Fun Chop

On a whim my Hubs and I stopped in at our local sushi restaurant. He explained that in the past he had only been to happy hour in Berlin where One would pay 8€ (euros), which is about $11, for all you could eat sushi. He only used his fingers, "Those damn sticks weren't for me! And because you only need your fingers for rolls."

Our waitress was lovely, but also had a very thick accent so the two had a hard time communicating. Trying to figure out the network password was difficult! She brought out the edamame and Hubs popped the whole thing in his mouth. After a few chews he spit it out stating, "Oh! Babe, don't eat the whole thing just eat the beans." I looked up from the phone, which I was still fighting with, and found a green mosh. It was disgusting, but I still laughed. He later explained that he thought they were like the snap peas I get at Costco, but man was a he sorely mistaken! 

Next came the miso soup....it was too hot for his delicate mouth so I blew on it till it cooled. He started to sip it up and then came the "Ah, man!" (Again, I wish you could hear him say this!) He said, "I could just drink this you know." Apparently he was angry about the size of the spoon. "It's so big, it takes up the whole inside of my mouth! Why do people make things like this?"   

(This is him upset about the soup...literally, I didn't stage this picture at all!)

When the sushi came I tried to teach him how to use the chop sticks. It was impossible! He couldn't get what I was saying to him, I didn't really know how to explain it because I just do it till it works and then our patients starting running thin. After about 20 minutes of him getting frustrated, I asked our lovely waitress for help and she brought us some "Fun Chops." You know, what they give kids to use to eat with chop sticks. He then became an expert. 

(Again, this picture is not staged! He's saying, "YEAAAA!")

As you can see he was very excited to get them right! He claims "Fun Chop" to be the second best invention in the world, the first was toilet paper. He ate a total of 6 rolls 3 of which I helped him with. All in all he liked the experience and would "Do sushi again, but only with those 'Fun Chops.' It's no Berlin, though!" 

"'Fun Chop', don't leave home without them!"