Mostly about food

A brief but welcome warm-up saw me in shoes, going out to Sushi on Bloor. Should have gone a half hour later, closer to 3, when half the lunching parties departed. But I did get a table, even if it was next to eight people having, I assume, their Christmas office party. I had the tempura lunch rather than the fish I'd vaguely intended, because the very busy waiter came for my order almost immediately and I didn't want to send him away,  in case he never came back. The vegetable part of the 'shrimp and vegetable tempura' was all sweet potato, and came with rice as well, and there was no way I could eat all that, so I have leftovers for tomorrow.

Speaking of sweet potato, Loblaws finally got Canadian yams in, but only in bags of five each. I like sweet potato more than it likes me, and five is three too many. The loose ones are from the U.S. still, and I'm still boycotting American produce. Oh well. Won't hurt to do without.

And speaking of rice, the shawarma last week came with long grain rice and it was delicious. My rice of choice is basmati but I bought a small sack of long grain to see how it tasted with my usual recipes (lima beans & rice, omuraisu, etc.) It tastes exactly like Uncle Ben's. I suppose I could do a beef fried rice with it as in the olden days, but that was a definite disappointment.