[reformed_democrat]

I've heard it's wonderful stuff, but I found out about it's unpleasant side effects before I had a chance to taste it. I was always too chicken to sample it -- well, that and the fact that is was never a daily special at Kuru-Kuru Zushii (the original fast food -- the stuff goes by on a conveyer belt and you pluck what you want).

Kuru-Kuru Zushii was relatively inexpensive -- two pieces of tamago were only 50Y, and the most expensive was the real crab meat at 250Y. There were little spigots every few seats, and these dispensed ocha (very, very hot ocha). I sure miss that place. I wonder if there's a market for that out here . . .

[The Electrician]

I'd be willing to bet that the fast-food sushi in Japan runs rings around the machine-made take-out fast-food sushi in NYC.

I've only visited Japan twice, but would like to do so again (and again)... BTW, I didn't buy the $200 fugu meal for myself - I was treated by the company that I was visiting (I had given a one hour presentation about software that I had co-developed)...