Volcano Sushi Rolls ROCK!

[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.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by 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.

Someone tried something similar. But I don't remember anything about it one way or the other. Must not have been all that bad.... as matter of fact about the only thing I don't care much for is tuna and/or lots of wasabi.