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Good Eats: Wake Up Little Sushi
Alton struggles to order some sushi, but the sushi-ya simulation he uses contains an itamae (sushi chef) who simply won’t cooperate. That forces Alton into the kitchen to make his own sushi. That starts with Sushi Rice, and proceeds to a California Roll.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 9x6 Production Number: EA0907 Airdate: Wednesday August 03rd, 2005 |
Recap
Alton sits at the counter of a sushi-ya, or sushi restaurant. Few things are as exotic and intriguing... or as frustrating and tedious, as eating the food of foreign lands. This is true of Japanese cuisine, and certainly true of sushi. Alton speaks to the itamae, or sushi chef, in Japanese, attempting to order a meal. Strange ingredients, dozens of styles, ritual and tradition all combine to make ordering a challenge. Alton cannot order correctly and the itamae refuses him sushi, abruptly suggesting chicken teriyaki instead...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Cards
- Always use the big end of the chopsticks when taking sushi from a communal platter.
- In Japan it’s not uncommon for a sushi knife to cost over $5,000
- When ordering sushi, always start with leaner, white fish and progress to fattier (usually darker) fish.
- In Japan, the word sushi refers to the rice not the fish.
- In 2001 a 444 lb tuna sold in Tokyo’s main fish market for $173,600.
Episode Quotes
Alton: Eating the foods of foreign lands can be a lot like visiting foreign lands – intriguing, exciting, exotic, educational… frustrating, tedious, confusing, intimidating. This is certainly true of the cuisine of Japan and especially true of sushi.
Cultural References
This episode takes its title by twisting the name of the number one chart hit “Wake Up Little Susie” recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1957. The singer tries to rouse his date; they have fallen asleep and stayed out far too late, getting them in trouble and sullying their reputation.
After Alton bungles his sushi order, the chef curtly tells him “No sushi for you” and offers chicken teriyaki instead. This is a riff on Seinfeld’s now infamous “Soup Nazi” episode that featured a soup chef whose customers had better order properly and conduct themselves correctly in his shop, or be denied his delicious soups.
Alton's sushi-ya simulator has much in common with the holodeck that debuted on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Several episode plots turned on malfunctions in this complex system, which could (when properly programmed) simulate a wide variety of interactive environments. In one episode, a character interfaced with the mechanism to affect the ship outside it - something similar is foreshadowed by the itamae's attempt to leave the simulator that should entirely contain him.
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