Julie is Finance & Administration Manager for the California Rice Commission, and a big proponent of trying new recipes- especially if they feature California rice.
The memorable evening started with, “Hi, I’m Julie.” warmly responded with, “Hi, I’m Octavio.” followed by my exclaiming “Your name is Octavio? I have a llama named Octavio!” (pictured below) and the evening was off to a fun-filled entertaining experience at Benihana, located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our personal chef performed the ancient art of Teppanyaki, preparing a scrumptious meal while engaging a striking percussion show with razor-sharp blades and shakers filled with assorted seasonings. We were fortunate to join a local family celebrating their Grandma Sylvia’s birthday. Four-year-old Amanda donned in her personal Benihana Chef’s hat, enjoyed the yummy fried rice, made with California Calrose rice, a type of medium-grain rice that is grown predominately in California.
We also enjoyed watching Amanda’s brother Tony make slam-dunk basketball shots of shrimp tails right into the pocket of our chef! This was truly an enjoyable evening, one that I will long remember.
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