Ask anyone who knows me well, and they’ll tell you that I love sushi and given a chance to pick a restaurant for group outtings will usually suggest raw fish for dinner. This week I found a coupon in The Metro for a Grand Opening Sale of a new place called Sushi Infinity, so I decided to check out their all you can eat meals.
Today’s Topical Tuesday will be a mixture of iPhone photos (black frames) and Leica M8 photos (purple and silver frames).
Above is three sushi pieces I usually get. Sushi Infinity lets you order 3 pieces at a time so I started with clam, flying fish roe, and a Spider roll (fried soft shell crab), three of my usual pieces to order anywhere.
The logo of the sign was really fun. One of the best parts of the place is that when the lot behind them is full (which it was as it is part of a strip mall), there is a another free parking lot behind them, which is where I needed to park.
I decided to get more adventurous and ordered some other things including the Phoenix roll (with smoked salmon) and a roll with spicy scallops. There is a lunch menu and a much more expansive dinner menu. Even though the dinner menu had a much larger selection, I decided to stick with the lunch menu for my first visit.
Even though the rolls were smaller than ones I am used to (which I think is a plus as it’s an all you can eat place that encouraged trying more things), I really enjoyed everything I had ordered. I found out during my meal that the place had been open for two months, still that’s plenty new enough to have a Grand Opening sale coupon.
I’m kind of a sushi snob teasing my friends Shauna and Colleen that California rolls aren’t really sushi (as they are cooked crab, and often imitation crab), yet I decided to try some rolls that don’t even meet my definition of real sushi for fun.
So my third and final round of eating, i had sushi including cooked beef, and a breakfast roll (crab, egg and bacon), and braved a cooked spicy crab roll. The latter was so spicy I had to have my entire glass of water to finish it, wow that lived up to its name. The meal was really good and I’m glad I tried it, next time, I will try the dinner menu.
As usual, I went to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library at San Jose State University and took out a lot of books for the week. I thought I’d limit the number by only taking two bags in which to carry them, instead I took out 21 hardcover books in two filled bags and some in my arms. While there I noticed the flags of the world were back up on display (sometimes they are taken down for other displays). I made sure to grab a quick iPhone photo of the rainbow of symbols of all the different countries.
This year, I read about some of the pre parade festivities for the San Jose Holiday Parade. I first attended this parade two years ago, and had so much fun made sure to plan ahead to attend this year. (Due to a prior commitment I was unable to attend the 2008 parade).
The day before there is an Inflation Party in front of what will be the parade starting area, where three of the helium balloons are filled. (I told a few people I was attending the Inflation Party with no other explanation, and quickly found out they thought it had to do with the economy). The process to fill them is a long one. First the balloons are laid out. Then the many strings associated with the balloon are untangled, and finally they start inflating the balloon section by section, tying off one section before moving onto the next.
While waiting for the strings to be untangled for the first balloon to be filled, I crossed the street to check out some newly finished trees at Christmas in the Park.
Daniela, part of the Friends of the San Jose Mounted Unit, was putting the finishing touches on their tree.
From a distance, I thought this tree was simply stunning. Up close, I was amused by all the beautifully detailed ornaments showing all their limousines. LeGrande Affaire really outdid themselves with this one.
In one of my new favorite tree displays, Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and his dog, were captured in this large whimsical display.
On the community stage a dance troop from Ashley’s Art of Dance came out to entertain the growing audience. The crowd was told to cheer extra loud as this was only the dancer’s third performance ever.
Here are some of the youngest ones dancing to “Let it Snow”.
At the end everyone came out for a finale with Miss Ashley.
by Danielle Stolman
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