Angie's Sushi Themed Birthday Party

Ok, so I know I've been a little M.I.A. lately, but in my defense I've been a little busy at work. During my off times, I've been training for a little half marathon which I did last week, so now I can breathe a little.

For Yuki's (Angie) birthday celebration, my mom so graciously hosted a make your own sushi party and invited all of Angie's close friends. Of course, my dad and Chibi were there. Chibi made his appearance as co-sushi chef in his sushi man outfit. My mom cut up all sorts of goodies: salmon, tuna, yellowtail, uni, unagi, tamago, sweet shrimp, spicy tuna, spicy scallop, avocado, krab, cucumber, etc. For those of you who haven't had make your own sushi, it is basically like temaki (the hand roll) you get at the sushi bars. You take a piece of nori (seaweed), put some sushi rice on it, then pick and choose what you want on top. My favorite is spicy tuna and kaiware. For desserts, Jessica's mom (Linda C) made two cakes!!! My favorite red velvet cake and she is famous for at her dessert parties that I've previously blogged about and a german chocolate cake. They were to die for. I was in charge of decorations. I decided to buy everyone a pair of chopsticks. I also rolled up washcloths to look like onigiri (rice balls) with a red pom pom to act as the umeboshi. It was a great way to celebrate and everyone had fun making their own sushi concoctions.