I have wanted to go to a Sushi Burrito restaurant ever since I first knew such a thing existed. The two words together didn't seem like a match at all. I'm actually not a big sushi fan. I can enjoy the cooked fish dishes, but sashimi does not appeal. Still, I was so curious about what a sushi burrito might be. The concept is what hooked me.
A couple of days ago, Sweet Hubby and I were downtown looking to get a quick bite before seeing a movie (the Indian movie "RRR", by the way, which I highly recommend). SH noticed a Sushi Burrito counter at a food court, so I finally had my maiden experience.
It turns out a sushi burrito is pretty much any typical sushi roll but wrapped up like a burrito with a square of nori and a hunk of rice inside a rice tortilla/pancake/wrapper. Ours had tempura shrimp, avocado, cucumbers, and some other things I can't remember. It was good, very filling, as rice dishes tend to be. And now my curiosity is satisfied and I can get on with my life.
Yesterday, SH and I went tunnel flying (aka indoor skydiving) with a friend. After a good workout in the air, we went to a nearby Japanese restaurant for lunch (teriyaki chicken and tempura veggies for me). After that, SH wanted to pop into a Value Village, so I went into a nearby Japanese dessert café I'd noticed before and was curious about. (There's that pesky curiosity again; good thing I'm not a cat.) I had no idea what to expect, since most Japanese, and, for that matter, most Asian restaurants, don't particularly feature desserts.
In this place, called Kakigori, there were several difference cheesecakes in a display case, but I was mostly interested in the unfamiliar, and there was plenty of that, too. A large board had all the choices posted, and I can't even really describe it all. Most of the offerings come in cups to be ingested with spoon or straw, with a lot of different textures and flavorings, both familiar and exotic, such as taro, matcha, and others I can't remember or didn't recognize. I ended up getting a Bingsu with taro flavoring. Bingsu was described to me as shaved ice, but the texture wasn't like a snow cone, but almost dry, like flaked coconut, although it did gradually melt. The taro flavoring, which is purple, my favorite color, was really good, sweet but not too sweet. Given that I had no idea what to expect, I'm really glad I gave it a try, and am looking forward to experimenting with more of the strange desserts after the next time we go tunnel flying.