Round 3: Sushi Abend im Sushi Park

It's approaching 2000 hours and I'm wondering if I should head off to the library to study tonight while waiting for the fish to grill in the microwave. The bicycle's already parked there, but its Tuesday - that means boxing night on DSF, Europe's Sport Channel.


One of Life's greatest decisions. What to do? Doshiyo..>_<

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Last night was Sushi Dinner with my japanese teacher and 7 of her students. Well, she's not exactly my teacher - I attended her lessons for a month or so but stopped after because I was already attending classes for 6 other subjects. But we still see each other on and off and she is a really sweet lady. Coincidently she has the same name as my gf: Kayo!


The sushi restaurant of choice was Sushi Park. For any readers who happen to live in or near Mannheim, it's located round the corner of L6. It's just a 10 minute stroll from Hauptbahnhof and one block just after Cinemaxx, with Wasserturm(Watertower) as your ref.


I arrived there earlier than the rest, so I got seated and ordered a pot of green tea first. It was aromatic, smelled delicious to whet my appetite for sushi. It was my 2nd time there and I already knew that it wasn't a genuine japanese sushi restaurant. The place was managed by a korean couple(the husband was the chef) and the waitress that evening was a korean student studying music in Mannheim. But it offered a relaxing atmosphere and the ambiance was soothing. The others came shortly and well, with 10 customers, after the rounds of "Is the specialty worth it?" or "Hey, what do you recommend?" it usually take quite a while before everyone decided what to order. I could empathize with the waitress who came 2 times only to finally take our orders at the 3rd.



The salad as appetizer:



I ordered the middle sushi set (13 euros), which consisted of 3 Maki sushi rolls, 1 Ebi sushi, 1
tako sushi, 2 others which look like salmon or lachs and 1 with a crabmeat stick. Had the impression from the menu that it wasn't gonna be enough to fill the belly, so prior to ordering this, I had also ordered 6 fried spring rolls (3 euros) and 6 pieces of fried Ebi (5 euros), which I passed around. Unfortunately I forgot to snap them. Oh well, here's a shot of the main courses:



The food wasn't jack-jumping delicious, but the fish was certainly fresh. The thing about eating sushi is, you've gotta take your time. Thanks to the appetizers, I was able to not wolf all my sushi at one go. I'm a wasabi junkie, so I had to order a second helping of it. Just love the rush of blood to the head when you overdose on it. Hehe..


Last night was also my first time trying Asahi and Kirin Ichiban beer. Nelly, the german in striped t-shirt, like Frau Funatsu's husband, seated opposite me here, is no stranger to japanese beer.

Kanpai!


After 3 years of german beer, the japanese beers are like water in contrast! The taste of malt was there, but many more times diluted. I think I'm confident enough to take on 3/4 to a whole crate of Asahi!


Any challengers/sponsors? :P