Cambridge, Prince and Wasami

[st_martin_a]

I took my oldest son to Cambridge university today for an 'open day'. Cambridge is about 2 hours from where we live.
When Josh went in for his lecture, I wandered round the town. I found this record shop (you Americans call it a 'wrecka stoa' I believe; sorry it's the old Prince joke) which claimed to be the "best indie record shop in the UK". It had loads of vinyl records just like record shops had when I was a teenager. I looked up at the clientele expecting to see loads of trendy teenagers but most people were older than me. Lol.
I found the Prince section (from force of habit) and next to the vinyls (which I've got to admit, gave me that magical feeling that I used to get when I was a teenager) I saw the Prince book that was written recently by his first wife, for £3. So I bought it, found a quiet coffee shop and started reading it. Absolutely lovin' it. I'm still a hardcore Prince fan deep down.
When my son came out of the uni, we found a Japanese fast food shop called Wasami. It did sushi but the sauce that came with it was out of this world. Blew my head off. Like really intense chilli sauce but the sensation only lasted about 5 seconds. Wow. What a great restaurant.
We also had bubble tea. One of the strangest drinks I've ever had. Are you familiar with it my Japanese friends?

Comments

[asakiyume]

Bubble tea is great! But it's originally a Taiwan thing, though popular throughout Asia (and beyond, clearly!)

There's a bubble tea shop in the nearby college town, and it has all kinds of interesting flavors. When I feel like a sweet treat and soaking up the college-student atmosphere, I go there.

Is your son going to visit Oxford too?

[st_martin_a]

Yeah, my son has visited Oxford. I think he prefers Cambridge. You can't apply for both so have to decide which one you'd prefer.

[dustbunny105]

Little record shops are great. So is vinyl. I'm so glad it's making a comeback in popularity, even though I have no idea why it is.

I keep meaning to try bubble tea (which I believe is actually Taiwanese) but I've never seen it around here. Granted, I don't go out much.

That sauce sounds interesting, do you know what it was called?

How did Josh like his lecture?

[st_martin_a]

Josh loved Cambridge. I think he's putting it down as his first choice of uni.

The Japanese sauce is called wasabi.
I think it might be more popular in the US?

[dustbunny105]

Awesome! Best of luck to him.

... I completely forgot that wasabi is available as a sauce. I've only ever had it in paste form, or else coated over dried peas.

[st_martin_a]

Lol.
That's it - paste is the word I was looking for. Not sauce. I feel dumb now.

[dustbunny105]

Lol! Nahh, don't feel dumb-- everyone forgets words sometimes. And your comment inspired me to look up wasabi sauce recipes (which in turn inspired me to try making wasabi bread rolls, but we'll see), so the outcome is a net positive :D