Dudes Night - Burp Castle / Lan

We started our dudes night out with Porthos last Thursday at one of my favorite watering holes Burp Castle in the East Village. Burp Castle is a great place with my favorite bartender in the city, Rachel. This is not a bar that you get hammered and obnoxious at - in fact you'll be shushed if you do. Just a great place to enjoy some solid beers and enjoy some great conversations - topics that night included raw milk, cross-country traveling, food in DC, and Star Trek: Next Generation. As an added bonus, Thursday night is cheese night with a phenomenal assortment of cheeses from Artisanal.

Part Deux of Dudes night was at Lan for what was initally meant to be a drink and a quick bite. As usual, the rest of the dudes met up and it was a food onslaught. I can't stress how consistently good LAN is with their food - the sushi that night was amazing. Porthos took care of the ordering and this is what we had. Give it a try next time you're at a LAN or any high-quality sushi restaurant...it may run you about $100, but it's way worth it.

• Radish and Sawara (Spanish Mackerel) Appetizer
• Sashimi Platter - Madai (red snapper), Hon-Maguro (bluefin tuna), Shima-Aji, and Mirugai (Giant Clam)
  
• Chu-Toro Sushi (medium fatty tuna)
• Uni Sushi
  
• Aburi O-Toro Sushi (charred fatty tuna)
• O-Toro Sushi (most fatty tuna)
• Negi-Toro Temaki (scallions, fatty tuna hand roll)
• Anago Temaki (salt water eel hand roll)
  
• Uni Temaki
• Shima-Aji Sushi (yellow jack)
  
• Negi-hamachi maki (scallions, yellow tail, roll)