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| - Funny story: in 2007 I went on a blind date to Social House when it was operated by someone else in TI. The guy insisted on ordering for me: sunomono (cucumber) salad (the size of a soy sauce dish) and 1 order of tamago (egg) sushi that he split with me. No joke! We sat outside and that was my first view of the siren show, ugh. After that I tore off to Godiva in Fashion Show and bought myself chocolate. Good riddance. Fast forward, Social House left TI, and I forgot about it. Then I was in Crystals one day walking around and saw an ad for desserts in restaurants there. The yuzu frangipane called my name.
Last night Eric R. and I attended a really cool event at Social House in Crystals. It was a sake lesson from a sake sommelier, paired with different bites from the food menu. First we had junmai premium sake paired with yellowtail sashimi with tempura jalapeno, garlic dust, tiny cilantro, and calamansi soy. Did someone say tempura jalapeno slices? Yes indeedy. Next, we sampled another sake, some higher level, paired with big eye tuna sashimi, sweet chili sauce, crispy shallot, red onion, and negi oil.
The next dish was amaaaaazing: nasu spicy miso: small delicate roasted Japanese eggplant with spicy miso glaze. This was truly delicious!!! Our last dish was a set of rolls: salmon avocado, hama-chimi (hamachi, avocado, jalapeno-cilantro chimichurri, garlic chips), and negi toro (fatty tuna with green onion). Our final sake was Ty-Ku coconut flavored nigori (unfiltered). This was actually really delicious. I have long been a coconut fan but I am on a huge coconut kick lately. This one is worth purchasing, and I can get it at Total Wine or Lee's according to the sommelier.
This ended up being a really fun event. At the end, I ordered the yuzu frangipane, which is made to order because it is a molten cake! Warm almond cake, molten yuzu cream cheese filling, raspberry sorbet, almond toffee, and fresh raspberries. It was tasty, more like almond than yuzu. The idea of it is really good, but I am looking for yuzu to punch my taste buds, so this in the end was not quite yuzu-y enough for me :) and it cost $12. Anyway, I would come back for some bites here, especially that eggplant!
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