BIRFDAY!

[lwood]

My thirty-third birthday is on 3 October, and this year, I'm inviting all of you to come join me.

First Wave (30 September): Cake!
countgeiger tried to surprise me, but I got the best of him. Join me at my house starting at 5pm this Sunday for an ice cream cake from (nom nom nom) Fenton's. The concept of a party planned by hyperactive six-year-olds will be narrowly averted by three factors:

• You and your potluck!


• A big ol' tri-tip roast, which as such will feed most everyone, and will be served faintly mooing because it's my birthday and I can make fiats like this.


• A vegetarian dish to be determined, compatible with the requirements of the known guest list, perhaps Okra and tomatoes?

Second Wave: We had cake, does that mean death here? No! Fish!
This one was my idea, and will be on my actual birthday, which is Wednesday, 3 October, from 7ish on. We'll be at Akasaka Sushi 2650 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. The Yelp folks have some information for you, and, from my own independent research in conjunction erynn999 and dpaxson, we can state that they're a middle-of-the-road place: the usual suspects of maguro, hamachi, sake, tai, unagi, et al are up to par, but I detected a slightly off note in the uni^*.

They have an All-You-Can-Eat option: choose as many as three plates at a time from a limited menu, for about $20 per person. Now, you can expect some of the horsing around that would come from this: the fish slices are a little thin, the rice wads are mighty, and you can expect the rolls to have a thick layer of rice on them. But, hey, it's fresh, tasty, and cheap-for-sushi.

And, hey--they also have tempura and mochi ice creams, although these are not part of the AYCE menu.

Attend one--or both! Attending friends' birthday parties helps assure riches in the fashionable afterlife of your choice. It's also good luck to buy uni and sake^† for the birthday girls in your life. 'strewth!

To preserve some scintilla of surprise about Sunday, please RSVP for it with countgeiger. RSVP for Wednesday here with me.

^* For the Hairy Barbarians:

In English, that's "bluefin, the really red tuna", "yellowtail tuna", "salmon", "red snapper", "freshwater eel", and the slightly-funky one is sea urchin 'nads. Vituð ér enn, eða hvat?

^†sake:

Now, see, here I mean booze. Not salmon. Not that I would turn down salmon, mind you.

Comments

Re: Well, darn it

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Thanks--I will. ;)

-- Lorrie