[DonMarco]

I'm a big octopus fan (taco in Moonspeak). It kills me how sushi is priced here. Two pieces for $5? A whopping two rolls is $12?? Jesus christ, I remember eating out at a sushi dive because it was cheaper and more filling than McDonalds.

Sushi is faw fish over rice. Over time that included non-fish pork and veggies. Rolls allow for several tastes in one morsel without losing the single-serving simplicity behind it all. Could you imagine the hassle of making a few pieces of sushi with three different topings?

Which reminds me. All Japanese food can be eaten with chopsticks and is bite-sized. Even larger foods like okanomiyaki are sliced to strips before serving. Things that go against this are dishes or deserts that originate in China (like anpan). The "Osaka steakhouse" places that serve up stirfry with lo mein are insulting to me. Authentic Japanese cuisine is simple and mostly dishes served with rice. Usually rice, veggies and fish. Pork and beef came back in the national diet in the last 150 years.

Then again, in Japan, they see Americans doing nothing but eating hamburgers and pizza. And! To be fair, both the hamburger sandwich and american pizza are american dishes. Just like nachos, soul food, barbeque, road kill... In Japan the pizza they sell would turn your stomach, but is actually very good.
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[DonMarco]

[DonMarco]

Oh, man, do I need me some sleep.

I read "unagi" as "usagi" and did a double take and everything.
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