RA (W?) Feesh Anyone?
Last night The Hotness and I drove up to Scottsdale to visit his brother and a couple of buddies from “back in the day” who had flown in for a visit. Now, let me try and help you picture the brother and friends….all these’s boys are from Brooklyn and they are…shall I say…pretty big, Brooklyn-accented, tough lookin’ dudes. I felt like I was smack dab in the middle of a Soprano’s episode.
Eventually the topic of dinner came up. I was excitedly expecting suggestions of “a’Pizza Pie” or a good Italian restaurant (yeah I watch too much t.v. ok?). Boy fuckin’ howdy I was surprised when one of ‘em suggested Sushi. I was waiting for an uproar to come from the others, maybe a silencer or two to be pulled out, but was flat out shocked when they all readily agreed.
So shocked in fact that I completely forgot for a moment the minor detail that I really hate fuckin’ sushi. A lot. I was raised a meat and potatoes kinda girl and sushi…just…no. Tried it twice, was grossed out twice, decided it just wasn’t my bag. But standing in a room with 3 guys who could talk loud enough to rattle the windows and who quite possibly had brass knuckles tucked away in their carry-on luggage didn’t rouse me to any action of protest.
We. Were. Going. For. Sushi. Period.
Next thing you know we’re all loaded up into a brand-spankin’-new glossy black Dodge Charger…a rather ominous looking car if you ask me, and we’re zipping down Scottsdale Blvd. After parking we all start walking down the little boardwalk thingy. You know when you’re walking down the sidewalk and someone’s walking toward you and not moving causing you to move out of their way? We didn’t have to do that. They moved out of ours…fast. I could almost hear that song “The Boys are Back in Town” playing somewhere off in the distance.
We get to the sushi place called –and I’m not shitting you– “RA”. That’s it…how clever right? Stepping inside “RA” was like stepping into a very dark, very loud nightclub…with fish. What kind of nightclub I’m not quite sure because I heard everything from The Doors to Ricky Martin. Methinks that whoever programmed the establishments music was suffering from an over consumption of fish and was deaf as a rock. It was loud, confusing and didn’t aid me any in the quandary I was in.
The menus were set down on the table and lemme tell you what– hearing 3 guys from Brooklyn ordering sushi was one of the funniest damn things on the planet.
“Whadda ’bout da Crazy Monkey Roll?”
I suddenly felt like the straightest person in the joint. Scottsdale has a reputation for being a “ritzy” city by Arizona standards. Everyone in there was sporting some sort of Louis-Monolo-Chan-Dior outfit–very Sex and the City. I had on worn Wranglers, a tank top and my Ariats–very Two Mules for Sister Sarah. I couldn’t pronounce half the shit on the menu but luck was on my side, there was something I recognized as being food I could put in my mouth. So while the guys all were fighting over how many Rainbow Rolls to get and whether they “Had good California Rolls” I just stuck to the piece of baked salmon.
Then I realized the only fucking utensils on the table were….chopsticks. I have the hand eye coordination of a fucking Ox. Forks are good…usually the bigger the fork the better the chance I have of getting the food into my mouth. This wasn’t looking good for your ol’ pal Bug. After waiting forever….and I mean forever the food finally came. I reckon the waitress somehow knew that I was “one of those people” and by that I mean “doesn’t have an ounce of culture or a drop of grace in her” because she delivered my plate with a service of silverware. Bless her heart –my little saving grace *chuckle*
My salmon was pretty ‘yuck’ but I ate it anyway, it came with something called Wasabi Potatoes. Two words y’all: Hell No. The guy’s food was groovy looking but I wouldn’t put it in my mouth to save my life. *sigh* I guess I’m just a burger girl.
Do any of y’all like sushi?
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Melissa said:
on May 17, 2006 at 9:03 am
hell yeah, I love sushi! I’ll eat any of it, at least once. I even tried the shrimp one (forgot the name) and man is it good. But hey, I’ll suck the hell out of a raw oyster too so pfffft sushi is like “real food” compared to that LOL
Sorry you didn’t have a nice meal :\
see ya!
R*belle said:
on May 17, 2006 at 9:04 am
I always go with thh cucumber roll or shrimp tempura, safe and not raw fish…
rockyjay said:
on May 17, 2006 at 10:01 am
Being ultra-urban person, I am rather accustomed to Sushi. As a matter of fact; just ate it yesterday — I have even post about it.
One misconseption about Sushi: NOT all sushi is raw fish! There are rolls that are made out of rice, avocado and cucumber, etc. … and some fish is even cooked.
If three guys from Brooklyn make people change the side of the road, well, then you live in very pussy city…
Anthony Lemons said:
on May 17, 2006 at 11:05 am
I’m glad those oncoming pedestrians moved, I hate when people walk straight at you, and don’t even have the courtesy to move over. They think everyone else should go around them, and most of the time it’s rude women.
Keith said:
on May 17, 2006 at 8:07 pm
There is also the sushi that is smoked fish and ANY shellfish is fully cooked all the time. I LOVE sushi and the raw fish should NEVER smell or taste like fish.
Danger said:
on May 18, 2006 at 10:41 am
ummmmm, I am from a place where they ask me if we have paved roads and if I ever heard of a place called “Starbucks” LOL!!! So ummmm, yeah, Sushi isn’t my deal. I don’t like a lot of fish anyway… but raw fish? I think I would rather starve. There’s a couple sushi places we have in town, and one of the Chinese buffets here in town had some on their line. I told my DH he was crazy for eating sushi off a buffet. That just sounds so foul. Buffet food is rather iffy sometimes anyway, but buffet sushi? Yer just asking for a problem.
Glad ya got some silverware. My DH can’t do chopsticks to save his life. I always make fun of him when we go out for Chinese cuz he has to eat it all with a fork LOL!!
Bunny said:
on May 18, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Keith got me hooked on sushi. I too was raised a meat and potatoes kinda girl, but somehow I just love the stuff.
Jade said:
on May 23, 2006 at 6:29 am
Dude, I am totally with you. While I was working, the “cool” thing was to head out to RA after work for some “let down” time. Ya, not me. I’d head to the much closer, much less crowded smoke filled neighborhood bar where everybody knew my name. Ordered mahself a burger and fries with a fancy Corona and shot.
We’d be cool to hang together.