For dinner, Mike, Joana, Valerie, and I head to Mikuni at The Veranda back in Concord

There is a lot of activity at the mall this evening

LUXE Cinema

45 minutes later, we are seated in the restaurant

Since it sounds like a good deal and a great way of sampling a range of items, our group decides to share an order of the family-style dinner

Sea Steak - Lightly seared raw tuna, shichumi soy dressing, daikon radish shoestrings, onion

Crispy Gyoza - Crispy pork and chicken potstickers

Ninety-Nine Roll (shrimp, eel, panko shrimp, avocado, sauce, masago, microgreens) and Bob's Roll (cream cheese, crab mix, panko shrimp, avocado, salmon, sauce, masago, microgreens)

Spicy Salmon Roll (spicy tuna and cucumber) and Spicy Johnny Roll (spicy tuna, panko shrimp, avocado, eel, sauce, masago, microgreens)

Musolino Pasta - Udon noodles sauteed in olive oil and garlic with jumbo tiger prawns, asparagus, mushrooms, onion

Chocolate Lava Cake ... why do so many places serve these with raspberry coulis?

Sweet Dream...

...ice cream wrapped with pound cake, lightly tempura fried, raspberry sauce, powdered sugar