What could be better than sushi at Sushi Den?

The answer is, of course, FREE sushi at Sushi Den.

One of the (few) perks of my job is that once in a while, product reps will take us out to dinner. Sometimes, the food is already ordered for us, or we are limited to only a few selections. But occasionally, there are one of those much-coveted free-for-all, order whatever the hell you want kind of dinners. Last night, I was privileged to take part in one of these lovely occasions at one of my favorite (and one of the most pricey, at least the way I eat) restaurants in town. I sipped on a couple glasses of a wonderful Spanish Albarino ($10/glass, new on the menu, can't remember the name) over the course of my meal which included edamame, agedashi tofu, calamari, and miso black cod. And those were just the beginning.

We feasted on orders of the ginger sashimi and japanese wasabi sashimi to start - both incredibly fresh and dressed with delicate sauces and microgreens giving layers of flavor. We ate LOTS of melt-in-your-mouth toro, some briny sea urchin, some seared tender sea scallops, some salmon roe. We overstuffed ourselves with the spicy firecracker roll, creamy house roll, crunchy spider roll, and much much more. The only thing that lay mostly untouched (hurrah! I'm so proud) was a sad California roll that no one would quite own up to having ordered...

As I'm sure is true with any job, there are times I really hate mine. (Especially whenever I'm up working at 3 am.) I wonder to myself, "Is my job is really worth this?!?" But after just one evening of excess at the Den, I am finally convinced that it is.