Beth + Sushi = Not going to happen???
I went to a Japanese restaurant with my mom and brother the other day.
I saw it as training for going to Japan.
I ordered a chicken teriyaki box lunch. (Don't be fooled, it comes in a sectioned tray, not an actual box.)
The sections were...
1) Miso Soup (in a bowl, not one of the sections) - loved the spoon, and the soup's not bad either.
2) Chicken Teriyaki - tasted like chicken teriyaki.
3) White Sticky Rice (or Sticky White Rice? Is there an official order?) - totally cool with me.
4) Salad - asked for it without the orange dressing, worked out great. (How do you say, "dressing on the side," in Japanese?)
5) California roll - GGRRRRRRRRR....
When I was ten I decided that sushi was gross, and I wasn't going to eat it (California rolls included).
When I got to high school, this rule made me unpopular with my cool, sushi eating friends, whose usual responses were something like, "Wait, you don't eat sushi?" (No) "Oh my god, but it's so good. Have you even tried it?" (No) "Well, I bet if you just tried it you'd like it. Or at least you'd like California rolls, they don't even have raw fish in them."
Yeah right, sushi is gross, no thank you.
But when I was ten I also thought tea, beans, spinach and sex were all pretty gross too. And they've all worked out just great since then.
So the tray is placed in front of me and I think, "Ok, decisions you make when you're ten do not have to dictate the rest of your life. I'm mature, I'm an adult, and I'm going to Japan, so I'm going to eat this California roll right here, right now. Cause everyone said that I'd probably like it if I ever tried it anyway."
So for the first time, at Yama Sushi, in the Chilmark Shopping Center, with my mom and brother by my side, I set out on a mission to eat the California roll that came with the box lunch. I mean, California rolls are like sushi with training wheels, right?
It didn't work out. I put the first piece in my mouth, took a bite, and wanted to spit it out immediately. Yuck. It felt kind of like the first time I took a shot, but I knew that the end result wasn't going to be nearly as exciting. The piece sat in my mouth for a while because I didn't want to keep chewing, but I was too "mature" to spit it out. Damn maturity. But then breathing started tasting like California roll. Not cool. So I clenched my firsts, closed my eyes, chewed fast and swallowed, hoping my esophagus wasn't going to veto that decision. So while that first piece wasn't exactly tragic, it was definitely unpleasant enough for me to abort the mission.
The other 5 pieces remained untouched. I failed. If it was an exam, I would have gotten a 16%. That's totally an F.
I'M GOING TO BE LIVING IN JAPAN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND I CAN'T EAT SUSHI.
Is this going to be a problem?
Any ideas how I can trick myself into eating sushi? Or at least California rolls?
I think the next time I try sushi I should be really drunk from several shots of sake. Pre-Japan (New York, Madison, Boston, Hong Kong, Korea) would be ideal for this.
Give me a call if you want to help the cause (i.e. drink sake and get sushi with me).
I saw it as training for going to Japan.
I ordered a chicken teriyaki box lunch. (Don't be fooled, it comes in a sectioned tray, not an actual box.)
The sections were...
1) Miso Soup (in a bowl, not one of the sections) - loved the spoon, and the soup's not bad either.
2) Chicken Teriyaki - tasted like chicken teriyaki.
3) White Sticky Rice (or Sticky White Rice? Is there an official order?) - totally cool with me.
4) Salad - asked for it without the orange dressing, worked out great. (How do you say, "dressing on the side," in Japanese?)
5) California roll - GGRRRRRRRRR....
When I was ten I decided that sushi was gross, and I wasn't going to eat it (California rolls included).
When I got to high school, this rule made me unpopular with my cool, sushi eating friends, whose usual responses were something like, "Wait, you don't eat sushi?" (No) "Oh my god, but it's so good. Have you even tried it?" (No) "Well, I bet if you just tried it you'd like it. Or at least you'd like California rolls, they don't even have raw fish in them."
Yeah right, sushi is gross, no thank you.
But when I was ten I also thought tea, beans, spinach and sex were all pretty gross too. And they've all worked out just great since then.
So the tray is placed in front of me and I think, "Ok, decisions you make when you're ten do not have to dictate the rest of your life. I'm mature, I'm an adult, and I'm going to Japan, so I'm going to eat this California roll right here, right now. Cause everyone said that I'd probably like it if I ever tried it anyway."
So for the first time, at Yama Sushi, in the Chilmark Shopping Center, with my mom and brother by my side, I set out on a mission to eat the California roll that came with the box lunch. I mean, California rolls are like sushi with training wheels, right?
It didn't work out. I put the first piece in my mouth, took a bite, and wanted to spit it out immediately. Yuck. It felt kind of like the first time I took a shot, but I knew that the end result wasn't going to be nearly as exciting. The piece sat in my mouth for a while because I didn't want to keep chewing, but I was too "mature" to spit it out. Damn maturity. But then breathing started tasting like California roll. Not cool. So I clenched my firsts, closed my eyes, chewed fast and swallowed, hoping my esophagus wasn't going to veto that decision. So while that first piece wasn't exactly tragic, it was definitely unpleasant enough for me to abort the mission.
The other 5 pieces remained untouched. I failed. If it was an exam, I would have gotten a 16%. That's totally an F.
I'M GOING TO BE LIVING IN JAPAN FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AND I CAN'T EAT SUSHI.
Is this going to be a problem?
Any ideas how I can trick myself into eating sushi? Or at least California rolls?
I think the next time I try sushi I should be really drunk from several shots of sake. Pre-Japan (New York, Madison, Boston, Hong Kong, Korea) would be ideal for this.
Give me a call if you want to help the cause (i.e. drink sake and get sushi with me).
posted by beth at 7:32 AM
2 Comments:
I formally offer to start the sushi pre-season training in Madison!
Also, I happened to have miso soup for breakfast today. I don't know why. Because I could. I like miso.
Also, did you know that nearly all of us pay too much for car insurance.....
you know, japanese people dont really eat sushi all that often. just in case that helps.
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