Hey. My name is Heath Saraceno. I play guitar in Senses Fail. I go on tour. I eat food. This is the food that I eat while on tour.

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March 11
MARCH 9, 2009 Mahwah, NJ EAST TOKYO - KAMIKAZE ROLL AND BEEF SATAY I have had a hankering for Sushi and Thai lately.  Luckily, I know of a place that serves both Japanese and Thai food, so my girlfriend and I decided that we would go there for dinner on my day off. The menu is about 9 pages long and it consists of standard dishes from both cuisines such as Chicken Green Curry and Tom Yum Soup from the Thai side, and Chicken Teriyaki and Shrimp Tempura from the Japanese side.  Half of their restaurant space is devoted to Hibachi grills and there is also a full Sushi Bar that boasts a menu of several “special” rolls. One of these rolls is the Kamikaze Roll.  My girlfriend is just starting to enjoy shrimp because for the longest time seafood in general has kind of grossed her out.  She’s really trying to get into it, and we’ve figured out that as long as it’s fried, she can eat it.  So we decided to split the Kamikaze Roll - Shrimp tempura with asparagus, avocado, cucumber, tobiko and spicy sauce.  It was a short but stout roll, fat in circumference, but cut into only 5 pieces. Honestly, it was pretty bland.  The shrimp and vegetables had no flavor.  The only interesting thing about this was the sauce, which despite the description, was more sweet than spicy. Now, in my experience with “special rolls” at sushi places, there is really no standardized naming scheme.  A Philadelphia Roll at one place may be a Boston Roll at another, so order with care and always read the description. The Beef Satay however was incredible.  Not so much for the flavor or texture of the beef itself, but more so for how awesome the dipping sauces were.  The beef was more or less a vehicle for the peanut sauce and the pickled cucumber sauce.  The peanut sauce was smooth with a bit off a scallion bite and the cucumber sauce had diced pieces of cucumber and red onion floating in it that gave it a nice crunchy texture.  The cucumber sauce was thick as well, almost like a syrup.  Next time I go there, I will probably just get a couple orders of the Beef Satay and leave the Shrimp Tempura in the saran wrap it came from.

MARCH 9, 2009

Mahwah, NJ

EAST TOKYO - KAMIKAZE ROLL AND BEEF SATAY

I have had a hankering for Sushi and Thai lately.  Luckily, I know of a place that serves both Japanese and Thai food, so my girlfriend and I decided that we would go there for dinner on my day off.

The menu is about 9 pages long and it consists of standard dishes from both cuisines such as Chicken Green Curry and Tom Yum Soup from the Thai side, and Chicken Teriyaki and Shrimp Tempura from the Japanese side.  Half of their restaurant space is devoted to Hibachi grills and there is also a full Sushi Bar that boasts a menu of several “special” rolls.

One of these rolls is the Kamikaze Roll.  My girlfriend is just starting to enjoy shrimp because for the longest time seafood in general has kind of grossed her out.  She’s really trying to get into it, and we’ve figured out that as long as it’s fried, she can eat it.  So we decided to split the Kamikaze Roll - Shrimp tempura with asparagus, avocado, cucumber, tobiko and spicy sauce.  It was a short but stout roll, fat in circumference, but cut into only 5 pieces.

Honestly, it was pretty bland.  The shrimp and vegetables had no flavor.  The only interesting thing about this was the sauce, which despite the description, was more sweet than spicy.

Now, in my experience with “special rolls” at sushi places, there is really no standardized naming scheme.  A Philadelphia Roll at one place may be a Boston Roll at another, so order with care and always read the description.

The Beef Satay however was incredible.  Not so much for the flavor or texture of the beef itself, but more so for how awesome the dipping sauces were.  The beef was more or less a vehicle for the peanut sauce and the pickled cucumber sauce.  The peanut sauce was smooth with a bit off a scallion bite and the cucumber sauce had diced pieces of cucumber and red onion floating in it that gave it a nice crunchy texture.  The cucumber sauce was thick as well, almost like a syrup.  Next time I go there, I will probably just get a couple orders of the Beef Satay and leave the Shrimp Tempura in the saran wrap it came from.