I’ll often say I like spicy tuna and never have I gotten the same thing twice. And when you order one of his specials, he creates for you whatever inspires him, based on the info you give him. That experience went much like every subsequent trip: we ordered two Mike’s Specials, told our waitress what kind of sushi we liked, and waited to see what we got. It was one of my first dates in Chicago with the lovely woman who is now my wife. I thought I knew all that sushi had in store for me, until I ate at Tanoshii. Not when you can pick it up next to the Van De Kamps. What I didn’t stop to realize was that sushi just wasn’t special anymore. But that was a long time ago and sushi quickly became ubiquitous.Īt first I was happy that you could buy it in the grocery store. That first bite was so different, so unexpected, so delicious. It was a California roll and I was in college. I can still remember the first time I tried sushi. Sushi Mike - Photo courtesy of Metromix Chicago he said:
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