2010 Aug 25 - Fuji Sushi Buffet - Gobo's

2010 Aug 25 - Fuji Sushi Buffet - Gobo's
Elk Grove, CA

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Today we have a very big group for Gobo's Lunch Bunch. There are eight of us. Miles, Ora, Gobo, Elsa, Kenny, Patti, Grandma's baby sister Jennifer {substituting for Grandma who is vacationing with her sister-in-law in Australia and Fiji} and me.

We have finally set a date for our trip to Fuji Sushi Buffet in Elk Grove, CA.
Waiting for Fuji to open for lunch which is served from 11:00AM to 2:00PM


Miles and Ora show up last

The buffet has a line with desserts, fruit and some Chinese dishes, but the main attractions are the Sushi Bar and the items that can be ordered via the wait staff.
Here we have ordered a combination Tempura platter with veggies, shrimp, calamari, oysters and soft shell crab


We have also each picked up a few items from the sushi bar. Kenny, Gobo and Miles.


Elsa and Jennifer


Elsa, Patti, Jennifer and Kenny


The ladies on the right: Ora, Elsa, Patti and Jennifer


The guys on the left: Kenny, Gobo and Miles


Time for dessert


Munching on dessert and BSing

The next two photos are of the sushi bar.




Here the Lunch Bunch relaxes a bit before ending our lunch party.




For all the food that we have eaten here is what our tab comes to.


Ora and Miles head back home as does Gobo. The rest of us have met at Elsa's and Jennifer wants to visit Oto's Market in Sacramento just a few miles north.
Checking out the watermelons at the entrance to Oto's


Jennifer decides to do some shopping


Patti and Jennifer are the only ones to buy something on this trip


Next we head across the parking lot to Mahoroba Japanese Bakery.
Part of the display case at Mahoroba's


Jennifer wants this next photo on Facebook.
This is the Mahoroba signature item, the Kobe Cream


Today happens to be the hottest day so far this year and will set a record for this date in both Sacramento and Stockton.

Jennifer had wanted a ride on one of my motorcycles from her home to Elsa's. But after checking the weather report we decided an air conditioned car was a better choice for today.
My car's thermometer at a stop signal in Stockton at 3:00PM


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2010 Aug 20 - Fuji Sushi Buffet

2010 Aug 20 - Fuji Sushi Buffet

Elk Grove, CA

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Koby is only going to be in the States from Adelaide, Australia for another few days. So Tuna and I are taking him to lunch at Fuji Sushi Buffet in Elk Grove.
Just west of Highway 99 and on the north side of Elk Grove Boulevard


We have to get here before opening or else it may take awhile to get a seat. It opens at 11:00 AM. That's Koby and Tuna.




We get in early and sit around the sushi bar with little boats carrying plates of sushi.
But the best thing about Fuji is that you can order fried oysters, shrimp, calamari, soft shell crab, and veggies. You can also get raw oysters on the half shell, fish collars, eel and sashimi.
The sushi bar boats


I always go to the back where the "refills" are lined up to replace the plates on the boat.


Here is a platter of tempura, soft shell crab, shrimp, calamari and oysters


The oysters on the half shell


Another order of fried oysters


My order of eel after I ate half the plate


Another order of oysters


A few more samples of the sushi plates


And the last sample of plates

Now Koby is heading to Rocklin to help his niece unload and unpack their belongings in a move from Arizona. So his daughter Hilary is here from Boston to visit with dad and pick him up to drive to Rocklin.
Hilary and her cousin


Koby and his sister-in-law Joy


Heading back home Tuna and I spot the sky divers just north of Lodi.



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2010 Jul 25 - Koby at Market Club

2010 Jul 25 - Ken at the Market Club
Sacramento, CA

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Sunday breakfast at the Market Club with two first-timers, Ken and Wally.

Of course the Market Club occupies Dock 16 in the Sacramento Wholesale Produce Market on 5th Street about 3 blocks south of Broadway.
From the parking lot. The Market Club has a brick facade.


Ken and Wally heading for the entrance


Since I told the owner that Ken was visiting from Australia he gave us an appetizer of Hamburger Royale. {hamburger, onions and eggs}




My breakfast the Sunday Special, one egg and fried rice


Ken has the Corned Beef Hash and Eggs with Fried Rice


Wally has the Hamburger Steak with onions and Eggs with Fried Rice


This is what the plates looked like after we finished eating. :-)

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2010 Jul 21 - Harry's Cafe {Sacramento}

2010 Jul 21 - Harry's Cafe {Sacramento}

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Today four of the Lunch Bunch are headed to Sacramento and Harry's Cafe to try their Oxtail Stew which they only serve on Wednesdays and Thursdays until it runs out. Notice that they have recently raised the price a dollar.

Ken taking a photo, Elsa and Patti along with me are today's four.
On 16th Street just north of U Street


Elsa and Patti at our table for four


Elsa's oxtail stew


Ken decides on a daily special, a beef and vegetable spicy dish


This is my plate of oxtail stew


It really is a tiny place





After lunch which was very tasty but not at a bargain price. We drove over to Osakaya and bought a few manju. But I have photographed them in a number of previous Blogs.


From there we drive through parts of Land Park and to the newer Mahoroba Bakery.
Ken, Elsa and Patti heading to the bakery


These are some of their specialty pans {pan = Japanese for bread}


I bought and ate one of the Hazel Nut Choco Cream and Peanut pan


It was very, very good


From the bakery we walked across the parking lot to Oto's Market.
Everyone else put their stuff in Patti's basket


No one bought any octopus today


But some of us bought a Bento for dinner {Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japan. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container}


More Bento choices


Mochi ice cream is a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.


A large selection of Japanese soft drinks


Heading back to the car


Patti's only hobby is shopping. So we go back to the Tamakichi.


While the others are inside shopping I head across the street to Vic's Ice Cream.
Established in 1947 Vic's has been a Land Park Institution


My kiddie scoop of fresh peach ice cream


One last stop in Sacramento before heading home is the ABC Bakery.
Entering the bakery


A lot of Chinese pastries

But we are not quite done yet. In a couple of months we are having an exotic foods dinner at my home so we stop in Lodi at the Rancho San Miguel market to see which specialty meats that they carry.
They have fresh specialty meats on an everyday basis since this market is aimed at a Mexican clientele. Fresh not previously frozen oxtails.


Fresh goat


Fresh tripe and tongue


Fresh chicken feet


Elsa picked up some stew meat that included oxtails and beef shanks


Back at Elsa's and then we head home after a pretty long day.
Ken will give Patti a ride home while I get into my little Corolla

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