On Tuesday Brian and Khing-san came back to the hotel at lunch time. We got in the car and drove to a nearby sushi restaurant, roughly between our Ebina hotel and the Shake Proto Labs site. Khing-san showed us the ropes. We entered and received a number indicating which table was ours. It's basically a self-service deal. We helped ourselves to tea cups which were above the conveyor belt next to our table. Powdered green tea was in a container on the table (Khing said he uses about three 'scoops'--the scooping tool was a little metal stick with a thin flattened end). Put in the tea to taste, and fill the cup with boiling water which comes from a tap also at the table. Then take your favorite sushi from the conveyor belt as it passes by you.
Brian is a bit more adventurous than I in the seafood eating department. He had several pieces, as did Khing. I managed to try a few different things with ingredients like salmon, egg, tofu and cucumber. Another option at the restaurant is to special order something. There's a touch screen near your table that shows all the food choices including drinks and desserts. When the special orders come around, the plates are placed atop bowls so they can be differentiated from the regular plates.
When you are finished, or as the plates are emptied, you send them down a chute next to your table. For every five plates that go in, you can play a little game that shows up on the order screen. If you win, a little vending machine type toy in a plastic sphere comes down. Mirah was pretty tickled by this. Luckily that wasn't the only thing entertaining Mirah. As we dined, Khing showed us the sports of chopstick sword fighting and drumming.
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