One night, I headed back out to The Southern thesouthernnashville.com, aiming to get there during happy hour to see about a better price on oysters.
I didn't see the special on blue points until after I was leaving (sad panda), so I ended up getting six each of the beau soleil (left) and blue points (right).
For my second dozen, I went with the apalachicolas which were a buck each. The first two were sad in comparison, but then I adjusted and they were just fine.
To found off the meal, if you can call it that, I got the southern wedge with fried green tomatoes, crispy fried black eyed peas, bacon lardons, and blue cheese dressing. Overall, it was okay.
I might actually be a little over-oystered right now.
For my last night, I got a recommendation from a Nissan guy for traditional Japanese in downtown Nashville. So I headed over to Ichiban (ichibanusa.com through some pretty horrible traffic, just hoping that it would be worth all the hassle.
The restaurant was completely empty when I arrived. I chose to sit at the sushi bar, which, when there are four servers and two sushi chefs just kind of looking at you, it could be a little unnerving. I flipped back and forth from the menu several times, trying to decide what to get. Most of the formal menu was cooked, so none of the starters really called out to me. I did work my way through about six cups of green tea though.
I went with nigiri since my dinner per diem is not so great and I was concerned about eating enough. From back left to right: toro, giant clam, salmon. Front left to right: scallop, sweet shrimp.
It was all pretty good.
My shrimp heads arrived in perfect timing, after I had finished all my sushi and was ready for them. They were crispity crunchy and delicious. Shoya Izakaya still holds the best briny shrimp heads though.
To finish off, uni with quail egg. So delicious.
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