A night of restraint in the 'hood

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This has been some time in the making. I've tried to organize a few team meals since joining my current team, and this time we managed to get everyone at the same table. I didn't notify The Kitchen Nazi ahead of time that I was coming, although he did tell me a few days ago that he would be in Mexico. Well, as I told my team, there are pros and cons of him not being in da haus at Neighborhood... and I would at least be able to order the dishes that I wanted to have!

Smoked mackerel - smoked fish here is always a good idea, especially when mackerel is on the menu. Just look at the beautiful pattern on the fish! Taken with horseradish sauce tonight and not fish liver.

Moving sticks, 2026 edition

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We love our visits to Hidden (秀殿). Especially for Foursheets, as it's her happy place. We don't always remember to book our own seats when the booking system opens, but fortunately we have a few friends who do, and they sometimes need to offload their bookings. So it was that tonight we took over two seats from a friend, and it was absolutely perfect for the day after we move apartments. In fact, the last time we moved apartments two years ago, we came here for dinner just hours after all the boxes got dropped off.

Before we came, I had announced that I would need to put some effort into losing weight. And to that effect, I said I would try to restrain myself tonight and not order too much. Let's see how I did...

There were plenty of seasonal specials that I love, but unfortunately the spring mountain vegetables () are no longer on the menu...

Fried chicken wing (手羽唐揚げ) - I was so excited about the specials tonight that I actually forgot to start with these delicious wines! Fortunately our neighbors got theirs and we immediately added our own order. These are always so, so good. But I decided against ordering a second one, on account of being restrained and all...