who needs "meat" when you can nosh on baby calamari stuffed with blue crab, topped with unagi sauce and roasted sesame seeds and served with freshly ground wasabi?! this was part of our delicious omakase dinner at the new Kona Kai Sushi! (this dish is very similar to that served at Sushi Sasabune, one of my favorite sushi restaurants! the sushi chef at Kona Kai used to work at Sasabune.)
so how did this all come about?!
after heffering a HUGE meat-based yakiniku meal on March 2, i decided to stop eating "meat" -- no beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc. i really didn't know how long i could go without consuming land animals, especially since i always look for meat (if i'm not eating fish) at every meal. surprisingly, it's actually been pretty easy despite the fact that everyone else in my family (parents, hubby, dog and baby) consumes meat!
while it makes me sad that i may never have another fried pork chop, juicy ribeye steak or a delectable spam musubi, i still have tons of protein choices from the sea along with tofu! and i loooooooove me some good sushi! i also love that i no longer feel sluggish after meals.
the one downside is that i have to watch how much fish i consume for fear of heavy metal (ie, mercury) poisoning! do you know that the maximum consumption of fish for adults is no more than two card-deck sized servings of fish a week?!! i used to eat that much ahi poke in one meal! one way to curb the mercury is to eat smaller fish since they're lower in the food chain -- look for fish that will fit in a standard frying pan from head to tail! and salmon is also a great choice for its omega-3s and being a freshwater fish, it's supposed to be lower in mercury.
while i'm on the topic of fish, i just started the dog on fish oil! she's not thrilled about it but her holistic vet recommended it after a recent visit. i'll talk this and his other recommendations in another blog.
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