Richard Jernigan -> RE: surface (Jan. 23 2017 17:42:15)
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I'll take the blame to reverting to a change of subject: quote:
ORIGINAL: estebanana Are you seriously trying to to convince me that sushi in the US is superior to sushi in Japan or are you just shaking my chain? I mean, I've lived in Japan going on 4 years now and I'm pretty certain that the sushi in Japan is better in general, save for the Japan trained cutters in the US who really know how to do it. During a brief two weeks in Japan we concluded that the sushi was almost always much better than in the USA, except for one or two places in California, where it was about as good, but not better. There's a place in Honolulu on King Street, a few blocks west of Kalakaua that's good. The most expensive place in New York City prepared the stuff well, but some of the fish was borderline the one time we ate there. I say "borderline" by Japanese standards, it would have been seen as perfectly okay almost anywhere in the USA. It seemed to us a big part of the difference was not just preparation, but also the general availability of good fresh fish. I still have fond memories of getting up early, taking a taxi across Tokyo to see the tuna auction at the Tsukiji Fish Market, then strolling down an adjacent street and choosing at random a place to go into and have sushi for breakfast. During a couple of weeks after Japan we had some good sushi in Palau. The place was run by Japanese people, the fish was fresh. -------------- In French business meetings (at least the ones I was in, back in the day) at about 10 AM there's a break. Croissants, and coffee with a 10,000 volt caffeine charge were brought in. At meetings at the French Embassy in Washington, DC the custom was honored as well. During some meetings the refreshments were supervised by the Ambassador's administrative assistant. At one meeting someone commented that the croissants were delicious, and asked where she got them. She supplied the name of the bakery, and said, "I think their croissants are as good as those in Paris." The Ambassador had stopped by for a courtesy call during the break. To his assistant's comment about the croissants he joked, "That's how we know when it's time to send them back home." She had said she was looking forward to a transfer back to Paris in a month's time. RNJ
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