After lunch at SALT, we walked around the Pearl Street Mall, an outdoor walking mall closed to traffic similar to 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We made a few observations about the stores we saw. For one thing, there were a lot of shops for outdoor activities. That's totally understandable as Boulder is right next to the Rocky Mountains. There were several exotic stores with world/ethnic clothing, accessories, knick knacks, etc. We also passed by multiple "apothecaries" that sold herbs, spices, oils, etc. It felt like a concentrated Berkeley-esque hippie land tucked away in the mountains.
So, after the late lunch (we didn't eat until close to 3pm), we drove back to Denver and walked around the Cherry Creek mall until it was dinner time. Lawrence wasn't particularly hungry so we eventually decided on sushi for dinner.
We went to Sushi Den, one of the top sushi bars in Denver. They fly their fish in from the Nagahama fish market in Japan. Their selection is uniquely exotic for prices that are extremely reasonable. We wanted to take advantage of that and so ordered several fish that we don't normally get the chance to try, including Tilefish, Needlefish, wild Yellowtail, Golden Eye Snapper, Spanish Mackerel, Japanese Shad, Albacore sashimi, and Royal Miyagi Oysters sushi-style. They mixed up an order and we actually got an extra order of salmon for free.
