Monthly Archives: October 2008

Sushi Raw San Bruno

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http://www.sushirawsanbruno.com/

We attempted to go have dinner with Ron’s parents tonight since we hadn’t seen them for a few weeks but unfortunately, they already ate so we went to find our own dinner before visiting with them.

We ended up in San Bruno and stopped at Sushi Raw. The restaurant itself looks like a converted Jack-in-the-Box or other fast food joint since it had a drive-through window still installed.

The place only has about 10-12 tables but also has a sushi bar. The tables had cute bowls for soy sauce/chopstick rest.

We ordered something called the Island Roll which has hamachi, salmon, and tuna wrapped in thinly sliced cucumber. It was $13.95 which was a bit expensive but likely because it contained so much fresh fish. There was a tangy sauce but we still requested for wasabi because their sauce didn’t quite do it.

We tried their tako sunomono which is an octopus salad. The restaurant that makes my favorite tako sunomono is in Stockton because they make it spicy… haven’t been able to find it since. The toasted sesame seeds were a nice touch but still not exactly what I wanted. This was $6.95.

Lastly we ordered the special bento box where you get your choice of 3 items. We chose the tonkatsu, chicken teriyaki, and spicy tuna roll. The bento is served with miso soup and salad. The miso soup was good because they added those white long mushrooms. The rest of the bento was good but not spectacular but had a nice presentation, I liked the plates. This was $13.95.

Now upon coming home and looking online, apparently you can place your order online and they can deliver! Too bad we don’t live down there. One other thing to mention, their wasabi was good, nice and spicy, it hits you in the nose when you least expect it.

Sushi Raw
1789 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066

My Hello Kitty Obsession

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http://www.sanrio.com

A little bit today on my most long lived obsession… Hello Kitty. It all started when I was around 4 years old and my brother won me this imitation Hello Kitty plush doll at a carnival. It was made of synthetic fabric and stuffed with styrofoam pellets. I loved that thing until it fell apart after being carried around so much and my mom made me throw it away… it was leaking styrofoam pellets 🙁

So in place, she bought me this small Hello Kitty in yellow overalls sitting in her classic side view position. She is about 3 1/2 inches tall and I named her “Baby Kitty”. I know, not very creative, but give me a break, I was only 4.

In the beginning, I didn’t buy much Hello Kitty paraphernalia myself but would receive them as gifts from my many aunts. I was their first niece and they were only in their teens or early-20’s so they also liked Hello Kitty. I was always really excited whenever I got a new Hello Kitty plush.

However, I only really started wanting Hello Kitty stuff on my own when my mom asked me to get my ears pierced. I wasn’t looking forward to the experience but she wanted me to do it so she said after I got them pierced, we’d go to the Sanrio store so she could buy me a present. So I did it and when we walked into the store, the rest is history.

I stopped collecting for a bit during high school because I became interested in other characters like Tweety, Animaniacs, Lion King, Little Mermaid, etc. but it’s something I always go back to. Their motto holds true:

SMALL GIFT, BIG SMILE

The biggest smile was during our wedding. Ron proposed with a solitaire in a plain gold setting but let me know he had a surprise in store for me. Here’s the end product:

Our wedding was also “kittified” with my Hello Kitty wedding veil & gloves, Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel on our limo, Hello Kitty sign-in book & pen, etc.

I still have “Baby Kitty”… she’s safely in storage.