Do you like sushi?

When in Rome, right? Nuh-ah. I just have no tolerance for this kind of sushi.

ebi (prawn) sushi


roe and cucumber sushi

There's a local sushi train restaurant near our residence that I don't mind, because I can order the *ahem* cucumber sushi, egg sushi and tofu sushi (called inari zushi).

Luckily there's a range of options

Raw fish, called sashimi, is a definite NO. I braved it once at a teacher's party ...

... but it ended up oh-so-discreetly into a napkin!

There's no escaping it, really. I went to lunch with a friend and we ordered, yep, the herushii setto (healthy set) - a big trend in Japan.

Such a variety of herushii things ...


... hey, wha ...?

I put that white, rolled, raw squid in my mouth - the first chew wasn't bad, and then... I don't know, I just can't eat raw fish. Or octopus for that matter ...

Takoyaki - translation: fried octopus

At least I gave it a go,
Monica