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August 10, 2009

Sushi for Lunch!

I wasn't feeling too well. I forgot why [ this is what happens when you're too busy to blog! :P ], so I went to Tokyo Express for lunch.

It was a light and healthy lunch - futomaki (vegetarian sushi with egg, pickled radish, mushroom, bean curd and cucumbers) with inari (bean curd skin) and miso soup.

The lunch was satisfying and the miso soup did help me feel a little bit better. :)

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April 7, 2009

Thursday's Lunch

I finally went outside of Gap for lunch! :)

It was such a nice day last Thursday and to take advantage of it, my colleagues and I went to Tokyo Express for lunch. It would have been perfect if there were outside seating, but just being outside of the Gap building was good (OK, that sounds kind of sad, but for some reason I always eat lunch inside).

I ordered my favorite, futomaki and spicy tuna roll. The futomaki was filled with dried bean curd, mushroom, takuan (pickled radish), carrot, cucumber and egg. The spicy tuna roll was good - not too spicy, but just the right amount of spiciness.

Erika ordered two fancy rolls. One filled with shrimp tempura and topped with unagi (eel), avocado and roe. The second one was a salmon roll with some sort of mayonnaise topping and roe.

It was definitely refreshing to be out and lunching with friends. I need to do it more often!

   
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September 17, 2008

Tokyo Express

Another entry about Japanese food? :P Yes...read on.

The recent heatwave in SF has caused me to want to eat something light and healthy for lunch.

I went over to Tokyo Express (Spear x Howard) and got a futomaki roll. A futomaki roll is a veggie roll with pickled radish ("takuan" in Japanese), egg, dried tofu skin, spinach, mushroom, carrots and cucumber. It's always my go-to roll when I'm in the mood for something light.

Tokyo Express is convenient and much more affordable than Ozumo's - a block away (although, they're not even the same type of clientel so it's hard to compare). It's a quick and convenient place to eat some decent Japanese food. But, don't get their niku (beef) udon. The beef was wayyyyy too tough and hard to eat. If you dine in, it's extremely quick too, a major factor when you're dining out for lunch.

The recent sampling of Jamba Juice's bottled smoothies has led me to go there and order my favorite, Aloha Pineapple - a sweet whirl of pineapple juice, strawberries, bananas, pineapple sherbet, nonfat plain yogurt and ice (excerpt from Jamba Juice). Aloha Pineapple is actually not THAT healthy. I was looking through their nutrition binder one time and it was one of the drinks that had the most calories. About 470! for a full regular size.

This meal felt light (even though the JJ was super caloried), but definitely satisfying and not super filling on such a warm, beautiful, sunny SF day. And....why am I still eating in the office?

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