Why is it I am the only adventurous one in my circle of friends?

My friends are the widest-ranging group of people I know. Ive got motorcycle riding daydreamers & hard-nosed republicans. Literary savants & idiot savants. Black, white, male, female, gays, straight, married & single, I have alot of friends each with different personas and likes & dislikes. So why is it, out of the some 40 people I know, only maybe 2 people enjoy sushi?



Sushi originated as a way of preserving funa (a fish). The fish was salted and allowed to mature on a bed of vinegar rice, after which the rice was discarded. Before long vinegar rice came to be eaten together with the fish and then other ingredients. Thus the word sushi was derived. Alot of people think its raw because many sushi varieties are prepared using some type of fish or seafood and the raw part just happens to stick in peoples mind. Sashimi means raw fish. But sashimi is also extremely good.

C'mon people, let's all live alittle. Here, I found a few guides and bits of information for you to study incase you want to be adventurous the next time you are stumped as to what to eat. After all, McDonnalds looses its novelty after One Billion Served. If you do manage to try it, watch this video first to get the jist of proper sushi etiquette. Hell, print out a text version of any of the above and take it to the restaraunt.

If you want my advice for finding a good restaraunt, ask people you know if they have been to any good places in town. Good food and experiences keep people returning to one restaraunt. I try not to go to a restaraunt based on travel guides or internet databases unless its been updated recently. Old information means one of two things: Menu selections & foods might have changed and quite possibly food quality might now be an issue. No news is often bad news when looking at food.

Also, sit at a table instead of the bar the first few times you go unless you go to a bar with a friend. It's more comfortable to the American-cultured diners to sit at a table and order from a menu. Also, for the first-timers, menu's give pictures along with explinations of what comes on a plate. Often times, if you go for lunch or dinner, the menu will have special combination plates or specials on food groupings. Stay away from the little placecard menu they will hand you, often times you will over order and will have to take sushi home with you. Most importantly, you will pay more for your food that way than on a menued item.

I hope this encourages some of you to try it. I have been wanting to go out to a sushi bar for at least 2 weeks now. Problem is, its not often other people are in the mood for sushi.

Live alittle, voyeurs!