I have to say, I'm surprised that this took as long to hop the pond as it did. And doubly surprised that its first high profile appearance in the States is in my own backyard rather than either coast.

But yeah, I'll pass :-)

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First high profile appearance? Do you guys not watch The Surreal Life?

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Correction...

First high profile appearance in a realistic setting :-)

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The thing is, it's actually rather hard to balance sushi on one's body while, you know, breathing and all that. Especially when certain parts of one's body is... err... bouncier than most.

Don't ask me how I know this. =)

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This, if anything, truly is food porn. Next, they'll be serving off of hairy obese men with man boobs.

"Is that fishy odor the fish . . . ?"

Freaknasty. Pure and simply freaknasty.

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I'm not that turned off by the prospect of this practice. I think the Japanese tradition emanates from eating as a sensual experience where presentation is important- sushi is presented as art.

In some implementation of this practice in the US, I believe there is plastic wrap between the sushi and the body- which might alleviate any hygenic concerns. But I'd try it with or without the wrap!

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It might be tactile and delicious to eat on or be eaten off one's lover (or lovers) around a fireplace or indoor fountain in a bed of fake fur and silk... preferably with some mellow Burt Bacharach in the background and the whole thing occuring in a sort of slow dissolve-montage ala Skin-emax --- but at a posh restaurant with a patient but obviously slightly (and rightfully) disgusted paid model silently wondering exactly what shoes she will be buying with the two hundred dollars she's making being your dinner plate, and presumably envious or bewildered guests around, then I think it's just another example of how America always manages to miss the deeper meanings in favor of the gaudy trappings when exploring other cultures.

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