To all my friends whom I have embarrassed by asking for a fork at an Asian restaurant.
I checked out Mo Mo's Sushi and Noodle Bar (at that hub of Asian cuisine, Kemps River Crossing) and practiced my chopstick chops. I struggled with some feisty ginger bits, but made it all the way through. From now on, I will try to find the patience to use them and get better at it. I have shamed myself with a fork at Chinese, Japanese, and Korean restaurants.
I got the Maki Lunch Special, with a Maki roll, a California roll, and a roll of something else vaguely celery-ish. It was great. The chef made it from scratch right there in front of me and served it on a red plate that looked like one of Samurai Jack's shoes.
My lack of sushi experience meant that I was surprised when I saw 18 pieces of sushi on the footy tray. You know, I didn't really get that 1 roll = 6 pieces thing. They weren't big pieces, but man, that was a lot of sushi for the lunch special.
It came with Miso soup that had a difficult spoon and a dish of crunchy stuff that seemed like cucumber. See? I'm so worldly now! Everybody there was pleasant and the place was classier than had I thought from looking at the outside.
2 comments:
When you are ready to get more fishy, go with the tuna. No real strong flavors or weird textures...very tasty.
There is a lot of rice in sushi, so you are gonna fill up with 18 pieces :)
Finally, I think the chopsticks are a good idea for americans used to wolfing down obscene portions (raises hand)...they make you eat more slowly, so your stomach actually has time to send out an "your fucking full, bitch" message before we've wolfed down 1500 calories.
Speaking of which, most of the dishes at your average Chili's type place run 1000 to 1500 calories, which is 1/2-2/3 of the calories we should be taking in in a day...which is more points for sushi...fill up on stuff that isn't bad for you.
I've used the sticks long enough to see the advantages over a fork, and one of them is the slower eating you mention, Tom. They also make it easier to grab onto smaller things that might fall off a fork.
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