On Sunday Helene and I shopped at the annual SHARE Institute Open House. SHARE, founded by Dr. Soheir Stolba and Shaku Shankar, is a non-profit organization doing wonderful work to help improve the lives of people locally and abroad. I can't show the items I bought, as they are gifts for certain people who read this blog (well, they claim they read it). The volunteers at SHARE work very hard on these events and it's inspiring to see their efforts. Proceeds from the Open House provide money for the projects SHARE funds to help people struggling to survive in very difficult circumstances. To learn more about SHARE, go to their website .
After shopping at the Open House, Helene and I had lunch at Mikuni, the most popular sushi restaurant in Sacramento.
Unfortunately, I was having trouble with my camera and got very few decent shots. It wasn't the camera's fault--I forgot to charge the battery. But, here's what we ate. Helene had two bowls of the miso soup, which is very good. Then she ordered a modest amount of tuna and eel nigiri sushi. I was a little distracted when I walked into the restaurant, but noticed an item on the blackboard called Japanese Mafia. It listed scallops, tuna, and crab as ingredients, so I ordered that along with a platter of seared tuna, and a soft shell crab hand roll. The tuna was tender, almost melting on the tongue. I loved the hand roll, which was wrapped with a soy skin, rather than nori. Some people prefer the nori but I thought the soy skin worked well with the crab. I've had it both ways at Mikuni.
Here you see the Japanese Mafia, the only sushi shot I got with my camera. Well, I was very surprised at the size of it, to say the least. I expected a roll half that size. Helene ate a few pieces, but it was left to me to polish it off. And I did. Was there ever any doubt?
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