Three Years

In a blink of an eye, Fran and I have been married for 3 years.

4 and 5 Oct 2003. 4 Oct was the wedding ceremony and the 5th being the dinner. It just seems like yesterday that it all happened.

Yesterday we went celebrating with a dinner at a quaint little japanese place called Sushi Kikuzawa. A small hole in the wall type of shop with a counter for about 10-12. Some have described it as a close resemblance to a small sushi bar you will find in Japan. For a flat fee, the chef (a real japanese) will prepare the sushi for you. Of course you can either order food that you actually like, but that would not be fun now would it; or you can leave it to the chef to prepare what he likes.

After some initial hesitation, we decided to go for the latter option, trusting that the good chef will prepare the freshest catch of the day. Boy were we surprised with some pretty good stuff. We had a range of nigiri sushi that we would normally not try. The unagi was particularly well done with a few bursts of fire from a blow torch. Wow!

We even had a taste of the fugu. This is the famed puffer fish. The flesh is edible but the innards are poisonous. The taste was rather bland but I think the thrill comes from knowing its potential for harm

All in all, we had a very good experience. It will be a tough decision to go back to the usual sushi joints with the conveyor belts. For you foodies out there, the address of the place is:

Sushi Kikuzawa
360, Orchard Road
International building
#02-13