May 31st was Jill’s Birthday !
Her mother documented it the usual way…
making Jill stand with a sign declaring her age.
(They do the same thing for the dogs and cats).
We went to Rice Village on Dickson Street for dinner… Jill, Me, Judy (her mother), Kathy, Sharon, Kassie, Dan, and Maeve.
I announced that Jill was the birthday girl, and they presented her with a beautiful dish…. fish slices in hot olive oil, with thinly sliced garlic, and fish eggs !
A little later, they presented her with a flaming Hollywood Maki,
and played the Birthday song on the Karaoke machine !
For appetizers, we ordered Beef Gyoza, Pork/Shrimp Gyoza, Edamame, and Miso soup.
We had a hard time deciding what to order, so we ended up getting a Freshwater Eel Maki, the Samaurai Maki, and the Sashimi Boat (which we had last week there). We could barely finish the food, but we did… it was sooooooooo good.
We finally left, to go back to Jill’s house for cheesecake and coffee, but as we were leaving, everyone posed outside the restaurant:
Once again, I can’t say enough good things about Rice Village. Dan was extremely happy about a really good sushi/sashimi restaurant in town, and on Dickson nonetheless !
Major thanks to Lance, Richard, and Yun at Rice Village. They did a great job with the food and the presentation, and unknowingly made some really good impressions on some influential people (members of our party included executives and officers from Fayetteville Downtown Partners, the Cultural Arts District Initiative, and other boards).
I’m thinking about going back there for lunch today!
