Do-it-yourself Sushi Night

For those of you that don't know it, I' am a Japanese food fanatic, especially SUSHI & SASHIMI. Here in my City not may places know how to make it (plus it's expensive), and there are no Japanese restaurants, soooooo I taught myself how to cook Japanese food and make Sushi (courtesy of amazon.com).

Enrico & I thought that it would be fun to have some of his work buddies of to have a do-it-yourself night and bond with them. We all took part in buying ingredients and making it.

Table all ready to start!

Mikki thinks she's Japanese! Shushi 101

Sushi 101!

And this is how we roll!

Yummy Yakitory marinating in teryaki sauce

(Chicken Skewers)

Yakitory 焼き鳥/やきとり/ヤキトリ

Enrico filleting tuna

Table ready!

Say Sushi!
Sashimi and Nigiri creations

Nigirizushi 握り寿司 & Sashimi 刺身

Sushi Rolls

Makizushi 巻寿司

Sashimi 刺身

Nigirizushi 握り寿司

Nigiri

Nigirizushi 握り寿司

We had a fun night!

"Scarpetta"

A "scarpetta" is when you take your bread and clean your plate from the yummy juice or sauce that's left on it! Etiquette says that it's bad manners to do it at a restaurant buuuuuut, you may do it at home! And when you have guests over, and they ask you if they can do "scarpetta" well, to the cook (me), it's a great honor meaning that what you cooked was sooo good, that they need to get the last bit in! And so scarpetta it was at our house!

They literally put pieces of bread into the pot to soak up the yummy juice from the mussel sauce!

After dinner we played UNO and had a "self inflatable camping mat" contest. The guys were showing off their gear and were all: "oh oh! mine's the best".

(yes they had their gear in the car, "be prepared" right"?)

The judges Mary, Luana, Me and Giulia

The Guys: Bebe, Diego and Enrico.

We were laughing soo hard!

Bebe & Luana brought their new born Carlo along,

so I took advantage to get a few pix!

He is just the calmest and happiest new born!!

Annual September Camp-Out!

This weekend a good swell blew in! So we packed the car and drove up to Putzu Idu (poo-zù-ee-doo) and Sa Mesa Longa where the famous surf peaks of Capo Mannu, Mini Capo and Laguna are. Around this time of year we always camp out with our surfer friends. Tourist season is over, the beaches are much more enjoyable and restaurants aren't packed with people! We had a great time!

The sunset was spectacular!

But even more spectacular was the moon that night! I have never seen such a BRIGHT full moon before! Really, it seemed like the sun was rising.

It was so bright that the sky was blue until past 11:00 pm.

Bright Bright Moon!

Setting up camp! We love our fancy Quechua tents that all you have to do is through them up in the air! No assembly needed!!!

Good night moon-lit sky!

Next day at the Laguna

Tide pools at the Laguna

I thought you would be amused by the things that we eat!
These are breaded deep fried tiny fish!
And yes, you eat them whole, just like a french-fry!

And yup, Enrico and I like to eat them very much!

Capo Mannu

Good set at Capo Mannu

Enrico Checking Capo Mannu Out