Dick Oshira and Seattle Caviar Signs
All I am trying to do is upload a photo of our original caviar sign. Unfortunately, I may be a dinosaur. My idea was to spotlight our most loved caviar signs that gem of a man, Dick Oshira, created with his genius talent of Signcraft. When we were in our first location, down on the shores of Lake Union, we posted an oval sign, appropriate for a very large yacht, on the side of our building. It simply said “CAVIAR”. Black glossy background, metallic gold letters, with red outlines. Our logo in gold in the center top. ( Now if I knew what I was doing, my photo should appear.) Alas, words will have to do until I figure this out. Dick is a signmaker and as fine as they come. Our next sign, actually says SEATTLE CAVIAR COMPANY, with caviar in large gold leaf caps, a swimming sturgeon in “beluga blue” and the word Beluga in gold. It is a huge sign that says we are in business and we are here to stay. Our latest sign was just finished and it is above the door at 2922 Eastlake Avenue East: Gold Seattle Caviar Letter, nice white oak logo painted gold, on a black background. Crowning glory at the end of the sign in a red oval: established 1990. We will soon be twenty years in business, a milestone indeed. Now if I could just figure out how to post these photos……
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My First Adventure in Blogosphere…05/22/09
Dale just said, “You have a “blog” on your site…you better go find out what it says.” My response, of course, “it says nothing, because I don’t know how to do it….” Feeling rather sheepish, I decided to figure it out. So here goes….
It finally seems to be spring and it is gorgeous today, but since this is supposed to be about caviar and not the weather, I will write about caviar and my latest, DELICIOUS caviar creation.
While Dale was visiting Brussells for the International Seafood Show and sneaking off to Paris( I will save that for another blog) I found myself alone for a week with one nine month old Brittany, a ten year old Pug and a neurotic Siamese Cat and the only one to cook for was MOI!! I love poached eggs and my darling husband actually turns green at the thought of them, so every time Dale leaves town, I treat myself to eggs. Washington State asparagus was just coming into season and so wonderful, so that was it!
Steamed Asparagus topped with a Poached Egg and Paddlefish Caviar. Absoulutely delicious. I love the way the egg acts as a dressing for the Asparagus and the caviar as the perfect seasoning.
The recipe is simple:
6 spears of Yakima Asparagus, woody ends snapped, then steamed
1 freshly poached egg
1 Tblsp. Paddlefish caviar
Steam the asparagus
Poach the egg
Place steamed asparagus on a pretty plate and top with a freshly poached egg and top with caviar. Sit down and enjoy
Tags: Paddlefish Caviar
