Posted in Reviews, tagged central pa, central pennsylvania, chopsticks, colonial park, dauphin, dauphin county, dinner, food, friends, fuji do, fujido sushi, harrisburg, japanese, lancaster, mechanicsburg, meetup, meetup.com, sashmi, steelton, sushi, york county, york pa on October 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Fuji Do wins again, Central Pa Sushi Group held it’s Halloween bash this Tuesday at this little Paxton Street favorite and once again showed how amazing it is. For the price nothing really comes close to the quantity and quality of the fish served at Fuji Do. One of the longest running sushi bars (now that there are dozens of them in the Harrisburg Area) and they have never short changed us. We took some snaps of the portions, Fuji do is one place that you will never walk away hungry. Enjoy.
Posted in News, tagged central pa, central pa sushi meetup, central pennsylvania, dauphin, dauphin county, dining out, harrisburg, lancaster, lancaster county, lancaster pa, mechanicsburg, meetup, pennsylvania, sashmi, sushi, york, york county, york pa on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Central Pa Sushi has hit an all time high when it comes to members of its local sushi group. Earlier this week they topped 260 members with an average of 25 – 30 attendees for each dinner party. Upcoming events include a halloween sushi dinner at Fuji Do on the 28th, a Evening out at Mikado Japanese in Mechanicsburg, Sushi, Thai, Hibachi and Udon at Fujihana! in York and Saturday Night at Okini! in Harrisburg. All taking place in the next few weeks.
Posted in Meetups, tagged central pa, central pennsylvania, dining out, friends, harrisburg, hibachi, japanese, lancaster, mechanicsburg, meetup, Meetups, new people, sushi, tokyo diner, york on September 26, 2008| 1 Comment »
Next Tuesday is looking to be one of our largest sushi meetups to date. Over 40 members of Central Pa Sushi have RVSPed for this weeks sushi meet at Tokyo Diner (Mechanicsburg, Pa). Central Pa Sushi is a local meetup group for people looking to meet others in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York and surrounding areas and of course enjoy lots of japanese cuisine. The RVSP is still open for this Tuesday (September 30th) for those looking for a fun evening out. Can RVSP on our website.
Posted in Meetups, tagged baltimore, central pa, central pa sushi, central pa sushi meetup, central pennsylvania, harrisburg, japanese, lancaster, low table, meetup, Meetups, pennlive, pennsylvania, philly, sashmi, sushi, tatami, tatami mat, Traditional, Traditional Japanese styling low table, york, york pa on September 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Tonight the Central Pa Sushi group went to Wasabi on Willow Street to try out the sushi. I’ll start by saying the rolls are perfect presented, neatly rolled and delicious. Not to mentionthe prices are great, the sushi combos were well under 18 dollars and no one walked away hungry. Wasabi is a Japanese restaurant with nice interior design, very comfortable and pleasant place to eat. There are a number of regular tables, as well as a few tatami tables (low table where you take your shoes off and sit) and a sushi bar. The staff also gets an A+ in my book, they were very welcoming and friendly, adding to the already positive environment. I think we all agree that we will be back again.
Posted in News, tagged baltimore, central pa, central pa sushi, central pennsylvania, dinner, friends, gatherings, gettysburg, harrisburg, keystone, lancaster, lebannon, Maryland, md, mechancisburg, middletown, pa, Patriot-News, penna, pennlive, pennsylvania, sashmi, social, sushi, york, york pa on August 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Central Pa Sushi has been around five months now and we are booming. Crossing out every sushi place in the area with dinner parties hitting 12-42 people! So this is an open invite to those looking to get out this summer and have some fish!
August 17th – Fuji Do Feast in Harrisburg
August 28th – Dinner At Mikado Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar
September 9th – Wasabi in Lancaster!
Posted in Meetups, tagged amish, central pa, columbia, harrisburg, lancaster, lancaster county, lancaster pa, pa, pennsylvania, sashmi, social, sushi on July 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Tonight Central Pa Sushi Meetup and I (the organizer) went to the Olive and Jasmine Asian Bistro in Lancaster. Having visited a majority of the Japanese restaurants in the area, I would have to say that Olive and Jasmine is one of (if not) the best restaurant of its kind in Central Pa. When it comes to atmosphere this place really surpasses the competition. The one thing this area lacks is the dining experience, most of the sushi places are either cafe or diner style establishments. Olive and Jasmine has nice decor throughout and a lovely private dining room for larger parties. The Dynamite Green Lips (spicy mussels appetizer) was simply delicious, best dragon roll I ever tasted and when it comes to other sushi on the menu I highly recommend this place in Lancaster to anyone that likes fresh assortment sushi platters because they offer so many varieties of them. The menu is quite extensive serving sushi, Thai, hibachi and Malaysian.
For a party of 18 they did very well service wise. We will definitely be back.
Posted in News, tagged central pa, central pennsylvania, colonial park, dining, eating, harrisburg, lancaster, mechanicsburg, pa, Patriot-News, pennlive, pennsylvania, press, sushi, york on July 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Meetups, tagged central pa, dining, hershey, lancaster, local, meetup, middletown, okini, pa, pennsylvania, steelton, sushi, york on April 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Wednesday at Okini was the second gathering of the Central PA Sushi lovers group (the first since the name change) and was every bit as good as the March meeting – or so I’m told, since I couldn’t make that nervous blind date on account of me being on the other side of the Atlantic.
The great thing about Sushi is that it’s so condusive to good conversation. The neat parcels of fresh fish and rice won’t get cold, you can eat it without dribbling spaghetti sauce all down your chin (a speciality of mine, I must admit) and it’s usually presented in such a way as to be a conversation starter in and of itself.
Not that many people on Wednesday had to fall back on the plates before them in order to liven up the evening, for as post-it notes fluttered onto foreheads at the other end of the table, amongst a bluster of hearty wine-fueled laughter, at the “square end” we had a good ol’ chinwag about, among other things, Sushi in London, life in Tokyo and soccer in South America – coversations, I’m sad to say, I won’t be able to pick up again until June. For everyone else the next get-together will come a touch sooner.
For me, aside from eating great food, it was wonderful to meet new faces and I look forward doing both again in a few weeks.
photos can be found here
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