"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> In ups.com,
> lazrowp > typed:
>
> > Most readers in this group have been to @ least several sushi
> > restaurants. I am curious about your "pet peeves" when you are
> > in a
> > Japanese sushi restaurant. My short-list (not in any specific
> > order):
>
>
> As far I can see, nobody has yet mentioned my single biggest
> peeve: having specials listed in Japanese, but not in English
> (presumably because they are things they think that Westerners
> won't eat.)
>

This is more common in Chinese restaurants. Often, you won't even know that
there IS an alternate menu. If I find it out, I will ask. Of course, I
have that advantage that I read Japanese, so I can get an idea of what it
might be by looking at the characters.

At Sunny China Cafe in Denver, I spotted one of my favorites - spicy beef
soup. The waiter told us he doesn't usually recommend it to people like us,
but we insisted. Yum. Hadn't had it since moving back to Denver from the
San Francisco area.