Adventures in Japan

Fan-Fugu-Tastic

I don't have much to add to Carla's post. Sushi was fantastic. Whale and Fugu are expensive delicacies over here and we got to eat them for free. Probably the best sushi experience in my whole life. Whale sushi looks like beef. The chef, who always had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, wouldn't tell us what it was before we ate it so we all assumed it was uncooked beef of some sort. Nope, it was whale. We were floored. There are very, very few places in Japan that even sell the stuff and one of them happens to be a block from where we were all staying. Thanks Nate, for making us eat there. Good job!!

As further thanks to Nate for his awesome sushi call, I will recount his natto experience through both words and pictures.

This first picture is of the natto rolls themselves. That's them in the foreground. There's some sahimi(salmon?) in the background and some sliced pickled ginger off to the side. Nate took this picture, so props to him.


Here's Nate going for the gusto. Gambate!!


Here's Nate immediately regretting his decision.


Chewing.


Still chewing. Note his expression: almost like a small child just winged in the head with an eraser by someone he trusted.


Here's Nate asking God when this torment will end.


This is Trev after eating one natto bean. A bean that left a thin stringy trail across the table like a diarrhetic spider.


And, just to be fair, this is me after eating a natto roll.


Here's a nice picture of the oyster (or was it mussel?) soup we got for free. Another Nate original.