I eat at Horizen at least once every two weeks, sometimes I go twice in one week, sometimes I go twice in one day. It's pretty safe to say I love Horizen! Yesterday I was on my way home from visiting a friend in the hospital and was running a little late for the book study we have at my house every Monday night, so while I was waiting for the security guards to rescue my car keys from the closed down valet parking station I called in a to go order at Horizen. I ordered my usual Tiger Roll and a Sonic Bomb Roll. The Tiger Roll isn't listed on the regular menu and I'm not quite sure what all is on it but I do know this: it's topped with eel, spicy chile sauce, japonaise and eel sauce and it's the most ridiculous thing I've ever eaten. Now even though I would love to credit myself with the discovery of this awesome roll, I was actually at dinner with my friend Britt and some boys I was interning with when they turned me on to this roll. I had to look on the website but I found out exactly what's in/on the Sonic Bomb Roll and I can proudly say I tried this one all on my own. The Sonic Bomb Roll is a California Roll topped with snow crab that's been tossed in japponaise and then they torch it for a few seconds so it tastes all smokey and fabulous. Now, I've had both of these rolls many, many times but I never get tired of them. The Tiger Roll is so spicy I eat it with a glass of milk, but it's worth the molten lava feeling I get after swallowing. There's a crunch in it that I'm pretty sure is cucumber and I'm fairly certain it's got crab and tempura inside, but the best part is the eel. I, being terrified of anything that slithers on the ground or in the water, shockingly LOVE eel and even more than that I love eel sauce. My mom and I sometimes order two Sonic Bomb Rolls when we go to Horizen because we fight over who got more if there's only one. They torch the snow crab for just a few seconds so that the japponaise is still creamy but it's also just a little toasted on top. I'm dead serious when I say that I could probably live off of these too rolls if I had to.
After leaving the hospital and driving like a madman to pick up my order and get home on time, I ate dinnner while reading the chapter we were going to discuss that night, the chapter was a bit of a snooze and the sushi was setting my mouth on fire with every bite so I put both away. Here's just a little background info on this book study: my friend Paitra Prim (also known as my sassy sidekick in this blog) came to my mom a while ago and started talking to her about how there isn't very much for college students to do in the summer as far as church goes, so she started a book study at my house for older high school/college girls. She chose the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan and every week about seven to ten girls sit in my living room and discuss the book and the DVD that goes with it. Like I said earlier, this chapter was a little on the dull side...it was a collection of short stories about real people who completely dedicated their lives to Jesus and His ministry. We started talking about what our legacies would be and whether or not we were satisfied with them. I mean, I'm not living in some third world country saving orphans everyday and I've never given up all of my earthly possesions to go serve the Lord...so what will my legacy be? My mom was listening to the sermon at Northpoint Church in Atlanta from their internet campus on Sunday afternoon, my rockstar friend Dee Dee was leading worship there that morning so we tuned in, and she said that the pastor challenged the congregation to get a card and write down the things they wanted to be remembered for or accomplish and every time they were faced with a situation that might compromise those things to bring out that card and think "Is this worth my dreams not coming to fruition?" So I thought about it and decided that I want to be remembered as someone who loved people, and I mean really really loved people. I also want to leave a legacy of great faith behind. I have always said that my greatest hope is that my love for Jesus Christ would manifest itself through the way I love others and that as a result, the knowledge of God would begin to seep down from my brain and into my heart. So that's my legacy, and I hope that the people who read this hold me accountable for it.
I always seem to have to best time when sushi is involved. Whether I'm sitting with a group of people who just lost someone they love, on a first date, reconnecting with a long lost friend, killing time with my mom, going through a bottle of wine and about five rolls with my best girlfriends, or simply running in to pick up take out just to go home and be spiritually renewed with some fantastic girls, I always leave with a smile and feeling like I just gained about ten pounds.
So here's my advice for Horizen:
Order at least one of the following: Tiger Roll, Sonic Bomb Roll, Horizen Spicy Roll or Ying Yang Roll...you won't be disappointed!
Ask to be seated in my sweet friend Charlotte's section...and tip her really well.
And always ask what the discount rolls are for the month!
http://www.horizensushi.net/index.htm
http://www.crazylovebook.com/
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