Friday Dinner Date Nights #1 & #2

Yes, I know it may sound cheesy but Gerald and I have decided that Friday will be our dinner date night. Every Friday, we will choose a new restaurant to try and make a night of it. We've done this twice so far and I'm pleased to say that both restaurants were wonderful. They may not have Vietnamese food here, but they sure do have a variety of other cuisine. We started with my favorite, Sushi! There's maybe 3 sushi restaurants here, so we picked the one that was rated the highest on Trip Advisor, Yorokobi. Yorokobi specializes in Japanese and Korean cuisine. Of course we had to try both when we visited. I had the sushi sampler and Gerald had his favorite prawn (they call shrimp prawn here) tempura roll and we shared the Bulgogi. The menu was very limited but that's the norm around here, limited menu since they have limited fridge/freezer space and cooking space. Either way, the fish was fresh and the meat was tasty so we will definitely be returning here.


This past Friday we went to Rustico for Italian. I'm not use to making reservations for a restaurant but it was recommended that you did for this particular one. I called on a Thursday and the only time they had available for Friday was 8:30 pm. We've been eating pretty early here (6pm), so 8:30 seemed a bit late but it was worth the wait. The owner is from Italy and all the waitstaff are from around the world: Poland, Czech, Russia, etc. The food was definitely straight from Italy, fresh pasta, seafood, and sauce! We had a wonderful Calamari starter with balsamic drizzle, Gerald had their seafood pasta with white wine sauce and I had their chef's pasta of the day with fennel sausage and creamy mascarpone sauce. The best part of the meal, however, was their Tiramisu! Gerald was craving ice cream so he asked for a scoop of vanilla ontop, which was icing on the cake!!

Anyhow, since we usually cook dinner at home every night, I'm definitely going to look forward to our Friday dinner date nights. I get to experiment with my cooking during the week and enjoy a tasty treat on Friday =)