Wednesday, October 20, 2010

The Sushi on the Belt Goes Round and Round

Looking up at the sign on the second story, it looked ominous. Watching the elderly men and women climb the stairs to Sushido looked like they were on a mission, so focused to get to the summit like Fuji-san. One step at a time. A little dramatic for a 2nd story entrance, but who am I to put a timer on the 80+ year old Japanese man taking his time up the stairs. Good sushi will be there for him too... when he reaches the top.

Sushido didn't have the same impact it did two and a half years ago, when my boss took Michelle and I there for the first (and only) time on our first trip to Yokosuka. The second trip meant so much more. After eating our fair share of sushi the past few years, it was nice to get back to the place that was our first sushi-go-round experience in Japan.

Jon, Lloyd, Ron (not pictured) and I had a total of 40 plates (10 each). Jon and Lloyd come from Hawaii to help me out with some big upcoming contracts for work.

You have to be on top of your game, constantly checking the belt, otherwise it could be another five minutes before the next piece of fatty tuna comes arounda gain. That black bowl on the belt was all the little packets of wasabi... and I let it go by (we had enough wasabi on our table already).
Forty plates, 5500 yen, and a post lunch snooze, it was back to work. Wait, I had a daydream about the post lunch catnap, but it never happened.

1 comment:

Alicia said...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! These were my FAVORITE places in Japan!!! We always called them Sushi Go Arounds!! They are such a smart idea!!!! Enjoy, as you will never have sushi like that again!