Arriving home tonight, I realized that the sink was full of dishes, the dishwasher hadn't been unloaded, and I had no patience to dirty up the kitchen to cook a meal. I've been meaning to do all those things, and to teach myself to prep on Sunday for the coming work days... but I'm not there yet. So what are we to do?
Give in to temptation and visit Szechuan Cafe', on Mountain Road in Pasadena. Folks, this place is fantastic. It's everything a small family-owned restaurant should be: high in quality, not too pricey (unless you go a'la carte and have a sushi feast), with friendly service. The owner of the place is usually on hand to greet the patrons, and occasionally participate in a round of sake bombs.
Tonight we ordered our usual maki combo of three sushi rolls. I usually get the shrimp tempura roll, which is rice, nori and tempura-fried shrimp, eaten with spicy mayonnaise (which, as it turns out, is mayo plus sriracha). The husband gets the spicy tuna roll, which is rice, nori and tuna, plus a spice we haven't figured out yet. For the third, we got a vegetable roll. That turned out to be the best of all of them, surprisingly.
I ordered the house lo mein (pork, chicken and shrimp plus lo mein in a brown sauce of some sort), because the last time I ordered it I was sick, and didn't get to enjoy it. My husband ordered firecracker shrimp, which tasted like sweet & sour sauce plus ginger and a bit of red pepper. Both were rather good, but I liked my lo mein better, because every time I went from the noodles to the firecracker shrimp, all I could taste was ginger.
As we wrapped up the meal, I gestured to the table where the staff had their communal meal ready, and asked our server what she was having for dinner. In a perfect Baltimore accent, she replied, "Squid... or octopus. Something like that. I don't like it."
Ah, well. It looked pretty good from where I was sitting.
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