J took me out to sushi for dinner tonight. We decided to try this little sushi place down the street from us. I was hesitant, given that it looks kinda janky from the outside, but whatever, let’s give this a shot.
The inside of the restaurant way exceeded my expectations. It was clean and very cutely decorated. All the fish at the sushi bar looked really fresh too.
My all time favorite item at a sushi place is salmon nigiri:
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Last time we had sushi, J suggested we get sashimi instead of nigiri because at that particular place it was more cost-effective. I’ve never had sashimi, and trying new foods at a sushi restaurant scares me. Let’s face it, last time I did that I came super close to vomiting in my mouth. I had to spit out the roll. OK whatever, I’ll try sashimi.
SO GOOD.
I mean we’re just talking about the same item, thicker cut, minus the rice. The rice definitely adds something to it, but sashimi is definitely scrumptious.
Anyway back to dinner night at the new place. It’s $4.50 for 2 pieces of salmon nigiri. We each would want 4. That’s almost $20. Lo and behold, we can get 12 pieces of sashimi for like $12, and it comes with rice, salad, and miso soup. I don’t know who came up with that pricing scheme, but we took advantage.
What came out actually blew my mind. It was a plateful of some super thick cut salmon. An entire plate! As J commented, “I can’t believe they serve this as a dinner for a single person. What person eats this much salmon? It’s like a whole salmon. I could maybe see a bear eating a whole salmon, but definitely not a single person.”
We only ordered 3 other rolls (2 avocado rolls and a spider roll), but man did we have an abundance of food! It got to the point where I was beyond stuffed but also couldn’t justify leaving behind 2 pieces of sashimi. After all, this is my favorite and it’s sooooo good. Plus salmon is healthy right? 
Here’s where the fail comes in. I ate the last 2 sashimi. I knew going into this that I was making a poor decision, one which I would regret later. Let’s be honest – who needs THAT much uncooked fish? The plan was finish and hope that my digestive system wasn’t upset. If it was, well shit, I just stocked up on Pepto at Target.
And now I’m writing this entry while waiting for the Pepto to kick in. Next time I’ll bring a third person to eat some of the salmon 
Caro 
Mario 
