Almost Paleo Diet Japanese Menu Birthday Party with a Professional Chef
My daughter just celebrated her 7th birthday last night and this time I hired a professional Japanese restaurant chef. I met him at Cartimar, Pasay 8am and we bought the necessary ingredients for our party. Condiments, premium ocean fish, ocean shrimp, vegetables, mushrooms, the works… we bought our beef at Farmers Market in Cubao. The only things non paleo were the the japanese noodles for the sukiyaki and the Japanese rice for the sushi.
I learned new resources from this chef. This was my first time in Cartimar. Found a fish dealer named Arlan and he had premium fish not usually found in Farmers Market in Cubao where I usually go. Fish we got were:
– blue marlin belly (very fresh, firm)
– big eye tuna (better than yellow fin tuna)
– Norwegian farmed salmon
– Ocean trout (I wonder if this is wild or farmed?)
All of them sashimi grade. Loved it all. Raw fish… yum….
We had an immense menu. Everyone was stuffed.
– Sashimi spread
– Sushi platter
– Maki platter
– Sukiyaki
– Tempura with ocean shrimp, fertilized duck eggs deep fried in ghee
– mushroom salad
– fish ceviche
– dried fish and sprouts salad
Everyone was stuffed. And everyone digested well.
Ah well, I will try again next time for a party that is fully paleo diet complient. It takes practice. And maybe for the rest of the extended family to get used to it.
