Sexy food From Japan: " Sushi"

The whole plate usually screams, “Bite me.I heard words like, “Ewww!Unless your sushi restaurant fills everything with imitation crab and mayonnaise (as in a low cost conveyor belt setup), sushi is healthy, low in fat and cholesterol, and high in protein and digestible carbohydrates.Since then, I’ve returned for Japonessa’s all-day Happy Hour menu, half-price special roll of the month, and ridiculously low-priced sides ($1 each for rice, edamame, miso soup, etc).I have, however, regretted eating BBQ ribs (sauce made me puke for days), fast food (12 years ago was the last time), fried food (sick for three days), and heavy food (see results of fried food).You’d think a sensitive kid like me would have been crushed.Imagine hot peppers, citrus fruit juice, ceviche, and gourmet cheese tastefully added to your traditional sushi offerings.Why is sushi so sexy-hot these days?Yuck, what is it?And runners have great endurance.Sushi is to sexy food like a model is to the fashion runway.I was secretly relieved.Translation: even if you have a one-night stand experience with sushi, it’ll be that one you always remember, and never regret.It’s all about how long you last.Sushi is never slopped onto a plate without the foreplay of placing each slice in a pattern, contrasted against a lovely ceramic plate.Chris is filming, “How to Eat Sushi”, demonstrating the do’s and dont’s of sushi etiquette to keep everyone looking good and feeling hip-sexy to boot.Today, I only have to walk two blocks from my home to one of two decent sushi restaurants, and my new favorite sushi hangout, Japonessa Sushi Cocina, is only a short walk from my office in Pioneer Square.I couldn’t be more thrilled.Just a couple of weeks after they opened, I sauntered into Japonessa on a tip from my dance choreographer Mollie Singh, who is all about the good sushi at the best prices.No guilt pleasure.I have never regretted eating sushi.Great food for athletes.Rice is tightly tied and wrapped with seaweed, eggs are beaten and stuffed inside rolls along with crab and cucumbers, tempera batter is whipped with everything from beer to Panko flakes.In the world of sushi, pain is pleasure.Presentation.However, as far as I know, there is no spanking involved, except when live geoduck is texturized before serving.Those little morsels of soy-covered eel seat-belted to a block of mild vinegar-infused rice were a true pleasure to eat.Asian people are weird!We hope to see you local Seattle people there!Neither are sushi pieces lonely.If that isn’t enough, Japonessa (pronounced with the Latin “J” that sounds like a breathy “H”) has a unique spin on sushi: Latin flair.Just about every ingredient in today’s sushi restaurant is healthy.Salmon, because of the essential fatty acids, are a fav of runners.On September 21, 2010 Yuriko Say, manager of Japonessa, Chris Pirillo and yours truly invite our local tweeps to Japonessa’s first ever Tweetup (please use the hashtag #Japonessatweetup when sharing).

They usually get displayed on a bed of delicate greens, and sometimes they are covered in a satiny layer of soy sauce, accented with a dollop of wasabi.

No excess sugar, preservatives, or fillers.Bondage.That “kick” is enough to put me in a lover’s coma afterwards.There is some serious bondage going on in sushi land.The ginger works to clear your palate (I never eat mine; I simply bite a piece to release the flavor in my mouth), and the wasabi is like a quickie, the “wham, bam, thank you ma’am” version of hot mustard.Wasabi and ginger accompany your sushi selections.Sushi went from being the weird baby octopus eating sensation relegated only to Japan, to the any-day, everyday eating culture of Seattle, WA.Things have changed.I looked at the other kids’ pathetic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, smashed against an apple that had been carelessly tossed into the same box with a giant metal thermos, and I suddenly didn’t care about all the intolerant comments flying around my head from the other kids who hoped to ruin the private party in my mouth.No corn!We will do the drawing before 8:30 pm.No MSG!It’s enough to make you want to salsa yourself right up to the bar for some sake to cool your tongue.The first time I came to school with rice, squid, octopus, and eel in my lunch pail, the other kids in my class left me out of the lunch swap.Marathoners love the combo of protein and carbs that give them a burn to take them from start to finish.Japonessa’s first tweetup includes a free drink ticket to the first 50 tweeps, and a free sushi dinner giveaway to one lucky (and sexy!