Sushi Heaven

After the stress of the shed it was good to be rewarded with a decent night out thanks to Kerry's success at work. She'd been awarded £100 to spend on a meal out and that's nearly what we spent. Oki-nami in Brighton is relatively new Japanese restaurant but had previously been in Hove. Its also part owned by Mr. Cook of Fatboy fame.

Started off with some Shochu cocktails, of which I'd say Kerry's plum flavoured one beat my passion fruit and melon one, and to eat some Maki and Nigiri sushi filled with shiitake mushrooms, sesame seeds and king prawn. Quite adventurous for me but I avoided the prawn. A nice touch in case the conversation runs dry was that the chopsticks were wrapped in origami paper with folding instructions. I made a jumping frog.

Second course was some Japanese tapas or otsumame taking in some Nikku gyoza (dumplings filled with pork & vegetable), Hotate yaki (Pan-fried fresh scallops in garlic butter) and Yasai ten. (vegetable tempura) which were all fantastic. By then the shochu cocktails were downed so went on to Kirin beer which is on tap.

Third course was slightly piggy with Kerry ordering Tuna wafu which is raw but cooked tuna fillet in a savoury citrus sesame sauce. The manager talked her into it saying it was completely different to normal tuna and he was so right. Even I liked it and I hate tuna. My mains course was ostrich teriyaki-style which was amazing. Never had ostrich which really tastes and looks like beef.

Final course, though amazed we had any room for it, we shared a Japanese Millionaire's cake or Okumanchyojya. Another amazing taste and a bill just shy of a ton!

We met up with an karate mate, Lawrence who was in town with his missus, Jenny checking out Om and the Three and Ten bar.