no more trendy sushi with the 30 year olds

so
my friend is actually younger than that
but preggers is the one that picked it

it was so loud
you had to scream to talk

we won't discuss the service
because
really
all you have to say is trendy


preggers and her husband
love sushi
but were arguing with me about what
sashimi
is
you cannot just get fish without the rice
they say
you mean here
i ask
well maybe in japan
they counter
no no no
i always get fish without the rice
everywhere


and
i was excited
because i found out
this place has special fish flown in from
some special market
in japan

but
i got chimachi
and
octopus
and
two seaweed salads
oh, and an iced tea
they added the gratuity automatically
so
7 pieces of
not really all that great
but not by any means bad
fish
and 8 dollars of seaweed
and 2 dollars of tea
comes to 48 dollars

the places i like to go are so different

my favorite place right now
they bring you hot towels to start
i think they pickle their own ginger
and the fish is so fresh
the texture
the moisture
roll-your-eyes-back-in-your-head-good

i go to a sushi lounge too
but
it is dark
with booths you melt into
the music is background enough
to carry on a conversation
and
i could live on their seaweed salad
and their escolar
is what passes in my current food incarnation as
an aged marinated medium-rare new york strip steak
and
you feel
ambiance-wise
like you might be in a bond film
even the bathroom
is in character


maybe
maybe i'm quite particular
but
i found out
my friend took ASL as her foreign language in high school
and that actually
really impressed me

but
she
was really glad i came
so
what the hell
it coulda been worse

but it made me think
imagine really
the little places
we might frequent
in our imaginary world

and that


kinda snapped me outa my funk