So after much ado I tried the oh-so popular, super healthy, ‘cult food’ from this place called Yo Sushi!

I am a pseudo conservative as far as most things are concerned but when it comes to food I am a proper conservative! Anything Non-Indian doesn’t get much of my attention, unless it has cheese in it (in copious quantities at that). So any cuisine east of Bengal and west of Rajasthan doesn’t ‘go down well’ with me. The only other non-Indian cuisine I can eat (and actually enjoy) is Mediterranean (I did mention the cheese part, didnt’ I?). Well, if this is a case of being conservative or rigid I do not know (and don’t really wish to know). Neverthless, the more I try to open my mind (and mouth) to other cuisines, the less I like them.

Now, my gripe with Sushi is real. For one, what choice could a poor, non fish eating vegetarian like me hope to have with sushi? (Btw, if fish eaters are vegetarians too, then it’s about time we redefine certain terms!)

Anyways, I tried the avocado maki and boy was I glad that their portion size was not so generous! Not that I know how sushi is made and exactly how much of what ingredients go into it, but I can swear it had fish oil in it (I was assured it wouldn’t have a drop of it).

I know this for sure because, when I was really young and my dad was hell bent on improving my immunity, he forced upon me and my sister eggs and ‘seven seas tablet’ (the small yellow, oval shaped thingie that stunk of cod liver oil). I somehow survived those smelly days but even today I can’t get myself to eat an egg or forget the smell of ‘seven seas’. I can therefore swear that the sushi I had contained fish oil. I could barely finish a little over 2 of the 4 tiny maki rolls. To get over it I had to have a coke, coffee and double chocolate chunky cake and the likes. (So who says Sushi is healthy? It makes you binge on the chocolate cake you have managed to resist eating for days together!)

I understand that years of exposing one’s senses to the rich aroma of masalas, the taste of rich ghee, coconut, tomato-onion gravies et al, the warm temperature and the sight of colorful food (in sushi’s defense however, it is quite colorful and delicate looking :-P) would make it difficult for that some one to get used to something not so appealing! Even so, I wonder if my inability to like sushi (or even chinese for that matter) is due to my (or my senses’) failure to adapt to a different environment or if it’s just plain simple dislike. Either ways, Yo Sushi? Not Really!