Reality is never quite is as good as fantasy.

actually, what's up with the half-eaten fish and the lobster without a body?

You all have witnessed the truth behind any kind of advertisement.

weiyi said:
actually, what's up with the half-eaten fish and the lobster without a body?

Japanese's aesthetic cuisine culture called moritsuke (food arrangement) under shojin ryori. http://www.scribd.com/doc/52901128/Japanese-Food-Presentation-and-Styling-Techniques

The purpose of adding "inedible" part is to give out seasonal landscape or to enticed the menu description. Observe that even the food are presented on a wooden boat. Imagine what's in your mind about seafood: fish, lobster, boat, seaweed, et cetera.

Kogasa author stand-in said:

wtf am I eating

Flandre seems happy at least.

Mr.Obake said:
You all have witnessed the truth behind any kind of advertisement.

Japanese's aesthetic cuisine culture called moritsuke (food arrangement) under shojin ryori. http://www.scribd.com/doc/52901128/Japanese-Food-Presentation-and-Styling-Techniques

The purpose of adding "inedible" part is to give out seasonal landscape or to enticed the menu description. Observe that even the food are presented on a wooden boat. Imagine what's in your mind about seafood: fish, lobster, boat, seaweed, et cetera.

All fine and good but WHERE THE FUCK IS THE LOBSTER BODY? Hitoshi and family have this uncanny knack of being drawn to tourist traps, both abroad and at their own country.

it's a boat wrap sushi after it met Murasa

This brings back some memories of traveling. This happened to me quite frequently. But the look on Flandre's face reminds me that: Food is food, no matter how small the portion is.

It does make a decent centerpiece.

Nice boat! Tatara-maru!

east/west differences aside, if i was presented with a half eaten fish i'd ask to see the manager.

Murasa should have been pictured serving the dish

Atai: Actually, looking closely at the stem of the fish head, there's NO flesh left on that fish. It ALL went to the sashimi plates, leaving just the skeleton.

^to be honest that doesn't make it sound any better...

Looks like its a crappy restaurant

TEN THOUSAND YEN FOR THIS PIECE OF WHAT!?

Ain't that a fraud or something?

Well, it's four sushi/sashimi dinners. Depending on quality, that sounds somewhat appropriate.

makkun said:
TEN THOUSAND YEN FOR THIS PIECE OF WHAT!?

Ain't that a fraud or something?

"Fraud" is called "A Delicacy" when it occurs in restaurants.

A "delicacy" is either something nobody would willingly eat normally, or comes in quantities that are tiny compared to the amount of labor involved in serving them, so they have to jack up the price and tout how "exotic" something is to sell it.

Hence, a steak dinner is $10, but wren's livers or otter's noses or whatever are $50.

(I AM IN DESPAIR! THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CALL DISGUSTING GARBAGE DELICACIES HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR!)

NWSiaCB said:
"Fraud" is called "A Delicacy" when it occurs in restaurants.

A "delicacy" is either something nobody would willingly eat normally, or comes in quantities that are tiny compared to the amount of labor involved in serving them, so they have to jack up the price and tout how "exotic" something is to sell it.

Hence, a steak dinner is $10, but wren's livers or otter's noses or whatever are $50.

(I AM IN DESPAIR! THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CALL DISGUSTING GARBAGE DELICACIES HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR!)

You're a gradurate from Nozomu Itoshiki's class I wager

NWSiaCB said:
(I AM IN DESPAIR! THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CALL DISGUSTING GARBAGE DELICACIES HAS LEFT ME IN DESPAIR!)

Don't worry; you will forget all about it by the end of the episode, and never bring it up again. :P