Well tonight contained a first: I ate sushi. Jessica, myself, and her coworker April’s family met up at a restaurant called Ra Sushi in Ahwatukee. With an intent to be adventurous, I ordered the base Sushi Combo. The others ordered specific single pieces along with some saki and japanese beer.

Ra’s sushi combo platter primarily included the prerequisite California rolls. It also had single pieces of Tuna (“Maguro”), Salmon (“Sake”), Whitefish, Yellowtail (“Hamachi”), Shrimp (“Ebi”), and Sweet Egg (“Tamago”). In addition to this range of odd tastes, I also tried their Cucumber Roll, a Lobster Roll, as well as the Fresh Water Eel (“Unagi”, and the best of them all).

The experience was interesting to say the least, and I can still feel that first piece of Nigiri between my fingers just as if I were eating it now. The taste of sushi is definitely not something I would call great, but I wouldn’t be against going out again for another adventure with the raw and semi-raw fish. I probably would stick to Ahi (tuna) in most cases however.

After the meal, Jessica and I headed to see the movie “V for Vendetta” that was playing next door. I can’t recommend the flick enough, as it was probably the best movie I’ve seen in the last few months.