Recently, a regular reader who once in a while comments "TB" sent me an email. He was on a mission….actually he was in search of something. Omurice. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert on Omurice….for some reason I've never taken to it. I did know that Izakaya Sakura served several versions of it; but our "FOY" was looking a straight forward demiglace, not a super tomato-y "hayashi" versions places here serve.
I had some meetings cancelled that day, so I headed over to Sakura for lunch and indeed they had several versions of omurice. In case you don't know what omurice is, this might be helpful. Much more helpful is Dennis's post on the variations of Omurice served at Sakura. Which I actually should have read before I went.
Anyway, it's omurice time.
There were indeed a nice variety; white sauce, curry…..but no straight up demiglace. I went for the Hayashi Omurice….I think they translate it to "Beef Hash" or something like that on the menu. I'm glad the egg was stuffed with plain white rice, because anything else would have just been overkill. I found this much too sweet, kind of greasy, and just not my thing. But heck, it doesn't hurt to try, or in this case retry something I hadn't had in man years.
So, maybe one of readers can help "TB" out? (Sorry, just not enough intestinal fortitude to try the version at Tajima) Perhaps Junichi, or perhaps Dennis still reads the blog for itme to time? (We miss you man!)
As for me. I'm back to my usual suspects.
Izakaya Sakura
3904 Convoy St #121
San Diego, CA 92111
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!