Sushi, Vegan Style

Although today had many highlights, the highest highlight would have to be the dinner I ate tonight. We (Will, my mom, and I) went to a Japanese/Peruvian/Brazilian restaurant (how that trio of ethnic food goes together is beyond me, but it worked) at the Palazzo. I had been craving sushi for months but was a little nervous about having sushi without the fish. Would it be a major disappointment? Would I cheat and sneak a piece of yellowtail? And what about spicy tuna rolls? In my pre-diagnosis life, I was a sushi fiend. It was one of two foods I mourned when I realized that I would be a vegan for the rest of my life (the other was cheese in all of it's beautiful forms). I figured that I'd just have to close the book on my favorite food and try not to look back.

My foodie fears and anxieties were unfounded, I learned tonight. My sushi dinner - consisting of an avocado and jalapeno roll, a cucumber roll, and a veggie roll (composed of mainly root vegetables) - was incredibly delicious. The pop of the wasabi, the crunch of the veggies, that perfect combination of soy sauce and rice -- it was all there, and it was all vegan. I ate more than I've eaten since my surgery, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Sushi is still the same. And I'm already hungry for more.