We are Noodle Folk...

and as of this weekend, Sushi Folk. Forgive me, I am getting a little ahead of myself.

Since Amelia was old enough to eat solid food, I have been feeding her noodles. Spaghetti noodles, raman noodles and especially No-Yolk brand egg noodles. To this day, I cook extra noodles and store them in a plastic container in the 'fridge. I can boil water, in our electric tea kettle, in about 3 minutes and pour it over the cold noodles. Boom. Quickest meal ever that the kid will always eat. Almost always anyways.

Last Sunday we went to see Kung Fu Panda2 in 3D. If you haven't yet, here is our endorsement. We enjoyed the flick. See the first one too, if you haven't already. Afterwards, we were bouncing around ideas of where to get dinner when Amelia announced she wanted to get sushi. Not just for us, she was going to eat her some sushi. Not the sissy-California roll sushi. Real deal sushi. Raw fish sushi... "Ok kid. Whatever you say."

We have taken her to Wasabi in Edwardsville many times and count it as one of our favorite restaurants. She always gets the same thing. Udon noodles. Go figure.

Amelia and gotoworkJulie poured over the menu, looking at pictures and reading/discussing the ingredients. Amelia decided she wanted to try the Beth roll, one of her mom's favorites, and have some udon noodles on the side. You know, just in case...

When it arrived at the table she looked over the boat and was satisfied with what she saw. Being pretty good with chopsticks, Amelia still had to grab a section of the roll, with her hand, to keep it from falling apart. No soy or wasabi for this kid, just right up to the mouth. It was pretty funny watching her face scrunch up in that "I'm not sure I'm gonna like this" expression

as she was side-biting(she recently lost her two front teeth) off a small hunk. Bravely, but with evident caution, she chewed, swallowed and announced she liked it. She appeared pleasantly relieved.

Amelia ended up eating some yellowfin tuna, salmon and 2 chunks of Beth roll. A fair number of udon noodles were slurped up whole as well.

stayathomebryan was just beginning to think he knew his kid...