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Green Curry Ceviche

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Green Curry Ceviche
When we were at the Cayman Cookout we had a really yummy Green Curry Ceviche made by Laurent Gras. It was light and refreshing, a little spicy, tangy and just perfect.

Today I got Ono (aka Wahoo) from my Seafood CSA and immediately wanted to make something that would take me back to the Caymans. This dish was the first to my mind. I didn’t really remember what went into it though so, as usual, I improvised and it really worked!

  • 1 cup coconut water
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 small shallot
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, chopped
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 1 jalapeno or similar chile
  • 2 t cumin
  • 1 t coriander
  • handful of cilantro
  • salt
  • 1 lb wahoo/ono
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 japanese cucumber
  1. Blend everything (except fish, avocado and cucumber) in a blender until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh strainer.
  2. Dice fish. Dice avocado. Dice cucumber.
  3. Put the diced everything in a bowl and pour the coconut green curry liquid over the fish mixture. Finish with a good salt. Since I was being nostalgic, I used the Cayman Island salt we brought home!
  4. Enjoy!

Preparation time: 10 minutes

I served this with some thinly sliced, toasted pugliese and sake. It wasn’t Laurent Gras’ but I will sure make this again!

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Hana Japanese Restaurant

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Hana Japanese Restaurant
101 Golf Course Drive
Rohnert Park, CA
707-586-0270

Chef's Sushi Omakase

I found this restaurant purely by accident, chance, kismet, whatever you want to call it. I call it scrumptious fate! We were in the area and it was lunchtime. I don’t know anything around the north bay so I just searched on my phone for, I kid you not, “lunch”.  This was the first result that came up.  We were just on the other side of the freeway so I maneuvered through the construction zones and, with a bit of difficulty, found Hana hidden in the parking lot for the Double Tree hotel.Chef's Sushi Omakase

For lunch I had the Sushi and Sashimi combo lunch. Three types of nigiri, three types of sashimi, all wonderful (tako, maguro, hamachi, sake, and 2 others!). I was surprised to see that they had my favorite sake by the glass as well, Kanchiku. Smooth and delicious.

I returned the next day for dinner with my husband. We couldn’t go home without him experiencing this place. I got the Chef’s Sushi Omakase. My only stipulation was no Uni. Can’t do it. Don’t like it. Don’t want it anywhere near me.

I got a gorgeous plate of 10 nigiri: Tai (snapper), aji (jack mackerel), hamachi, sake, sawara (spanish mackerel), mirugai (giant clam), aorika (cuttlefish), toro, house-smoked salmon and anago (fresh water eel).  Both the sawara and the aji were amazing. I hate saba so I didn’t realize other mackerels could be so lovely. The clam and cuttlefish were not my cup of tea. There wasn’t anything wrong with them, they were far less chewy than I thought they’d be. They weren’t gross by any means, just not my thing. I guiltily ate the toro. I think the bluefin ban should go into effect sooner than later. All the other fish were amazing and not moving towards extinction from overfishing. That’s my one qualm with Hana, they should take bluefin off their menu.

I hope I find myself hungry in the north bay again. This was a wonderful lunch and a wonderful dinner. Tucked away, totally unexpected.

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Sushi Groove South – San Francisco

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Sushi Groove South
1516 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-503-1950


This is our new pre-Slim’s-show dinner. You could easily miss it if you don’t have the address and aren’t really looking for it. Just keep an eye out, you’ll find it. Slip past the thick curtain over the entry and excellent fish and sake awaits.

Hamachi sashimi, never a disappointment. Waloo nigiri I’d never tried and it was a buttery, yummy experience. Sake nigiri, a silken, and beautiful slice of salmon.

The sake, we ordered Ozeki Karatamba, is served in martini glasses so don’t get confused like I did and not think it’s your drink! I’ve yet to have anything here that I didn’t thoroughly enjoy.

It also makes me quite proud that the last time I went was with a friend of mine who hadn’t had sushi and doesn’t like fish but she was really open to trying new things. It turns out she likes raw fish, just not cooked or “fishy” fish. Yay! Sushi for all!

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