Japanese Food Rocks!

Last night we went out for dinner with some of Liz' family for a joint birthday celebration for Liz and Richard. We went to a Japanese restaurant in Port Chester called Edo. Here, they advertise Edo as being a place for Hibachi, but when we used that word in front of Stephen and Mari they were both puzzled. Basically, they cook the food in front of you and put on a bit of a show, such as making volcanoes out of onions and stuff like that.

I have strong memories of Edo - the first time I went there was the day I learned a valuable lesson: even if the date on mayonnaise says it is still good, don't eat it if it smells funny.

They give you a lot of food at Edo. Last night with the Hibachi dinner we got soup, salad, which Edo make with a really good carrot ginger dressing, vegetables, rice (either boiled or fried), shrimp and the meat that you choose. Edo is the only place that I eat shrimp. I've tried it other places and just don't find it at all appealing. At Edo though, I actually look forward to it. I generally get chicken, which they cook in a teriyaki sauce. To dip the vegetables in they give you 2 sauces - one is a brown ginger sauce, and the other is a mustard sauce. I always end up forgetting which one I prefer, so for future reference, Russell - you prefer the brown ginger sauce. Last night I loaded up on a lot of rice because Barbara gave Liz a lot of her fried rice, so she in turn couldn't eat her boiled rice. Mmmm... boiled rice with the ginger sauce was good.

Another highlight of the evening was when we were about to leave Gail's house and my crapberry rang in my pocket. It was a local number, so I figured I should answer it just in case something bad was happening.

"This is the Greenwich Police - we just got an emergency call from this number. Is everything OK?" came the voice from the other end.

"Ummm... no-one called the police." I answered.

"Are you sure no-one called? Is everyone OK?" they asked.

"Yep - my phone was in my pocket, it was locked, but it must have hit the emergency call button. Sorry about that."

"Well, if you're sure everyone's OK, have a good night."

"Thanks..."

I had to pull the battery out of the phone to get it to turn off "Emergency Call Mode". I really don't like the POS... sorry to have disturbed the Greenwich PD, I blame the Blackberry.