Thursday, February 11, 2010

Wednesday Dinner 2/10/10

Good Morning and Happy Thursday to you all! I hope you all are feeling good and being positive! Valentines Day is Sunday and I am so not excited or interested in any of its festivities, with that being said let the "Wednesday Dinner" story begin. This week I went to dinner with an old friend from high school Maurice Hall. Maurice and I had been trying to catch up and do a "Wednesday Dinner" for a while but we just kept missing each other. So last night we met up and went to dinner. I had been having a taste for Sushi and Korean BBQ so Maurice suggested "Wokcano" (http://www.wokcanocafe.com/) so "Wokcano" it was. "Wokcano" has 6 locations through out Southern California and we went to the location on 3rd Street. Maurice lost some cool points with me because he was 14 minutes late (hahaha), the location on 3rd Street is small but it was clear that people love eating at this place because business was booming yesterday from take out to dine in "Wokcano" was getting plenty of business last night. We even had a celebrity sighting, we saw Capricorn from "I Want to Work for Diddy 2". So now it was time to order and here is what we ate:


Vegetable Tempura
Shrimp Tempura
Philadelphia Roll
Spicy Tuna Roll
Shrimp Tempura Roll
California Roll
Korean Short Ribs
Spicy Garlic Chicken


Before I get into the food and the conversation I must say that I was not to pleased with the service at "Wokcano" last night, our waitress wasn't the best and I don't like that. Over dinner Maurice and I did A LOT of catching up, we haven't seen each other since high school but thanks the Facebook we got back in touch with each other. I just have to say that Maurice is hilarious and he has a great spirit and laughs a lot. Catching up with him was great we talked about so much from what he has been doing since high school and his recent fascination with Poker. Maurice appears to be the next big Poker sensation; he plays both online and at casinos. There wasn't a dull moment at the table last night at all, Maurice kept me laughing. The food was DELISH . "Wokcano" is a cross between Asian/Korean Fusion food. I did find it hard to believe that it was taking as long as it did for the Sushi to come out but when it came out it was DELISH! I hadn't had Sushi in a long time so this was a treat. I appreciated the fact that Maurice ate Sushi too. We had a really great conversation; he shared with me his amazing story of recovery after being shot a few years ago. I noticed that Maurice has an amazing attitude and outlook on his situation where I know most people would have given up and let it get the best of them but Maurice is the total opposite. When the rest of the food came out it was piping hot and DELISH too. The ribs were a little fatty but seasoned well the spicy garlic chicken was DELISH too it had a little bit too much onion for me but it was still DELISH. Maurice also shared with me over dinner his interest in dating outside of the African American race and it was too funny, he said "Foreign women are more willing to try freaky things". Maurice suggested that we go to dinner together once a month, I'm not sure how I feel about that (hahaha) just kidding, I would love too. Dinner came to a grand total of $74.63 which I guess isn't bad for the amount of food we ate. I am not to sure if I will be going back to "Wokcano". After we ate I was extremely full and there was absolutely no room for dessert, but I was in for a little treat. After the bill was paid our waitress brought out fortune cookies, but these cookies were dipped in white chocolate OMG DELISH so maybe I'll go back to "Wokcano" just for the fortune cookies. Before I close I do have to give a quick "Shout Out" to Maurice for hitting on me during dinner (hahaha) I saw you being mesmerized by my beauty (just kidding), but really I enjoyed myself. Maurice you were a lot of fun! Check out Maurice's blog (http://mbhall.blogspot.com/) also. If you would like to get on the “Wednesday Dinner” team or have any suggestions drop me a line at wednesdaydinnerwithash@yahoo.com . Also thanks again to Maurice for dinner and taking all the photos last night! In closing I would like to say "Love Who You Are, For Who You Are"! Until next week, hasta la vista- Ashley

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