I have a problem...

A Sushi problem.

I swear. I didn't mean to eat sushi for the first 3 nights I was here. Honestly.

It was fine the first night. And it was so tasty, and close to the hotel, that the next night seemed justifiable.

At least the third night was at a different place.

So.

So, I decide to go for a walk in the evening after the Dota matches, and eventually I end up in a retail dead zone between the waterfront and the CBD, and it's 8.30 and I've been walking for at least two hours by now, am nowhere near anywhere I know, starving hungry because I had a pulled pork sandwich for breakfast and an Elk hotdog for lunch, and that was 8 hours ago or something. I decide after a while that I'm going to stop and eat at the next place I find, even if it's a 7-11.

So, I turn the corner and am staring at Shiro's Sushi. It looks pretty full, so I figure, what the hell, I'll ask for a seat, and if I get knocked back, I'll find another place. But no, they have room.

I'm seated at the end of the Sushi bar, and I order the Omakase. I'm seated next to a local couple that I chat to on and off over the course of the evening, who inform me that this is apparently the best Sushi restaurant in Seattle, and they've been trying to get in for almost 6 months now.

Did I mention that it is 8.30pm on a Saturday evening, or that I just walked in?

Anyway, unlike the Omakase at Shira Nui, this isn't a set number of courses. The chef just makes sushi and you eventually tell him when you're full.

He places this guy alive, on the bar in front of you, possibly so you can see just how fresh what you're eating is; but more likely so he can laugh at the reactions of the more squeamish customers.

So, anyway, the reason I have a problem is that after finally telling the chef to stop (he might have asked me how many more pieces I wanted after he ran out of ideas, it's all a little vague), my bill looked like this:

 
although, all that only came to $185 (which given the first item is fairly expensive Sake is pretty cheap), and with the exception of the wild red king salmon was hands down better than the other place. So better than a Coke habit.

Anyway, I decided to get something from the supermarket near my hotel and eat in for the 4th night, to avoid the possibility of gorging myself on seafood. Check out the things I ate in Seattle post to see how well that worked out...