{ Apartment 203 }
I’m rarely at home so I don’t get to spend as much time with my two awesome roommates as I’d like, but the past week or so brought some wonderful roommate moments. Most of our activities center around food since our entire apartment is afflicted with a terrible condition known as heiferitis – the inability to get full. The menu in the last couple weeks has included Versailles, the Apple Pan, and treats at Becca’s bridal shower (me and the strawberry cream cheese sandwiches were attached at the hip), but the biggest event was probably Rie’s Sushi Explosion Birthday Dinner Bonanza 2008. When Rie & Julie suggested sushi I was envisioning a few measly rolls, maybe with some cucumber inside, or if we were feeling real fancy, some tuna out of a can. But these girls went all out with 5 different kinds of fish, shiso leaves, fancy Cali rolls, and soup. And in between slicing fish (Rie the Sushi Nazi: “Thinner! Thinner slices!!”) I managed to snap a few shots of the feast.
A crucial ingredient:
Julie + avocado:
Rie mans the soup:
She also grated a bit of the below kumquats into it. I absolutely love the story behind these by the way. Apparently a neighboring house has a tree, and Julie & Rie walk past it all the time and drool over the kumquats, until finally one day, they couldn’t take it any longer, and showed up at the door with a bag, asking if they could pick a few (hundred).
Oh look, it’s a cheeto roll:
And now for the results…
It was quite delicious to say the least. But the feasting does not end there. What is a birthday without some (ice cream) cake?
I believe we surprised her while she was doing the dishes. I have no idea why she was doing the dishes on her own birthday.
Happy Birthday Rie!!
May 9th, 2008 at
Thanks for the comment!
Great pics as usual! This looked like a lot of fun :)! Now I’m all hungry!
May 9th, 2008 at
Thank you for the compliment!! Wow that food looks so delicious!!!! I wish I could reach in and grab some…haha….I’m jealous..I wish I could “cook”
May 9th, 2008 at
oh man…I’d comment the nice shots…but I’m just so hungry now! Can I be your friend? lol…I wanna have a bday celebration at your place!
Happy Birthday RIE
May 9th, 2008 at
that’s a sexy fish fillet. tell rie happy birthday for me the next time you see her.
May 9th, 2008 at
looks so yummy :)
May 9th, 2008 at
wow, lovely capture of the food and the process..the sushi looks so yummy! i really like the cake shot too! :)
May 10th, 2008 at
ok i officially hate you! ;) that “cheeto” roll looks awesome!!! have an awesome weekend. now i gotta go find me some sushi!!
May 11th, 2008 at
classico mushroom & ripe olives!
May 11th, 2008 at
awww i wish i was there!! i mmmmmiiiissssssss you guyyyyssss.. waah!
sweet pictures tho!
… EMAIL MEEE~!!!
May 12th, 2008 at
ohh… great pictures.
May 12th, 2008 at
@dimsom –
haha. i hardly ever cook so by befriending me you’re not really getting much. what you have to do is befriend my roommates because they make amazing things all the time! they busted out with bacon-wrapped hotdogs the other day!
@thedamnedsleeper –
will do :)
@sdohana –
haha thanks!! hope you found some yummy sushi!
@hypercarrots –
it took me a couple minutes to figure out what you were talking about! very astute, my friend.
@sparklzchiq –
oh the sushi was soooo good. you’re totally missing out. haha. in other words, you need to COME HOME SOON!!! (will email you!)