1 post tagged “sushi”

Sounds like a date, huh? Well. It's not. Sorry to disappoint. However, they will both be topics of discussion in this post.

Earlier this week I watched a screener copy of a new movie, Broken English, with Parker Posey. The movie was really pretty good, though it reminded me a lot of Before Sunrise, which I much prefer. However, that's beside the point. I realized that it was the first time I'd watched a movie at home in a really long time. I can't even remember the last movie I've watched on DVD, and I've had the same Netflix rental (Good Morning, Vietnam) since my last apartment.

So, have I been watching a lot of cable or reading a lot of books, you ask? Well, I still don't have real cable (I rock my 13 channels with the best of 'em) and the only book I've read lately (sheepishly, I admit) is Harry Potter. Instead, I've been watching multiple series of TV-on-DVD. Grey's Anatomy Season 3, Freaks And Geeks, Arrested Development Season 2. They're all so good. And a TV show is such a perfect amount of time: 22 or 42ish minutes of uncommercialized awesomeness.

I used to love movies. What's my deal? I'm worried that it's a sad commentary on my attention span. I can't sit still for a movie, but I can watch TV episodes one or four at a time? Where did my patience go? Everything moves so fast all the time... you'd think I would jump at the chance to focus on one film for two hours. I'm addicted to the non-commercial TV though. As soon as I can afford real cable or satellite, I have a feeling I will be a picture-perfect TiVo/DVR customer.

On to the sushi portion...

Sushi had never won me over. I'd tried it on four separate occasions, everywhere from raw squid in Brazil to a tuna roll at Sukara. I just never cared for it. It almost became a thing with me: I'd given it a fair shot, I didn't like it, and at least I knew I wasn't eating it just because it was the "trendy" thing to do.

However. Yesterday two of our business associates from New York were in town, so we went out to eat. The last few times we'd been out to eat for work, it had been to more steak- and pasta-leaning places, so some of the editorial staff requested sushi. We found ourselves at Cleveland's famous Sushi Rock restaurant with more sushi to split between 7 people than I've ever though possible. Turns out, I'd just never tasted sushi with the right people or in the right places or the right pieces. I really, really like sashimi. Who knew? Not me. Especially the white tuna, yellow tail and mackerel. I was also brave and tried the clam, sweet shrimp and salmon eggs. I also decided that I really like the California rolls with crab in them. I think that maybe I'm just not so into the whole seaweed thing. And that's OK. So yeah. I guess I'm now in the official "I heart sushi" club.

The unfiltered saki didn't hurt, either.