the food post

its my birthday month
i may not be able
 to
 process
 how many 
years
 are involved

 i can
 and
 do
 embrace
 being
 celebrated
 feted
gifted
 for a whole month

 sounds pretty selfish
 you say
 a tad self indulgent

 well
 february is a short month


  sunday
 after my mani/pedi at polished


 essie little brown dress topped with some coppery glitter

 my sister silesq
 and
 my sis judy
took me to lunch
 at 
fusha
 a wonderful asian restaurant
 amsterdam and 75th street 
offers 
sushi
 sashimi
 thai 
and
 variations
 of 
each cuisine 

we indulged
 ordering
 a lot of appetizers

i didnt
 get a shot 
of 
 grilled eggplant spears with a spicy hot dipping sauce
 or 
the leafy vietnamese spring rolls 
or
 the crispy little fried vegetable rolls

  because

 i was so busy eating
 i forgot 

midway
 through
 the perfectly quick fried calamari 
i remembered


though looking like onion rings 
these calmari were perfect
i dont use sauce with my calamari
you cant improve on perfection
so i cant tell you what it was


 papaya salad 
we had two orders of this
 it was so fresh crisp
delish


tuna tartar 
nori wasabi chips
and guacamole 


 spicy tuna taco 
topped with avocado 
tasted amazing
 looked more like pizza wedges


 lemon sorbet 
served
 in the lemon
 surrounded
 by whipped creme
 sooo perfect after all that fish and spice



judy had tea 
it smelled so good
 i love the little tea pot
 its just like one 
in 
my small
 but
 growing
collection


this post
 is dedicated 
to someone who should have been at lunch with us
who would have loved this post
for 
wendy 
much missed