I recently stumbled upon an old video that I’ve seen before and thought I’d share it. It’s on “how to eat sushi” and it’s quite entertaining. But first, some thoughts on sushi.

I remember when I was a kid I wasn’t a big fan of sushi. I think it was because my mom only used to make a specific kind of sushi, and not necessarily the kind with raw fish that everyone calls sushi. In any case, as I got older I started thinking to myself “you’re Japanese, idiot, you should love sushi” so I decided I’d start liking sushi. And only in the last year have I regularly gone out to eat sushi with friends, all thanks to the recent popularity of all-you-can-eat sushi in the Waterloo region.

I find it interesting that sushi has become an activity that the younger generation has adopted as a sign of affluence or being the cool thing to do. Don’t get me wrong, sushi is delicious and I love it. But I think our current generation is infatuated with it because it only recently realized that it exists and that it’s delicious. At the same time it’s unfortunate that a lot of people are only exposed to cheap sushi and equate eating sushi to gorging oneself. Sushi is more than just gorging and the experience of eating raw fish. The lack of beautiful presentation, delivery, and culture in eating sushi at these all-you-can-eat sushi places takes away from the experience.

I can’t wait until I go to Japan in May when I’ll be eating real sushi.

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