Fabulously Frugal Dolly

Just home from a lovely evening out with a dear sweet friend, we went for dinner at this lovely little place in Port Jefferson called Kimi.  It’s the only Japanses restaurant I’ve ever tried, but what do you want, I’m a midwest girl, it’s all new to me.  Not surprising consider all the weird crafts I do with my hands, chopsticks are not as hard to use as I once thought.  I can eat rice with em, and not by shovelling it from the bowl to my mouth either.  What really gets me is the flavors, like I said, I’m a midwest raised hillbilly girl, it’s called tempura, but that’s fried veggies.  Miso soup is lovely stuff, I just love the little cubes of tofu and how they feel like they just melt away in a dleicious cloud of wonderfulness.  Usually my friend and I opt to share a green tea ice cream for dessert, but today was a red bean kind of day.  I’ve got no idea what a red bean really is, but they taste fabulous.

Being as this is my cheapness blog, I feel obligated to say that for the two of us enjoying a fabulously prepared multi-course meal, it was well under thirty bucks including a nice tip.  I may be frugal, but I can’t stiff a nice waitress, it’s hard to leave a small tip for a crappy server knowing what miserable work food service can be.  By midwest standards that’s not a cheap meal, but in New York, the diner serves lobsters and there’s no two-for-twelve dinner specials.  I’m adjusting, trying new things, like seafood and tapas and Japanese food, but I still drool a little when I drive by a White Castle.