Sushi Otaku

Of course it had to happen. After last week’s ‘sushi pet peeves’ post I was at my favourite sushi-ya last night and there they were. I was sitting at the bar (the drink bar, not the sushi bar) waiting for my second take out order to be filled (long story) and staring hard at the bottle of Geikkeikan Black and Gold sake (my current favourite). As usual, I was eavesdropping on just about everyone’s conversation as I like to hear what other people have to say about the restaurant and the food. A group of three sat next to me and started talking about all sorts of stuff. Up came the question ‘do you like this place?” And his response… “I’ve never been here before. I don’t like fish so I don’t eat sushi.”
That was a real head scratcher for me. He’s come to a not inexpensive sushi-ya with a serious reputation for its high quality sushi. But I guess he figures he’s going to eat chicken teriyaki? OK, I’m not one to judge, but that’s one expensive place to come for chicken, which, in my opinion is the one food I’ll never order out. After all, it’s chicken and frankly no one can prepare it any better than you can at home. Obviously he was there with friends, who probably all ate sushi and were in for a good time. But it’s always funny to hear something like that in a sushi-ya. But when they were aeated I realized that he’s wasting a perfectly good seat at the sushi bar, where I should have been sitting, snacking, while waiting for my take out.

Warren
The sushi guy.