sushi comparo

I have only had sushi twice since being here. Kim likes sushi, but has a limit of like 6 pieces, so I'll get more experience later this week.

From my limited experience so far, what I have learned is that sushi restaurants are usually stand alone. In Canada, usually there is a mix of options at the same restaurnts. But here if you are going for sushi, you are in for sushi.

The sushi itself is similar enough to what we have in Vancouver. Based on what I've seen so far, on Nigiri sushi, the rice beds are smaller and rounder than what we have at home. For Maki sushi, the sushi chefs roll them individually using precut seaweed sheets instead of rolling and cutting. There is more wasabi in the sushi than at home, which make sense, because of the 'shocking' discovery that they do not give you wasabi. That's right - no wasabi for you to mix with your sushi. Just soya sauce and the wasabi the chef already put in the sushi.

To continue the Vancouver comparo, there is more variety here. Lots of different octopussy things and other things that I honestly don't know what they are.

I did venture out and had a random one called 'natto', which, was super super hard for me to swallow. The plate came with three pieces, but I was only able to swallow one, flushed down with the water and tea I had left.

Only 2 seconds ago I googled natto and it turns out to be fermented soya beans which is according to wikipedia also popular as breakfast. If I knew that at the time, it would have been better to appreciate. Instead I was left with my imagination who suggested that it might possibly be chunks of regurgitated fish stomachs in a poison brine.