As you must have understood now, I’m a sushi lover. When we don’t feel like cooking at home, take out sushi is the best solution. At Whole Foods the sushi boxes are pretty expensive for what they are and not really good. We found that the Japanese Market in Japan Town had amazing fresh salmon and great punzu imported straight from Japan. So we usually get that, slice it at home and also buy good sushis at Vicente Food in Brentwood. It’s hard to find the Red Bean Mochis now in supermarkets but it’s still available in Japan Town. Make your sushi/cut roll look good on a plate. It’s very important that you like what you’re about to eat. Eating out of a take out box is a bad habit, you do not enjoy the food as much and you will not feel as satisfied.

The nicest thing about having a sushi nite is that you can focus on the rest. When you cook an entire meal at home, you do not have time usually to set a nice atmosphere. So get some nice scented candles, subdued lights, create a playlist for this special evening (Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong …) I’d recommend not turning on the TV, it just ruins everything. Enjoy the person sharing this meal with you, or if you’re alone, just enjoy, relax and start dreaming of Japan …