For the last four years, from the time Ryan and I met, Ryan has been begging me to make sushi for him. I am not a sushi making pro, but a couple of years ago my Aunt Dana bought me a sushi making kit because sushi is my favorite food, and a person should probably know how to make their favorite food. So I finally relented and decided our first Valentines Day as a married couple warranted a special homemade treat.
We're lucky to have a Fresh Market grocery store within minutes of our house so I was able to pick up super fresh (for Roanoke) seafood on my way home from work. I decided on making salmon and tuna nigiri, a tuna roll, and two california rolls. We started with miso soup and needless to say we had quite the buffet of sushi awesomeness.
We decided on a candlelit dinner with wine for our feast and we spent an hour eating, talking and enjoying a date night in. Just the two of us.
Ryan bought me a gorgeous calla lily and sweet card as a gift and surprised me with my favorite dessert, pumpkin cheesecake. I felt lame having only provided dinner after such sweet treats from my hubby.
After dinner Ryan and I slow danced to Bob Dylan, talked on the couch, split a massive piece of pumpkin cheesecake, and cuddled the night away. It was perfect Valentines Day; private and full of love. I hope all of you had a fabulous valentines. big kiss, bekuh
I got the same VDay card as you :) Good job on the sushi. That's pretty ambitious!
ReplyDeleteFreaking AWESOME! Sushi making and dancing to Bob Dylan ... you guys rock.
ReplyDeleteAww, everything looks and sounds perfect. I'm glad the two of you had such a great first married Valentines Day!
ReplyDeleteOn a more serious note, what was the sushi making kit that taught you such awesome skills/did you also rely a little on internet sushi how to's? I want to learn too! (probably something we should have/could have practiced here! Oops!)
Again, I'm glad everything turned out so well, looks beautiful!
This post is so cute! I'm so impressed when people make sushi... I would be so out of my element! Looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteoh gosh, your blog is so incredible! i love all these images. and what a great dinner. sushi, yum!!
ReplyDeletexo TJ
Sooooo romantic :]
ReplyDeleteHummm ... I LOVE sushi !!!
ReplyDeletelooks like the perfect valentine's day, we also had sushi on the 14th, but we went out, early, so it was nice and quiet! sushi making sounds like a pretty fun little project, I hate cooking, but maybe I would like rolling???
ReplyDeleteSushi is my absolute favorite food as well! I've made it before, but not alone. I definitely need to invest in a sushi making kit as the husband is also a big sushi fan.
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