Dear dimwit on the phone

My new obsession is the Jack Daniels marinade on a black angus flat iron cut.

 

"Could you tell me which fork is the salad fork?"

 

"Is this soda gluten free?"

 

I suppose being a waiter can be a thankless job at times.

 

What's the tip, then?

 

I tip pretty well percentage wise, although my meals are normally not that expensive.

 

My point was that you said being a waiter was a thankless job. What's a tip, if not a "thanks?"

 

considering their base pay is less than minimum wage, the tip is their salary.

 

Did not realize that was the case in most states until I just looked that up. How is that allowed?

 

Employment at will!

 

Tempura is not sushi. Temura is fried stuff and sushi is meat, usually fish, served with a specially cooked rice.

 

The rice is the only thing that makes sushi, sushi....so you can have tempura shrimp sushi. A cooked salmon roll is still sushi.

Now, if you want to talk about pure, raw fish....then you mean sashimi.

From the book The Zen of Fish. The story of sushi, from samurai to supermarket: