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"Naked Sushi" Arrives on the Shores of America
It used to be that you'd have to fly all the way to Japan, and befriend some underworld Yakuza denizen in order to indulge in a bit of nyotaimori.
In case you're not up on your Japanese Mafia culinary terms, nyotaimori is "body sushi." Or more precisely, it is sushi placed upon a naked (or nearly naked) woman lying on her back and pretending to be a human buffet.
Somehow or another, a new Los Angeles restaurant has gotten around Health Department rules and is now serving this bizarre specialty at Hadaka Sushi on Sunset Boulevard.
The fine folks over at DeepEndDining.com made a special trip with video camera in hand to watch the festivities, eat some raw fish, and interview the sushi model.
I felt a bit bad for the model, a friendly woman covered in sushi, systematically picked at with chop sticks, and otherwise demeaned. I think I'll pass, thank you very much.
Filed under: Food and Drink, Japan
Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)
L Apr 15th 2007 6:16PM
And sushi is supposed to be kept COLD .. or at least not warmed up to 98.6 degrees! Ick.
J Apr 15th 2007 9:15PM
hmmm i think this is demeaning
LTinkerbell1998 Apr 15th 2007 7:14PM
Demeaning is all I have to say.
asteroid Apr 15th 2007 7:20PM
Disgusting....unhealthy...skin diseases and food = grossness....i wouldn't eat that stuff even if you paid me....this is hell...
val herrirng Apr 15th 2007 7:24PM
Sounds like just another perverted way to entertain
men.
EPhareal Apr 15th 2007 7:44PM
What if someone tickles her and she starts squirming and all the sushi hits the floor?
BerrieAW Apr 15th 2007 8:22PM
Even though they do place protection against certain things via leafy greens on her person before the food. The thought of having to pick food off of someones body after thinking about all the microscopic organsisms that might be crawling from her uh...sushi dish, to my food, gives me the shiverss.
SKW Apr 15th 2007 9:57PM
In Japan, nyotaimori is something very very high class and an appointment can cost the equivalent to thousands of American dollars. I don't think this trend will catch on in America.
Kim Apr 16th 2007 1:05AM
Interesting art form but not very hygenic.
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