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antoniseb in SF last night. What the poor man did not know is that Auntie Jehanne is hard of hearing. I had to go back DOWN the stairs of the Civic Center BART and stand in the entrance to use my cell phone because there was just too much white noise. Anyway, I called him, he told me he was on his way and would meet me on the corner, so I waited there and never heard the two subsequent calls he made to tell me he'd broken his glasses and could I meet him at LensCrafters? Not hearing back, he sensibly opted to meet me at the original spot and we walked the several long blocks down Market, winding through rush-hour pedestrians and catching up with each other's news, both at a brisk pace.
LensCrafters didn't have what he needed, but he got a referral to a very nice Chinese optometrist who agreed to stay open past 6 and wait for us, so it was another 4 blocks back up Geary to Mason.
Glasses repaired, we were both ready to find someplace to eat. We ended up in a tiny little sushi joint called Katana-ya right across the street from the Geary Theater. We both opted for a couple of appetizer plates of stuff each. The tuna and hamachi combo was very good, the gyoza piping hot and not too gummy. Anton got a rice curry which was aromatic and flavorful without being at all hot. I didn't try the veggie tempura, but it looked nicely done (I'm generally not a fried foods person). I was able to identify the green and orange squashlike substance for him as kabocha. The couple next to us were slurping happily away at huge bowls of noodles and when I later looked Katana-ya up on Yelp, their ramen is evidently a specialty.
We had a nice visit. It was fun.
antoniseb in SF last night. What the poor man did not know is that Auntie Jehanne is hard of hearing. I had to go back DOWN the stairs of the Civic Center BART and stand in the entrance to use my cell phone because there was just too much white noise. Anyway, I called him, he told me he was on his way and would meet me on the corner, so I waited there and never heard the two subsequent calls he made to tell me he'd broken his glasses and could I meet him at LensCrafters? Not hearing back, he sensibly opted to meet me at the original spot and we walked the several long blocks down Market, winding through rush-hour pedestrians and catching up with each other's news, both at a brisk pace. LensCrafters didn't have what he needed, but he got a referral to a very nice Chinese optometrist who agreed to stay open past 6 and wait for us, so it was another 4 blocks back up Geary to Mason.
Glasses repaired, we were both ready to find someplace to eat. We ended up in a tiny little sushi joint called Katana-ya right across the street from the Geary Theater. We both opted for a couple of appetizer plates of stuff each. The tuna and hamachi combo was very good, the gyoza piping hot and not too gummy. Anton got a rice curry which was aromatic and flavorful without being at all hot. I didn't try the veggie tempura, but it looked nicely done (I'm generally not a fried foods person). I was able to identify the green and orange squashlike substance for him as kabocha. The couple next to us were slurping happily away at huge bowls of noodles and when I later looked Katana-ya up on Yelp, their ramen is evidently a specialty.
We had a nice visit. It was fun.
