Volcano Sushi Rolls ROCK!

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Mrs.ssippi

I often think someone should sell some type of food poisioning insurance right out side the door.

Reminds me of the time I walked into a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant with a buddy. Someone had a small dog chained up to the front of the building. My buddy said "Oh, look. Catch of the day". That made me laugh, a lot!

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Reminds me of the time I walked into a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant with a buddy. Someone had a small dog chained up to the front of the building. My buddy said "Oh, look. Catch of the day". That made me laugh, a lot!

Not so far from the truth .. some of the Pacific Rim countries do eat dog. It was offered when we were Macao. And, dogs roam freely in the streets there. Double !

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Hmmm3

Not so far from the truth .. some of the Pacific Rim countries do eat dog. It was offered when we were Macao. And, dogs roam freely in the streets there. Double !

I spent six months in China and saw a lot of stranger things than dog get eaten.

I was teaching a software class to a bunch of Chinese guys that didn't speak English. At the break, they took me out for lunch and did the ordering. My first meal in China was: Cooked Duck tongues, Fish intestines, and these huge boiled beetles (served just like it sounds, a big oval plate with dead 2" water beetles on it).

[PARAGON]

If you are ever in the East and you go to a restaurant with round wooden tables with about a 8" hole in the center with some dark stain around it.....

just go somewhere else.

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

If you are ever in the East and you go to a restaurant with round wooden tables with about a 8" hole in the center with some dark stain around it.....

just go somewhere else.

You've tried monkey brains? They had this place in Thailand that did that. The poor guy was alive and the patrons would mallet the monkey to death. Then viola! Monkey stomped brains.

[Hmmm2]

My worst experience was steamed octopus in Hong Kong. It was brought to the table in a lidded bamboo box. When the woman took the lid off, the tentacles began to ooze out of the box. It was still alive, though somewhat steamed. When they saw the hues of green we were turning, they offered us jellied pigeon instead. Oh, and then there was the time in Hong Kong where the table next to us had ordered 'Drunken Frog" ... it was barbaric. A whole family .. like family reunion ... had ordered many platters. One, centered on a 'lazy Susan', was a big waterless fish bowl full of live frogs. The waiter had turned up an electric grill underneath the bowl, while he poured some sort of liquor into the bowl. The liquor heated as the frogs tried to jump out .. finally cooking them. Not long later, the family all reached in to take the ones they wanted and began to eat. Ughhhhhhhh ......

[ree]

Thoughts on sea urchin, please.

I was on a trip in Japan several years ago and our hosts decided to either be really nice or have some fun at our expense and took us to a sushi restaurant. They started out with basic stuff, but just kept ordering more and more bizzare looking and tasting things, like they were trying to see how far they could push us. When the sea urchin hit my mouth, I just had to call it quits.

BTW, I don't do sushi (aka whatever) anymore.

[Mrs.ssippi]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

I spent six months in China and saw a lot of stranger things than dog get eaten.

I was teaching a software class to a bunch of Chinese guys that didn't speak English. At the break, they took me out for lunch and did the ordering. My first meal in China was: Cooked Duck tongues, Fish intestines, and these huge boiled beetles (served just like it sounds, a big oval plate with dead 2" water beetles on it).

We went to eat sushi every friday with some friends so the guy that owns little tokyo got to know us really well. He would give us new stuff to try. I knew that I had to eat whatever he made for us or I would offend him. Many times it took everything I had to swallow some of that stuff. And I like oysters so its not like I have a problem eating slimey stuff. Its when it has eyes and it talks back to you that I have issues with.