Omakase Research Paper

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If an american was angry because he was eating at an omakase restaurant this is what I would say (minus the fancy words and plus a few choice words that aren't okay for a school essay): Dude you're an actual anathema and here's why. You walked into an omakase restaurant and that means trust the chef, you let him choose what you eat, you don't. A veritable sushi chef chooses your food for you. You had the temerity, the chutzpah, to demand your food. This isn't a Mcdonalds, there is no akin between a fast food restaurant and a traditional sushi restaurant. You acted like the chef was a despot for getting to choose your food but for them it's almost like a tradition. Though technically sushi chefs are kind of an autocrat, just not in a bad way. Some people dedicate their life to mastering sushi, even though they never will, and you as a …show more content…

Omakase means trust the chef, he chooses your food for you. I know that may seem weird to you, but it isn't your restaurant, and sushi has so much culture behind. By you doing that you're disrespecting the chef. Imagine you're cooking a really old family recipe for your friend and they want to change it or ask for something else, you would definitely be offended too. On top of that if they got mad at you for not changing or making something else, imagine how infuriating that would be. You're doing the same thing to that chef, it's a similar concept just different cultures. American sushi is everywhere, but true traditional sushi, is hard to find and that's just one of the reason why sushi is so special. Another reason is that some chefs dedicate their whole life to trying to master sushi, you just can't disrespect someone like that. I understand that you didn't know, but next time you should take just a little bit of time and do your research

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