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My favourite sushi spot in Osborne Village has changed its name, and while I’m not sure why, I don’t care, because it’s better than ever! Naru (formerly Miyabi) serves up consistently excellent sushi and accompanying Japanese cuisine. The service is fast and friendly and they have an impressive selection of vegetarian options, which I appreciate even though I’m not vegetarian.

Here was my tray; left to right you see a vegetarian caterpillar roll, vegetarian sunomono roll and your classic California roll. Each of these is absolutely delicious, the rice soft and perfectly seasoned, the fillings fresh and tasty (can you tell I like avocado in my sushi?). But of course the finishing touch is the tealight holder fashioned out of a daikon radish — everyone’s tray had this personal and elegant touch.

Here’s Maya’s tray, with a cucumber-votive and a caterpillar roll, shrimp tempura roll, and vegetarian bakudan roll (not sure what the shrimp-covered one in the back is).

This dinner party was to celebrate the temporary return to Winnipeg of my friend Laurie, who is in town for the annual Núna (Now) festival. I also took some fun video which will feature in my May video scrapbook, which is well on its way (See the April version here). I like to upload and start cutting together the footage shortly after I capture it; this is mostly born out of impatience rather than good time-management skills. Once I select the song that will underlie the video collage, it’s easy and irresistable to put the various visual tableaux together. Stay tuned!