Japanese Food Kicks ASS!

I love being half Chinese, it gives me the ability to approach weird and exotic foods with an open mind . . . and mouth. Here's how this little venture went. On Sunday night, I had just finished working out and taking a shower getting settled to watch "The History of the World: Part 1". My co-worker John calls me from the airport and asks me to pick him up and drive him home. No problem! I'm staying 2 minutes away from the airport and his place was not much further. When I picked him up he expressed to me his desire to show his appreciation by treating me to dinner. Initially I wasn't hungry, but he proposed Sushi and if you knew me, sushi does not require twisting any arms or other body parts. We ended up at a Sushi Joint that was close to his place and work. It was a very normal looking restaurant, nice decor, beautiful menus, you get the idea. John insisted that I "sit back" and let him order. Normally I would put up a fight but I was just too tired.

John orders a sushi combo plate and points to something on the daily menu, which I did not see. So here we are eating, talking, laughing and having a good time. Then this comes out.

NOW WAIT! Don't hit play until you finish reading this!

The first words out of my mouth was "John, you are a fucking asshole!" words spoken so loudly that the other patron HAD to turn around. I'm sure it seemed like I was just another "Angry Black" girl breaking up with her "man" or making a scene! Anyway. So here these little bastards are. Just two little heads nest to their filleted tails over rice. But they were still alive and the tails were raw! I couldn't help but stare with part awe and part shock. They were moving and for all I know they were just trying to get back to their rear end with the futile hope of mending themselves together again. So here John is urging me to eat their tails quickly! I just sat there. Shocked, not at all grossed out but just shocked. I flashed back to my days as a child naming the live crab my mother brought home and watching my new friend die in boiling water.

I picked up the sashimi tail and placed in my mouth. What happened next was so unexpected that my primitive instincts had to kick in to protect me. As I started to bite down on the tail it clenched up and the tail actually slapped my lip and curled slightly. WWWHHHAAAAAA!!!!! Warning! Warning Danger! Instinct activated, I bit hard and swallowed fast. I was floored. I look over at John and I must have had the best face. There he sat laughing his ass off at my reaction. Other people i the restaurant stared and smiled. I almost hesitated to eat the other one but eventually did. Although I think the second one had been sitting around for too long and the reaction was nowhere near as strong. I have no idea what it was called but we watched these little hero's struggle for a solid 15 min before the second shock came. Towards the end of our dinner, the waitress took our plates and cleared our table. I thought it was over but there was more. She brought the heads back DEEP FRIED. Oh Mom would have been proud. I took a bite of the heads and apologized to my heroic fighters. In the mean time, the man who discovered this delicacy sat across and cringes as I sucked out their brains. So silly. Here's to John R., and here's to making new friends and having great experiences with them. CHEERS! Oh, you can play the video now. . .