Sushi , anyone?

There is just something about the words 'raw fish' that has a negative ring to it. Over the past few years, I have come into contact with several people who absolutely LOVE sushi. My brother being one of them. I, on the other hand, never thought I'd encounter real live people in my life who opt to eat this food. I know, I know. As opposed to fake people. Perhaps you think my wording is poor, but what I mean is it's just crazy to have people directly in my life who enjoy this form of food. Ya know...my 'real' life as opposed to the make believe one's we all dream we one day will be living. That's what I'm driving at with my verbage. :) Anyway, I digress.

As I have come across many people who have had a love for sushi, I have been very intrigued as to why. No, I am not one of those people that has to ask 'why' all the time, but on this point, I was very intrigued. As time has gone on, I have decided that I would very much like to decide whether I fall in the love or hate category for sushi. My mind would have me automatically say I'd hate it. Cause hello..raw fish! Eew! But I was determined to give it a good go. My brother took me for sushi last year. I tried a few of his sushi rolls. I wasn't a huge fan, however I didn't hate it either. The tuna I tried was interesting in texture and I could only eat one because it was mushy. Even though I wasn't in love, I really wanted to try other types of sushi so I could honestly say whether I loved or hated it.



Last night I went to a sushi bar with some friends. I even used chop sticks people!!! I am horrible with chop sticks! Usually I end up flinging my food across the table at people but I actually was able to eat with them! Whoot whoot! Anyway, I got the Spicy tuna (boy was that spicy for me!) and the shrimp tempura. Lets just say I liked them both but the tuna was a bit too spicy for me. I also tried my friends Ichi roll and the other one was called the Playboy (I think). I liked both but really LOVED the Ichi roll. So what is my assessment of sushi thus far? I really like it! I know, I know. Surprising! Even more surprising is that I liked the Ichi roll cause raw fish was chilling on top of the roll. I thought for sure I was gonna gag it down. Nope...loved it! Just goes to show, trying things for the first time in order to decide whether you like them or not is always in your best interest. :)