An International Experience, But Not Quite So Brazilian

As I was leaving work at SBT today, I started to wonder what I was going to write about tonight. Today work wasn’t the most exciting thing that ever happened, because the Supernanny production team is not very busy this week.

It was on the way home that I found my story for today. We stopped at a Japanese restaurant for dinner, and I was presented with the opportunity to experience sushi for my first time ever. I have a little book that I received from the Health Department before leaving for Brazil; this little book advises me not to eat anything that hasn’t been cooked. I chose to forget about this advice for the time being.

Brazil, as I’m told, has better sushi than the United States. There is a very large Japanese population in Brazil, so apparently the sushi is more authentic. I’ve been meaning to try sushi for a while now, but until tonight I hadn’t gotten around to it. I was kind of expecting not to like the taste…it is raw fish, after all. I was surprised to find that it was quite delicious. Apparently, being able to say you had sushi is not the only reason to eat sushi.



In the restaurant, there is a little conveyor belt that carries the sushi around on little plates. When you see something you like, you simply grab the plate. When you’re done, a waiter counts your plates, and you pay according to what color each plate was. I remember, from my mom’s trip abroad, that this is how a lot of sushi restaurants in Japan operate. It’s kind of a nifty process, if you ask me.



After the meal, Oliani, Rebecca, and I stopped outside the restaurant to pose for a quick picture. Duda ate with us too, but unfortunately he had to snap the picture for us. By the way, Rebecca is the person that helped me get the internship at SBT. I am so excited to be able to experience new things every day. Every experience, whether good or bad, is helping me grow. What a priviledge!