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Drew Jackson for Triangle Today
Like the tragic part of a fairy tale, George Yamazawa was given his life, but robbed of his livelihood. After his third bout with cancer, the chef and North Carolina sushi pioneer couldn’t taste a thing. His hands could cut fish, his eyes could recognize beauty, his ears could hear the sound of his wife’s voice. But gone were salt and bitterness, sweet and savory, the pillars on which he had lived for decades. For months, nothing. Then one day, something slight and subtle — a flicker — returned to his taste buds. The flicker grew to flames and then to a fire that changed everything for the George and his wife, Mayumi Yamazawa. “I was so scared,” George said. “It was a gradual process,” he said. “But little by little (my taste) came back. The amazing thing is it became more alert and aware. I was able to use it again and it was more robust than it had been before.” For 32 years, Yamazushi, the Triangle’s oldest Japanese restaurant, has been in the same unassuming south Durham strip mall off Hope Valley Road. But it’s very different than the restaurant the Yamazawas first opened. The meal at Yamazushi aims at the ideal experience of omotenashi, which means all encompassing hospitality, with every movement in the dining room, every bite on the plate a piece of a larger intent. Juli Leonard
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POSTAL FISH COMPANY’S SEAFOOD WILL REEL YOU IN Greg Cox for Triangle Today
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE!
Thursday, May 24 | 10:30am-11:30am City of Raleigh Lake Lynn Community Center 7921 Ray Rd, Raleigh Learn about ducks, geese and other creatures with feathers, while enjoying games, songs and crafts Barcode Search #221521 $2, ages 2-6 https://reclink.raleighnc.gov/Activities/ ActivitiesAdvSearch.asp#top Wednesday, June 6 | 5:30pm-7:30pm
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Marbles Kids Museum 201 East Hargett St, Raleigh For special needs children to experience museum after hours, free marbleskidsmuseum.org
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Raleigh Little Theatre 301 Pogue St, Raleigh A musical that centers around a childless couple and teaches the consequences of their choices. Their journey also features some familiar faces such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Little Red Riding Hood. $15 per ticket, all ages https://raleighlittletheatre.org/shows/ into-the-woods/
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL CRYSTAL PNC Arena 1400 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh Gymnasts and skaters perform acrobatics on the ice and in the air tickets start at $38, all ages www.thepncarena.com/events/detail/ cirque-du-soleil
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Raleigh and Durham have reaped a bonanza of topnotch seafood restaurants lately, starting with the opening of St. Roch a year ago. The Cortez, Saint James, and Saltbox Seafood Joint (a second location, this one with indoor seating) have since landed on our shores. Then why, you might ask, would I drive to the outer reaches of the Triangle to eat at Postal Fish Company in Pittsboro? I can think of lots of reasons, actually, some of them surprising. How about a daily changing menu (which, commendably, is kept current on the restaurant’s website) that frequently includes one or two fish varieties you won’t find elsewhere? And seafood that’s as fresh and expertly prepared as you’ll find in these parts? Oh, and because chef-partners James Clark and Bill Hartley take turns driving to the coast to buy seafood directly off the boats, it’s a bargain to boot. This “cut out the middleman” strategy is at the heart of a longheld dream for the partners, who met a decade ago while working at the Grande Dunes resort in Myrtle Beach. They continued to refine their plan after both took jobs at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, where Clark was executive chef and Hartley was executive sous chef. The opening of Postal Fish Company last October was the realization of their dream. They call their style “coastal cooking in a Piedmont kitchen,” which translates to a varied offering of small plates, steamed and raw shellfish, “Dinner Plates” (a Southern-accented handful of seafood and other
The wood-grilled Sunburst trout is a generous filet, grilled to a sweetly succulent turn, is half submerged beneath a tangle of shaved fennel, radish, red onion, arugula and cornbread crumbles in a charred citrus and burnt honey vinaigrette. Juli Leonard main course offerings), and “Hand Selected From the Docks.” Drop your line into that last category, and you might pull up a Sunburst trout from the cold mountain waters of Western North Carolina. A generous filet, grilled to a sweetly succulent turn, the fish recently landed on the plate half submerged beneath a tangle of shaved fennel, radish, red onion, arugula and cornbread crumbles in a charred citrus and burnt honey vinaigrette. Or you might hook a fish seldom seen this far inland: wood-grilled Southport cobia, or black drum, or pan-roasted NC sheepshead with sugar snap peas, cardoon and carrot puree, and a crab roe velouté. The unusual variety of the offering is palatable proof of the owners’ passion for showcasing under-appreciated fish — which, precisely because they’re unfamiliar to the general public, also happen to be bargains. Based on my experience at Postal Fish Company, they’re all keepers, too. On the other hand, if you prefer to sail in familiar waters, you’ll find plenty to choose from. Peel ’n’ eat
NC shrimp are fat and flavorful, whether you opt to get them chilled with Old Bay, cocktail sauce and lemon, or wood-grilled with garlic butter. Littleneck clams, steamed in beer, butter and scallions, are exemplary. Oysters on the half shell — typically four varieties are offered from the waters of Virginia and the Carolinas — are flawlessly fresh and expertly shucked. And, not to sound like a broken record, they’re a bargain at $24 a dozen.
POSTAL FISH COMPANY 75 W. Salisbury St., Pittsboro 919-704-8612 postalfishcompany.com Cuisine: seafood Rating: 4 stars Prices: $$$ Atmosphere: casual, contemporary makeover of a former post office
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Insane as ever, ‘Deadpool 2’ doesn’t disappoint Mark Kennedy (AP) for Triangle Today
At a recent screening of “Deadpool 2,” the audience didn’t get up when the end credits came up, patiently sitting through the scrolling names of visual effects
supervisors and lighting specialists. Real “Deadpool” fans know to stick around until the ushers toss them out.
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That’s because the filmmakers aren’t content with containing their sprawling, anarchic and subversive hero in any conventional box. No, in the world of Deadpool, even the boring end credits are studded with jokes and teases. So hold onto your seats as Ryan Reynolds once more dons the red suit and katana swords for this saucy, overstuffed and very entertaining sequel to the 2016 massive hit “Deadpool,” which became the second-highest grossing R-rated film domestically after “The Passion of the Christ.” How do we know that?
Deadpool happily brags about it in the new film, continuing his breaking-the-fourth-wall humor. Just some of the other things that get derided this time are “Yentl,” ”Frozen,” ”Stranger Things,” Wolverine, Jared Kushner, cultural appropriation, Brad Pitt, the Norwegian band A-ha, “Basic Instinct,” ”Robocop,” fanny packs, “Say Anything,” dubstep, “Sharknado” and Reynolds himself, who mocks his disastrous earlier decision to play Green Lantern.
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