My roommate, Elizabeth, had a birthday one week ago today. There was sushi, there was sake, there was karaoke, there was presents.
But there was no Monica. No, my advance tickets to see the Homestar Runner fellas at the Alamo prevented me from celebrating. So last night, we made up for it in style.
Belated Birthday Sushi is still sushi, after all.
The menu:
* Sushi (rice, nori, tamago, “crab”, carrot, cucumber, mango, avocado, green onion, red pepper, wasabi, soy sauce)
* Salad with Ginger Dressing.
* Green Tea ice cream, home made!
The Sushi Party could be on the fast track to becoming my favorite party style EVAH (I will forgo making a definitive decision until I’ve tested out the Hot Dog Party). Among the best parties I’ve been to have been Tracey’s famous sushi parties. And now, having been partial hostess to a sushi gathering myself, I see all the dimensions on which the Sushi Party bangs.
I love the intimacy of cooking, with sushi especially: slicing vegetables, hands spreading sticky rice onto sheets of nori, rolling the mat, tasting the heat of the wasabi, sharing food creations.
It’s hot.
And it certainly facilitates social bonding far more effectively than, say, beer pong or keg stands.
And yet, the sushi party is so simple! As both the event and the meal, sushi defines a party’s purpose and desired outcome!
The sushi itself is very economical, which is great because the money saved can be spent on bottles of delicious sake. The sake bomb makes a keg stand seem like child’s play. Drop a shot of sake into a glass of beer and SLAM IT. I challenge you to be more stylishly hardcore than that.
With all its vegetables and protein goodness, the sushi is a comparatively healthy party choice. At the end of the festivities, the guests are not left stuffed with grease, cheese, and cornchips*, beached on the couch on the verge of either a nap or an umpteenth can of Tecate. This bodes well for any party members who’d like to take that cooking-induced intimacy from the kitchen to the bedroom.
Or to the living room for a round of Scattegories and a viewing of Kinsey.
* Two weeks, corn chip free, and going strong.
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