Have you every tried it, Rusty??

I love sushi! :D

Rusty: As I was telling Bungleau, although I was born and lived virtually all my life here in Montreal, my French is atrocious (by local standards). I guess that I would pass for a french speaker anywhere that didn't actually speak french - like in the rest of Canada, for example.

And as for sushi... YUM! Eyeballs notwithstanding, Sushi is about my favourite thing to eat. If you've never had it, you can ease yourself into it; it's not all raw fish. There's some cooked fish and seafood, some vegetable sushi, and even some meats. Sushi (maki, sashimi and the like) is more of a food preparation (and eating) style than an actual dish. It can vary as far as the chef's imagination.

I'm guessing you don't get much fresh fish there anyhow, what with Zimbabwe being land locked and all?

PS there aren't really any eyeballs in sushi. Well, there could be. He he...

And a round on the assistant barkeeper as well to celebrate that my almost endless wandering in the quintessonian desert is over.

As I have previously mentioned, being promoted to the Evil One himself is NOT my idea of a promotion [img]smile.gif[/img] , but here is a round on me anyway.

You timed that one out quite nicely! Congratulations on your new exalted position of ultimate evil! I'll drink to that! Just watch where you poke that sceptre thingy there.

i never actualy tried sushi but raw fish dosent sound too apealing [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

here in zimbabwe, lots of people speak french (french is my first language) and its kinda rare to see someone who can speaks english and french good here(i think i can [img]tongue.gif[/img] ).

and by the way, i met a canadian online and french is his first language and he lives in New-Brunswick or something, he says lots of people speak french there so i guess you were wrong about saying that the rest of canada dint speak french [img]tongue.gif[/img]

(by the way, sorry about not using quotes, i got a bad experience with them and it pissed me off and i stopped trying [img]tongue.gif[/img] )

holy cr*ap, lots of " [img]tongue.gif[/img] ", i dint notice, lol, sry

smilies are good! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I didn't mean to say that nobody speaks french in the rest of Canada, just that Quebec (where Montreal is) is predominantly french, and the rest of canada is predominantly engish speaking. But provinces such as Manitoba and New Brunswick, and parts of Nova Scotia, have sizable french speaking populations. Although all together, the non-Quebec french population is probably under 1 million people. There are about 6 million french speakers in Quebec by itself (and about 1 million english speakers too).

I have cousins in Montreal, and since I speak French rather passably well, I enjoy it out there. At least, until people drop into local patois that leaves me in the dust :D I guess you could say I speak more Parisian French than French-Canadian French.

And on the topic of French speakers in Quebec, my experience is that the further away from town you go, the further away from English you go. Makes it quite exciting, really [img]smile.gif[/img]

As for sushi... It's good, but it depends on where you get it. I love it in places with local seafood and a large asian population. I'm really careful when I get to someplace landlocked (like, say, Michigan) with few people of Asian descent (like, say, Michigan).

Nothing racist is intended or implied, but in a place where more people are likely to eat a food, the food of that type is likely to be much better. For the same reason, any steak served at Red Lobster is likely to be pretty pathetic, by steak-lover standards.

Likewise, seafood at the local bar is like to consist of fried mystery fish. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

LOL @ aleph_null1: Today, I shall... :D

Now, all that being said... who's up for a drink? We've got stout ale, Nighon wine imported from Erathia, Boogre Brew, Blood of the Lily, doux de montagne, and a host of other concoctions. Go ahead... try to stump the bartender! Bsftcs will gladly step up to all challenges :D

We've got a very nice mini sushi bar in our local Krogers (a grocery store for those who might not know) of all places! Not a huge selection but what they make is great! Haven't had one from them yet that I didn't thoroughly enjoy!

And Michigan is surrounded with water - so how can Michigan be "landlocked"??? hmmmm Granted those are fresh water lakes and most of the sushi with which I am familiar contains salt water ingredients but I bet you can make good sushi from fresh water ingredients too! :D

I hear the current fashionable drink at Enchanted Sea resorts is a racy little number called "death on the beach."

sushi - There are hundreds of sushi joints in Montreal. 1% are really good. But I spent a week in Vancouver on business earlier this year and, true to Bungeau's formula about quality = proximity to H20, the worst sushi in Vancouver is better than the best sushi in Montreal! and cheaper!!

Here's something to worry about, especially for those in Michigan who may contemplate a trip over the border into Ontario. Starting Jan 1 2005, a law instigated by Ontario Public Heath will force all sushi restaurants to freeze their fish for at least 12 hours prior to serving. This is, ostensibly, to kill a parasite that can grow in raw fish meat - one that has never been observed in Ontario, and the medical condition which it causes has never presented in the province either! Needless to say, the entire province's sushi lovers are up in arms. Anyone who loves sushi knows there's a world of difference between fresh and frozen fish. Hope this isn't a trend that will spread elsewhere!