So we went to a sushi bar, and the way they did it, I had never actually — I’d had sushi in restaurants before, but I’d never had this kind of a — the sushi experience at a sushi bar. So, the man, the chef, was preparing the sushi in front of us while we were at the bar, and one of the first things that he did was oysters. He asked us — he was willing to make us whatever in this fabulous dinner that we wanted. It wasn’t a predetermined menu. He had some go-tos, but no, you know, specific menu. We had no idea what was coming, no idea how many kinds of sushi we’re having. It was all just kind of a mystery.
So, we’re — he brought out oysters, and that was one of the things — my son had really wanted to try oysters. I was indifferent about it, but um — I was okay with it. I thought, “I can try one oyster.” So, we are sitting. So we’re looking up at him, he is up on a platform making the sushi. And he prepares — he asks us if we want oysters and we said, “Yes, we do.” And he puts the oysters in the bowl up on top. So it’s like, we’re like making like a 45 degree angle looking up at it. So all I can see is this silver bowl, which is probably the size of a softball. And on top, it looks like the bowl is filled with oysters. It looks like there’s gotta be 20 or 30 oysters in there.
And I just — my eyes got huge, and I’m — he’s watching our impressions to see — you know, he wants to provide a good experience for us. So — this is the chef, I mean. So he’s watching us, and he could tell by the look on my face. I thought this was a humongous bowl of oysters, and there was no way I wanted to eat that many oysters. So he goes, “Oh, you don’t like, you don’t like.” And he starts to take it away and my son is like, he’s reaching up, “No, no, no, don’t take it away!!” And then, so I said “No, no, we’ll try, we’ll try them. It’s okay.” But he was so responsive to like, just my facial expressions that he did not want to traumatize me.
But so we, when we looked at the actual oysters it was a bowl full of ice with two oysters on top. That’s all it was, but in my mind, it was this huge, huge bowl of oysters. And I tried that. That’s probably something else that I would not do again, um, because, oysters — I mean, now, I have a shellfish allergy, but also, not — the taste is not really something that you — it’s probably something you get used to, but I like all kinds of fish and all kinds of seafood, but I’m not compelled to try that again or have it again. That’s something I’ve had it once, I am perfectly happy letting that be the last time that I have oysters.