Tuesday, October 21, 2008

conveyor-belt sushi

later

check this out. in japan, they have something called conveyor belt sushi. you sit at a counter and a conveyor belt goes past you with different types of sushi on it and the sushi is on different colored plates. the color of the plate designates how much it costs. a blue place is 105 yen (about a dollar) and not very good. a green plate is 150 yen (about a buck and a half) and pretty good. etc etc, up to about 500 yen for the fat bellied tuna sashimi and the roe which was delicious. I gorged myself on different types of sushi and some good sake and ended up with a pile of about 15 plates and spent around 25 bucks. the range of different sushis I got to try was pretty awesome

we were trying to figure out what type of food this could transfer to in the US. we thought mcdonalds could work if them halved all their portions and we'd become and even fatter nation than we already are. or beer, though that could make for some rough nights. food for thought

2 comments:

Unknown said...

There's a restaurant in Philly called Pod that has that same conveyor belt thing for sushi; it's such an awesome concept for a restaurant. Had me endlessly amused, but that's fairly easy to do.

Sounds like you're having an amazing time! Quite the once in a lifetime experience.

Laura said...

I vote for conveyor-belt chocolate! Different truffles could go by!