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Continental airlines to serve airborne sushi
Continental airlines to serve airborne sushi The new BusinessFirst menus enhance Continental’s five-course gourmet meal which is presented restaurant-style, complete with linen, fine china and flatware. Local touches are offered in various markets, including sushi appetizers and a complete Japanese meal option on Tokyo flights. Yuck! Thanks, but I’ll stick to eating it on the…
Read MoreNaked Sushi
You don’t run across restaurants serving tacos or sweet-and-sour pork off naked people. Bumped into this quote of mine from an old interview, which rkb had blogged on Tumblr, and couldn’t resist posting it because it sounded funny, even though quoting oneself is probably the most pretentious thing a person can do on a blog. Not…
Read MoreChef throws live lobster at customers
Chef throws live lobster at customers And I thought sushi chefs were crazy.
Read MoreThe mechanics of eating sushi
The mechanics of eating sushi Today the Sushi Lush blog distills some of my sushi-bar etiquette tips from my “How to Eat Sushi” page (which also appears as an appendix in The Story of Sushi). You can watch me discuss sushi etiquette in this clip from ABC News with Charles Gibson clip, too.
Read MoreThat sushi ain’t the fish you think it is
That sushi ain’t the fish you think it is More DNA testing reveals yet more fraud at sushi restaurants. What if McDonald’s burgers were actually donkey meat? (Maybe they are.)
Read MoreCatching bluefin tuna with a kayak
Catching bluefin tuna with a kayak Hey, I have an idea: all fishermen around the world can only catch things with kayaks. No more factory trawlers, no more high-tech depth sounders and plotters, just you, your rod, and your kayak. Solves the overfishing dilemma right there.
Read MoreJapan National Broadcasting’s International Morning News reports on my efforts to educate Americans about the plight of the bluefin tuna and show them the many other types of delicious sushi that are more traditional. (Aired Nov. 2, 2009; selections.)
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Miss Bluefin Sushi
In this post on The Atlantic, I describe the surprising history of tuna sushi in Japan.
Read MoreNew frontier for ramen noodles: crap flavor
New frontier for ramen noodles: crap flavor Only a matter of time before David Chang puts this on the menu at Momofuku.
Read MoreBeware the Samurai Sushi Chef
In this post on The Atlantic, I ponder whether the most influential Japanese chef in America might actually have been … John Belushi. (Includes great video of Belushi’s “Samurai Deli” skit on SNL.)
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