Sushi Groove South, Folsom @ 11th, San Francisco CA

May 12th 2004 wiv me old china's E and P.

P and I arrived just before the regular, E, and ordered a couple of sakitinis. They were huge and we couldnt drink them fast enough as E let us into her little secret: there's a waiter here who fills up her sake bottle for free, over and over and over again. A bottomless flask of hot sake. oh yes. This was going to be a good night. E is also on first name terms with one of the sexy sushi chef's too, so after munching on a bowlful of plump edamames she paid him a visit to find out what was good from today's catch. He sent us a plateful of the freshest sashimi and four perfectly arranged New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel appetizers. Each mussel was adorned with something crunchy, piquant and delicious whilst sharing its carefully balanced shell with the yolk of a little quail's egg. P doesn't do mussels so E and I landed two each. Those mussels delivered some punch. P doesn't know what she missed. A bowl of seaweed salad later, we ordered more sushi. My california roll was overly stodgy and lacking delicacy. I ended up picking out the crab avocado centres and rejecting the chewy rice. P's kamikaze roll was better, but E really scored with the wild salmon nigiri. It had the most amazing smoky taste, almost as if the fish really had gone wild and spent his last night downing Laphroaig followed by a last wish cup of Lapsong Souchon the next morning to settle his hangover before his execution. So instead of dessert we ordered a final plate of that wild, wild salmon, sashimi style and none of us missed the mochi we could otherwise have chosen. By the time we left we were a happy trio - the waiter who had been refilling that sake flask and sharing 'cheers' with us in a different language everytime he stopped by told us we were all beautiful. From the number of languages we'd used through put the night, sante, prosit, salud, skol, Kam Pai and Gom Bay as well as cheers, I can't ignore the fact that, gorgeous as we all are, he was probably viewing us, and the world, through his Sake Goggles as we disappeared into the SoMa night...

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Sushi Groove South, Folsom @ 11th, San Francisco CA