If you needed any proof that it is possible to eat luxuriously on $40 a week, look no further:

This is a serious splurge dish. What you are seeing is a martini glass filled with cubes of sashimi-grade tombo and salmon roe. An ounce of roe set me back $4; I chose the tombo because it was on sale, so half a pound cost me about the same amount - roughly $4.14.

And all of that went into this dish. That's nearly a quarter of your budget for one meal!

Awesome.

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