Happy Wednesday! I had a very fun night last night with two lovely bloggers! More on that later. I mentioned the other day that I was going to continue on my little Passover diet at least until after I go on vacation! I kept it again all day yesterday until dinner (I was not turning down sushi!) I lost a couple of pounds during Passover and felt a lot less bloated. Remember those 3 pounds I gained at the end of January after inTensati? They are finally gone! It is not just because of the lack of bread in my diet. The whole week I ate less calories overall. Normally I might have a bite of a mozzarella stick at dinner, some croutons on my salad, a bowl of cereal before bed, etc. Those are all extra snacks that add up and prevent me from losing any weight. It was nice to have some control over those snacks during the past week. Exercise was not cutting it. I also could not drink beer during Passover so that probably helped too. Don’t worry, I still had plenty of vodka and wine and managed to lose some weight. It is possible! I’ll be completely satisfied when I fit into this one pair of pants that I got last year. Almost there.
I’ve been making omelets every day for breakfast. Yesterday was 1 egg and 2 egg whites. I did have some matzoh on the side because I feel bad throwing out the box!
For lunch I made a turkey and cheese wrap but with salad and broccoli slaw instead of a wrap. I used my cool EasyLunchbox! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway to win your very own EasyLunchbox set!
I had an apple for a snack after lunch. An hour later I had another apple. That is what happens when I don’t bring gum to work. I’m really trying to cut back!
After work I met my lovely Queens blog friends Mari and Monique at the bus stop for some sushi at Ginza! You may remember my first date with Mari back in October! It went so well that we had to go back! It turned into a triple date this time 
After an hour long adventure trying to get there via the bus, we made it! I convinced Mo to have some saki with me! It did not take very much convincing.
Last time we were at Ginza, Mari told me about an octopus salad appetizer. Octopus usually scares me so I would not let her order it. I did promise her I would try it next time and I kept my word!
I was pleasantly surprised. It did not look as scary as some octopus platters I’ve seen. The sauce on it was delicious! The texture was similar to shrimp and it had delicious cucumbers and cabbage underneath. I even went back for seconds.
We decided to start off with 3 brown rice rolls to share.
Mo and I shared a Salmon Avocado Roll (on the left). The middle roll was called the Liki 4: spicy crab and shrimp. Delicious!
The star of the show and least healthiest of course was the roll on the right…the Godzilla roll! It was Fried Spicy Tina, Avocado, Scallion, Masago, topped with Spicy sauce.
My first plate:
The rolls are so amazing there. I’ve been craving Ginza ever since we went months ago! We were starving girls after our crazy bus adventure so we decided to split 2 more rolls.
The first roll was an Amanda Roll: Spicy Tuna, Kani, Cucumber, Scallion, and Crunch, with Avocado, Mango & Sweet Sauce on Top.
The bottom roll was a Shrimp Tempura Roll. My second plate:
The Amanda roll was amazing! I loved the mango on top! Fried sushi is the best. It was a wonderful treat!
We ended with some pineapple chunks for dessert.
The staff at Ginza were so friendly too! We asked our server for a picture of us and the sushi chef joined in!
Great dinner! I skipped the gym yesterday but woke up bright and early today for a workout. I did 45 minutes on the elliptical and burned 402 calories. I am hitting up H&R Block for some taxes after work so I made sure to get some cardio in this morning. Now I have to go try to track all of that sushi and saki on iChange. Have a good one!
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The sushi all looks amazing!! There is a Ginza right near me, by the F train on 63rd and Lex..
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holy yum! all i want now is sushi thanks to this post…maybe i’ll hit up a spicy tuna roll for lunch
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I had such an amazing time! the food was incredible once again =) and the company was even better! Well worth the looooong commute lol
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I had a blast! I really liked hanging with My M girls!
and really, there is very little convincing when alcohol is involved.
Sake? Hell yes!
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Yeah, for a great Sushi night out. I’m going through sushi withdrawal right now. lol
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Looks like so much fun! I love fun rolls
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HOW FUN!! those rolls seriously sound AMAZING girl.. brown rice is soo good w. SUSHI!
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Congrats on losing the 3 pounds! I agree…when it comes to losing, just working out alone didn’t cut it for me. It just made me more hungry.
I definitely learned it’s more about the food!
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ahhh how cute are you guys!! glad you had such a fun date
sush is the perfect way to do it it up haha
now if there was only tlc instead of pineapple..
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Missy Reply:
April 7th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
We wanted TLC so bad!! Why does it close at 8?
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I am a sushi addict (as I just confessed over on Mo’s blog)… sounds like a FABULOUS night!
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that sushi looks awesome!
thanks for entering my contest
Good luck!
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ooohhh – sushi makes my heart sing! Seriously. Glad you had fun!
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YAY for sushi dates!
Gotta love sushi… I never seen so many interesting rolls!
Have a great day, Missy!
Brazilian XOXO´s,
Gabriela
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I’ve been craving sushi and a jolly rancher martini for days. Isn’t that weird? This post made it worse! I don’t know where I can find the two in one place, but it’s my misssion this weekend.
I love that lunchbox. It would be perfect for my desk. I need it!
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I cannot stomach another piece of matzo until next year! But I also hate wasting food so I get your dilemma
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Ohhh I LOVE sushi. I’ve rarely ever gotten it with brown rice, but a great healthy alternative. My favorites are usually the worst one for you too!
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i ADORE sushi and especially the unhealthy rolls to be honest!! that looks amazzzing
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What a fun blogger date! I wish I could get myself into sushi bit I don’t like the seaweed. I love that they offer brown rice!
Congrats on losing those LBS!
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I tried Energy Kitchen today and got “your” wrap! lol I mentioned it on the blog tonight, among other things!
Sushi is one of the things I’ve never eaten or want to eat, yet I feel like I’m missing out on something! lol
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brown rice sushi is DA BOMB! so much flavor in the brown rice!! I love sushi! thats a reason to break your extended passover
I sometimes make matzah pizza even when its not passover haha…my non jewish roomate in college would legit eat it all year round she LOVED it!!
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Sushi is the best and the stuff you guys got sounded and looked delicious! I tried a salmon avocado roll for the first time last night and loved it! But you are so right about tempura taking rolls from good to amazing.
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great dinner! I’ve never seen sushi at that color! it must be really good!!!
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