In what will surely be the most hotly debated and questionable cblog I've written so far, I have decided upon a huge hot button topic that came to light during my vacation and has subsequently come up in conversation among friends.

Is sushi worth it when there are far superior foods to enjoy?

Now, to be fair, good sushi is defined commonly more for it's texture, appearance, and mouth feel rather than taste.

As put to me eloquently by the Japanese, if you taste anything other than nothing, the sushi is bad.

Taking such phrasing to task we have shit here in the US that people pass off as Japanese cuisine, such as spider rolls, california rolls, avacado and god knows what else stuffed into seaweed wrappers and passed off as the latest roll craze to sweep southern california.


Why is this considered delicious?

Simple, basic sushi, most commonly known as nigiri sushi is a simple cut of meat, sometimes a bit of wasabi brushed underneath the fish for flavor, and a bed of sticky sushi rice.

These are the only variety I can stomach, so I use them for comparison in my discussion today.

First off, the comparison...

Visually, a platter of nigiri sushi is full of colors, simple, and bright. Depending on the complexity of presentation, it can only get better than this.


Dead fish guts platter

Compare this to the Cheeseburger.


Slain cow organs and connective tissue patty adorned with congealed milk skin and pork crotch meat.

The Cheeseburger is also a festival of color. Adding cheese, beef, bun, and veggies, it adds up to a colorful affair.

Second, the smell.

Sushi should smell clean, and cool. Like clean water, faint hints of wasabi, soy sauce, and rice. NEVER a fish smell.

Cheeseburger on the other hand, is roasted and salted beef, the fatty grease of the patty assisted by the cheese, it absolutely dominates your senses if the burger has been charred, and bacon on a cheeseburger will kill dead fish non-smell instantly in a comparison.

This lends fact based evidence to itemforty's discovery of Bacon Salt making things taste better.

Third, taste.

Sushi = nothing, maybe some spicy, salty if you like wasabi and soy sauce all up in yo sush... I have to personally because I can't eat something that tastes like nothing. Why bother?

Cheeseburger.



Why is this blog still going on? Question answered!

So, this debate stemmed out of a constant struggle I endured while on vacation.

I wanted local cuisine, Fenris favored western food whenever available.

So, rather than leave this as a simple tale of my travels, I'll ask you dear reader, if you're traveling in a foreign country, would you tend to want to eat local cuisine or would you be spooked into eating familiar foods, if only because you can't read the menu?


Everything on this menu is prepared using either LOLcat or horse.