It's the best sashimi in town...

[weeabird]

[So naturally, there's a long wait with a line out the door. Simon doesn't mind. He's used to waiting and delectable food is, after all, a better thing to wait for than the noose. It certainly isn't as though he was about to eat greasy, breaded, bottom-crawling farm fish like so many Americans were fond of doing. This is completely worth it and he is definitely not bored out of his mind at all.]

[By sheer coincidence, it is now time to try and annoy his fellow pilgrim of finer cuisine.]

I dare say they're even busier than usual today. Should the hunger pangs become more than you can bear, you can always take your business to the fish taco stand down the street.

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[ephemerous]

[Nahyuta seldom has the chance to try good quality fish, being from a landlocked kingdom. Nor had he had much chance yet to sample Japanese cuisine. Still, the case they'd mutually handled had him curious to expand his ever-growing culinary knowledge, and now here he is, serene as ever as they wait in line.]

The Holy Mother is patient in all things. So, too, must we strive to show patience in the face of worldly needs.

[...Keep trying to be annoying, Blackquill. Just try it.]

[weeabird]

[As if anything could stop him.]

I wouldn't want you to feel as though you were wasting your time here as a tourist. After all, there are many places in this city that serve so-called sushi. As a foreigner, the Americanized would be just as novel to you as the authentic, would it not? It's not as though you would be able to taste the difference.

[ephemerous]

I concur, the taste would be indistinguishable to me. But as with all national cuisines, the cultural experience is as vital as simply eating the food. Had I only a care for eating any fish I happened across, I could simply prepare my own. No, the ambiance of the establishment, preparation, serving and etiquette in eating the meal are all as important.

[He says all of that without needing to stop for breath, still smiling.]

And besides which, I have already sampled the delights of American cuisine. Exquisite as it was, it would be more educational for me to diversify my tastes.

[weeabird]

You are aware of the required etiquette, I should hope. I would hate to have to correct you in front of the staff.

[please please please give me a chance to berate you in front of the staff]

[ephemerous]

I had no wish to cause such inconvenience or offence, and so I have already read broadly on how to dine in such an establishment. But if you still doubt me, feel free to test my knowledge while we wait.

[WEEABOO POP QUIZ cmon let's do it]

[weeabird]

Very well. What is the preferred method of ordering from an experienced sushi chef?