Ok, so the pickled beets and eggs that I made a few days ago were done pickling today and we were able to eat them. First impression of the beets was, hey, these are pretty tasty...much better than the canned beets I had growing up as a kid. Normally I can't stand raw onions, but these onions had mellowed and soaked up the sweetness of the brine and a touch of the flavor of the beets, they were pretty tasty. The eggs were...interesting. I mean you're eating a fuschia egg! Eggs aren't supposed to be that color! But again, we were pleasantly surprised with how they came out. By themselves they were decent, but when eaten with the onions and little salt and pepper, they were really good! Brian (the boyfriend) said he liked the eggs the best and the beets he liked better not pickled, which I have to agree.
I'm not sure if I'll make these again, but I do have requests now from the boyfriend to make just regular pickled eggs...another food I've never had. And, now that I understand the technique behind the pickling, I will be attempting to make eggs like you get in your bowl of ramen at Oshima Ramen. I don't know if they're authentic Japanese...they're 5 spice flavored. But what they are is tasty and a nice complement.
We haven't been to Oshima's in ages...the last time we went the food wasn't up to par with how it used to be. It used to be soooooo good, but it was just ok the last couple of times. Maybe it was an off day, I don't know. We'll probably go again as it's right by the dollar theater there. They used to have 50 cent Tuesdays so that was our cheap date night. Since the theater remodeled the entrance though, they've done away with 50 cent night which sucks.
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