Kosher Sushi

Cuisine is an easily accessible slice of culture. Who doesn't love to try out a new restuarant, sample new flavors, and walk away feeling somewhat less mystified by a country?

But there are those devious restuarants claiming to be [country name here] restaurants, but serve adulterated food. Sure, the changes are made for the local palate, to encourage customers and stay in business... but that's twisting what should be a pure, pristine offering of traditional cuisine.

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture is spending taxpayers' yen to send officials to L.A. in order to rate so-called "Japanese" restaurants as truly Japanese. Seems there are a lot of American Japanese restuarants serving food that proper Japanese would have trouble recognizing. Guidelines will include origin of ingredients [guess its better to fly in Japanese fish than serve something local and fresh].

This is hilarious because 1. The government is paying for it!! and 2. The Japanese are notorious for twisting cuisine to suit the Japanese palate. Pizza regularly comes with corn and mayo. Or this lovely matcha-flavored eclair.

In the interest of fairness [and my stomach], I will entreaty the French and Italian governments to follow Japan's lead.

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