I love everything about sushi and sashimi*. The bite size pieces (bite size presumably if you have a mouth like Julia Roberts.) The care needed to create each bite. The colour and order and general asethetics. The almost vom-worthy idea of eating raw fish but you eat it anyway.
I've never been to Japan and I'm fairly certain they don't serve all their food on little trains. But how good is that! You walk in, you start eating immediately. Or, if you're Cappers, you walk in, you watch the little dishes going around and around and around and around and eventually the authentic Japanese crumbed calamari makes its way around so you knock over 2 soy sauce bowls, 48 wasabi packets and three plates of inari to get to it, you start eating immediately. Your mother grabs the plate off the train before you start circling the restaurant.
I'd eat sushi/sashimi for lunch everyday if it wasn't so darn expensive. And strangely unfilling. You eat and eat and eat and suddenly the $3.50 per plate doesn't seem such a bargain afterall. That'll be $78, m'am, says the cute-in-the-way-that-all-Japanese-girls/women-are-cute waitress. 78 what, dollars or yen? you reply in witty disbelief. Cute waitress rolls her eyes, looks pointedly at your gigantic figure. You hand over the cash. Darn you, sushi / sashimi. Darn you for making me love you and exposing just why Australian women often get old and fat.
* Covering myself here. No idea which is which. Think sushi is the rice one and sashimi is the fish-only one. Too lazy to google it.
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I added this post to Life in a Pink Fibro's Weekend Rewind on 4.12.10
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20 comments:
Ugh I HATE sushi lol! I wish I liked it because I know it's good out here in California! I tried it once and it was like fear factor lol I was gagging and couldn't even swallow it. I don't like ANY seafood though, something about the smell makes me nauseous!
I have never tried either... not sure I want to either..I like seafood..but like it cooked..lol.. Oh and I googled it for you ..you where right :)
Love, love, love Sushi - so does my lass. Now you've made me want to dash down to my local and grab a few rolls for morning tea. Mmmmmmm.
I'm with you. One thing I miss about The Big Smoke is sushi. Sad but true. And I love, love, love Wasabi. Love.
Ive recently 'discovered' sushi and/or sushami (nope, Im not gonna google it either) and now I can see what all the fuss was about. So delicious in a refreshing way--and now Im craving it.
Ive just 'discovered' you too. Now following. Enjoying this blog!
We sisters have more in common than we think. I was going to say that the best bit of sushi for me is the Wasabi! Fibro Lady beat me to it. The sushi love is genetic. Doo Dah loves it too.
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I love how it LOOKS but the thought really is 'vom-worthy' and I will never let it cross my lips. I am not adventurous with foods and sushi counts as adventure!! :D Jen
Oh dear, I've tried many foods but not Sushi :( Mind you, there's not much call for it in North Dublin. For some reason aspie boy wants to try it, perhaps too much watching Pokemon?
Squirm, Bron! You can have mine...J x
I am a recent convert. I have always lvoed horseraddish and wasabi, but took my time getting into sushi. My 11 year old nephew converted me...and now......oh my. I have my favourite sushi shop which I will happily drive to 20 minutes way for a 'fast' food lunch. Love love love the stuff.
Oh, and the kids - they love a bit of "suzy" in their lunchboxes too...
Love sushi, soy sauce, wasabi, that goddamn Japanese mayo, and have also finally come around to their miso soup...
I definitely think that after the Europeans, the Japanese are really onto something with their cuisine.
I love sushi! I could eat it 3 meals a day - I get the long rolls from the japanese seafood stall next to the supermarket near my house for $3 a roll - such a bargain! yum yum yum!! xxxCate
Don't forget Aussie blokes either - although for me the fat is more likely to come from steak than from sushi.
i love sushi too, lived off kimbap (the korean version) for a year when I was living in south korea.....a very. very good year!
Loving getting a chance to read all these older posts
Gill xo
Can't do sashimi. Too slimy. I do love a good tuna roll, though. Drowned in wasabi, of course, especially if my sinuses are a little clogged. Yum!
I sometimes eat a few at the start of the lunch, do some jobs, grab ome more and eat them at my desk!!
Yummo, can't stop at one.
I have been known to appreciate a well made chicken roll, but anything containing fish makes me run screaming unfortunately. I'd leap for the fried calamari too :-)
Even in Rewind you get a million comments! Love wasabi, love this post. x
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