No breakfast.
Willy came by around 12:15 and we called Amy and found out she was downtown. We had been planing to go to Azuma for sushi, but Willy suggested we go to the sushi restaurant between 2nd and 3rd on Slate, which turned out to be Sumo. When we got there it was connected to Amerasia, which used to be my favorite dim sum restaurant when it was located at the corner of Lead and Cornell. Micki is gone but the Korean lady who was the first waitress still serves and I am sure owns the restaurant now.
Willy and I sat at a table in the Amerasia side and soon Amy joined us. We ordered tea and water and soon the service cart came by and we took small plates with three each of steamed dumplings filled with chicken and peanuts, steamed dumplings filled with pork, scallions and ginger, fried dumplings filled with beef, two bao su, a bowl of spicy rice and pork. Amy and Willy were not very hungry so I
ate a few more dumplings.
Amy became very excited when she realized this was the original Amerasia because it was one of Sonny Lee’s favorites. She took a picture of the food and called him to tell him of the find.
Later I ordered my favorite dish, wood ear and mushroom stuffed fried tofu in a vegetable broth and the lady gave us a small plate of Chinese Beignets
Here is a review from the Alibi that contains the Korean lady’s name.
Alibi:
Dim sum and sushi under the same roof? It's like a dream come true. The beautiful interior of the antique filling station just east of the federal courthouse is a marked change from the cozy home interior of where AmerAsia used to reside near the University. Hyangami Yi's food is just as good as ever. Expect her familiar dim sum plates and buns, and feel free to order sushi like you've never had in this town from her brother Woo Youn. He's got all the usual sashimi and nigiri in his adjoining restaurant, but it's the original, creative rolls that really set Sumo apart—that, and the adorable little train that ferries your pickled ginger around the sushi bar.
I then drove home for 1 hour, just long enough to do a little work and see the stock market finish at an all time high. Then I drove to a 3:00 meeting and afterward stopped at Sprouts to shop. I was looking for dill but there was none. I bought ½ lb. of nice sea scallops for $12.99/lb., two good medium avocados for $.68 each, a cauliflower for $.98/lb., and cluster tomatoes for $.98/lb.
I then drove to Talin, but they had no dill weed also. I did buy snow peas, baby boy choy, lots of different noodles, mung bean sprouts, black wood ear threads and beef meatballs.
In desperation, I stopped at La Montanita on the way home and finally found fresh organic dill for $4.00 for an oz. plastic container, which should be enough to do 3 lb. of graves lax. I also bought Wasa hard bread, and a 5 oz. package of duck liver pate’.
I finally arrived home in the rain at 5:30.
I was hungry, so I spread PPI turkey salad on a piece of Wasabread. Then I heated the PPI Vietnamese Noodle soup and we each ate a bowl of it. Suzette are up with a wonderful menu, Pork
Confit on a mound of mashed roasted sweet potato, served with steamed cauliflower glazed in brown butter. It was simple, low calorie, and healthy.
Suzette has bought three cases of Rodney Strong Pinot Noir for the restaurant, so we tried a bottle this evening. It was surprisingly clean tasting, but did not seem to be 100% Pinot. We both think a producer can put Pinot Noir on the label if the bottle contains at least 80% Pinot Noir grapes. It did it have a fully Pinot Noir flavor, but its lightness made it a good food wine.
After diner I ate a slice of my chocolate dessert with pomegranate flavored crème anglais and a drizzle of pomegranate juice. The dessert is better with a drizzle of pomegranate juice to cut through the creaminess of the crème.
We watched the Antique Roadshow ad then the Gershwin
Prize for American song concert and presentation to Willy Nelson.
Another wonderfully of food.
Bon Appetit
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