are followed by tempura flakes, scallions, masago, among other things.

Payathai Restaurant

Last night, the girls and I went out to this local Thai restaurant, Payathai. I had never been and you know me when it comes to trying out new places.

Susan and I started out with trying a Thai beer called Chang (pronounced Chung). I would say it is a light beer and if you are looking for something heavier then I would recommend taking a try at a different beer. It does not have an overpowering flavor to it, which is nice. For food, I ordered the sushi roll known as Sex on the Moon, which is their most popular option. It has the following items in the roll: Shrimp tempura, eel, crab, cream cheese, asparagus, cucumber, avocado I/O with tuna, tempura crunch, scallion, flying fish roe, eel sauce, and spicy mayo on top. And for the main course, I had ordered their Hot and Sour Seafood Noodle Soup which, to be honest, was nowhere near Hot or Sour. I had to add in 4-5 spoonfuls of chili paste into the broth to make it somewhat spicy. The soup had imitation crab chunks, mussels, shrimp, scallops, noodles, green onions, etc.

Overall, it was a good meal. I would say the menu was very competitive in terms of price, but the service...was good, not great. The server could have come around for drink refills a little more frequently, but in terms of food...I'd go again.

http://www.payathairestaurant.com/