Gone Fishin`

So we went out to dinner tonight with Matt and Emi and had a fantastic time. They took us to a restaurant within walking distance of our house. Ulala says she had heard of it before (but i don`t know if i believe her). The unique aspect of this place - the "gimmick," if you will - is that you have to fish for your dinner!! You have the option of just ordering off the menu OR you can get a short rod and line and some little shrimp for bait and hook your own meal from the massive pools that make up most of the restaurant`s space. In fact, most of the seating area is designed to look like giant Viking boats that are constructed right over the pools, so you literally can fish from the comfort of your table! Brilliant. Matt warned me to be patient since the fish don`t always bite quick but he and i had barely wet the bait when i snagged a nice big Tai and only seconds later he reeled in a "shima-aji" (i`ll have to look up what that is in English). We had my catch as sashimi (raw slices - still twitching!) and his we had deep fried. Both were delicious. Then Ulala caught another Tai and we had that in a sort of dark sauce and baked. Last but not least Emi went and caught one of the flounders that Matt and i had no luck with and we had that deep fried as well (it was good but i just kept thinking, "Mom used to step on these and scream in Shediac, NB...). Needless to say, i am amused and very, very full. =) Here are a couple pictures for now and Matt and Emi have promised to e-mail me the much better pics they took of the evening.

The tanks and pools.

The waitress holding our first catches.

The resulting demise of said catches.

Scary AND delicious!


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