wo ai ai sushi

vic and i tried a new sushi restaurant this weekend called ai sushi.
5 stars!!! they had the freshest fish in the prettiest rolls. you know how sometimes you go to a sushi restaurant and they slap all 5 rolls you order onto one plate. not this place. each roll comes on a separate plate with amazing presentation. like for instance, our negi hama roll (which was huge and delicious) came on this mini rich brown colored bamboo mat thing on a fresh green banana leaf on a white square plate. so fresh and so pretty. we ordered a lot of goodies: bagna cauda (shrimp squid seasoned with garlic, olive oil and anchovies), a salmon flight, an assortment of fancy maki rolls, mochi ice cream of the most interesting flavors (tiramisu, chocolate egg nog and chocolate espresso), this dessert called ice something -- it's got green tea ice cream on the bottom with a panko-crusted strawberry mochi ice cream on top, and a bottle of sake. the sake experience was my first ever and so much fun. they come out with this tray of 10 different types of (the cutest) sake glasses and you get to choose the one you want. vic chose a little bamboo one, i chose one that looked like a mini martini glass. i was very pleased with my selection until i saw vic drinking from his bamboo cup. so yes, even with sake it's "you always want what you don't have" with me, so 2 sips into my martini glass, i had to ask the waiter to bring me a bamboo one too. anyways, new favorite japanese restaurant.