回転すし (kaiten sushi)

In the spirit of payday and my birthday this week, I treated my 2 loyal minions, Pao and Frankie, for dinner today. We decided to go adventurous on our choice of food, so we decided to try 回転すし (kaiten sushi: conveyor belt sushi bar - a place where sushi is served by a rotating conveyor belt and is surrounded by booths. Payment is based on the number of plates you consumed (automatically counted pa!), plus of course, additional orders like dessert, soup and beverages).

We left the office quite late, my fault because I had to rush some spec change implementation (which was not released anyway because of some CVS ip address change <-- geek talk hehehe) and arrived at the bar a little past 9. On the way there, we were wondering what other alternatives we have just in case the bar closed early, but we were so happy when we found out that the place is open for business until 11pm. So off we went inside, we were guided to a booth.. and our eyes were bulging with the sushi turning and turning around because despite the time, we were starving to death! (I did the most stupid thing today: my emergency food, a large oatmeal cookie, was included on the pack of garbage I threw out after lunch.. tanga talaga)

We were so hungry we started piling plates and plates on the table and we were so mesmerized by the food turning and turning (as Pao said: it's like looking at an aquarium.. yun nga lang, sliced or luto na yung sea foods hehehehe). We were enjoying the experience and after the 20th plate (for the 3 of us) on the automatic plate counter, and 5 more at the table... nobody wanted to move anymore. To rid ourselves of the taste of seafood and wasabi, Pao grabbed a chocolate cake while Frankie and I gobbled a melon. We finally finished the night on a total of 30 plates of sushi, 3 miso soups, 3 beverages and cups and cups and cups of cold water.

Our pants buttons are about to pop out so we decided to leave, in consideration to Frankie's bus home while me and Pao, walked home slowly, trying to walk all the sushi we had on our bellies.

Today was a very, very busy day at work, and the night was well spent. Ordinary day well spent, if you ask me.