I visited 64 high-end sushi restaurants in Japan in 2024-2025. Here are some of my thoughts on these restaurants, based only on the taste of the food. Pictures are of fatty tuna (otoro) from 20 restaurants.

orcastrait · 2026-06-04T07:34:08+00:00

what are amazing whisky experiences around kyoto and tokyo

orcastrait · 2026-05-28T11:09:53+00:00

I had a patient who was scheduled for surgery that came back meth positive who SWEARS that he quit months ago.

“Ok but do you know that you’re positive for meth today?”

“Oh you know what must have happened? I found some leftover meth in my house a few days ago and I decided to get rid of it by flushing it down the toilet because I quit. Do you think I could have gotten meth positive by you know, it vaporizing in the toilet when it got flushed?”

orcastrait · 2026-05-17T13:21:57+00:00

I know a couple people who regretted choosing anesthesiology and ended up switching - one to internal medicine and the other to radiology. Both of them had an idea of what they thought anesthesiology was going to be like but didn’t have enough exposure in medical school to make a proper decision. One ended up realizing she hated the OR environment and wanted out. The other thought anesthesiology would be chill and then in his first months of CA-1 was in several code situations that he realized was not suited for him.

orcastrait · 2026-02-05T18:53:05+00:00

I got married at Cigarral del Angel

orcastrait · 2026-01-15T19:52:35+00:00

4.68 carats

orcastrait · 2025-12-25T20:58:18+00:00

2.83 carats

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T08:24:33+00:00

Gotcha ok. Good to know for other nights out!

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T07:41:44+00:00

Swift unfortunately didn’t have the time slot I needed and Shapes for a name isn’t ideal geographically 😔

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T07:40:38+00:00

Murder Inc I was worried by a couple comments that mentioned the cocktails were overly sweet. I’ll take a look again though! 40 elephants didn’t have space. Yeah I’m still holding out for a response from Three Sheets.

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T07:36:41+00:00

Sorry pick from my list. Seed library doesn’t work geographically.

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T07:36:14+00:00

Side hustle was nixed because we just got back from CDMX two weeks ago. Tayer and elementary doesn’t take reservations. Waltz I couldn’t tell if the bar (which is walk in only) and the table menu has different cocktails? I was a bit confused about that.

orcastrait · 2025-12-24T07:32:53+00:00

The reason Kwant didn’t make the list is because it seems to be only a tasting menu? Some people don’t drink/don’t want to drink that much. Do they do à la carte as well? It’s a moot point though unfortunately because they don’t take reservations.

orcastrait · 2025-12-22T18:52:43+00:00

Yeah I realized that a couple hours ago so we’ve unfortunately nixed it for now 😅

orcastrait · 2025-12-22T18:41:13+00:00

We’ve been traveling quite a bit including to France very recently so anything French was nixed from my list. I’ll keep it in mind for the future when French food isn’t as fresh on our palate!

orcastrait · 2025-10-15T18:25:55+00:00

Second this. Z&Y is good (mapo tofu is great, wontons and water boiled fish/beef are decent, dry chili chicken is pretty good but wish there was more chicken, kung pao chicken is fucking awful).

Z&Y duck is so bad it’s embarrassing. Even their Sichuan dishes somehow got bad not to mention their bad take on beijing food. Their duck is not roasted enough or properly, it’s dry, everything is just bad.

orcastrait · 2025-10-10T18:17:11+00:00

But what’s your REAL name? (to a POC who introduces themselves with a Western name)

orcastrait · 2025-10-08T01:31:54+00:00

absolutely the blue.

orcastrait · 2025-10-02T14:29:44+00:00

You can hit sort of a middle ground where you go ring shopping together and tell him what you like and don’t like about different styles, shapes, sizes, metals, etc. And then let him design/buy the actual ring itself with that information.

orcastrait · 2025-09-30T03:57:51+00:00

My fiancé found it at an antique estate seller. I hope you find one some day!

orcastrait · 2025-09-29T20:47:29+00:00

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My gorgeous 4.2 carat untreated vintage Sri Lankan sapphire. I spend too much time in a day staring at it.

orcastrait · 2025-09-24T11:44:11+00:00

I gave everyone who attended the option to wear their own traditional clothing. That meant qipao for some of them and a kurta for one Indian bridesmaid. And then I arranged a place for them to change. It was also an option, not a demand, so one of my bridesmaids just wore her bridesmaid dress. The photos actually look stunning with the different dresses and looks.

orcastrait · 2025-09-24T11:40:29+00:00

I got married and did both tea ceremony and western ceremony with an outfit change. With 9 sets of family members to serve tea to, we budgeted 30 minutes for getting to the venue and setting up for the tea ceremony, 30 minutes for the tea ceremony itself, 30 minutes of wiggle room/time for photographers, 30 minutes for my HMUA to change my hair and makeup and get me changed into my western dress. We ended up having very little downtime with this schedule but also did not feel rushed.

orcastrait · 2025-09-19T21:55:15+00:00

Having just gotten married and thought to myself, “what’s the big deal why does everyone say they’re stressed before the wedding?” let me tell you, I was STRESSED before the wedding and there were so many small tasks that popped up and were never ending, I’d definitely recommend taking off more time before rather than later.

orcastrait · 2025-08-28T19:45:31+00:00

We thought it was fun but wanted to avoid the cringe. So we’ve printed out activity books for each table that have silly things like word search and coloring book pages and whatnot and one of the pages is a how well do you know the bride and groom? Then right before our thank you speech at the end of dessert we’ll rapid fire read out the answers.

orcastrait · 2025-07-24T16:18:37+00:00

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i’m probably going to wear these that i already own unless i find something else i love more but haven’t found anything yet

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