Nobody ever accused Fry's food store of being a great place to enjoy fine Japanese cuisine.
Michelle and Thiri are two hard-boiled females who run the sushi operation at Fry's Grocery in Apache Junction. They have been tough to please since the store opened several years ago. We've been "once burned, twice shy" too often lately, with their anti-social attitude and inflatable prices.
First, they lie about the sushi, claiming they make it fresh. Right on the bottom of the package it admits it's from Dallas, Texas. These gals become ruder and more toxic with passing time, as they maintain a façade that they don't speak English. They constantly avoid eye contact, as they pretend to act busy, aware there are customers who have been waiting thirty minutes or longer to get their attention. The majority of what they call sushi isn't sushi at all, another lie. This is the stuff they advertise as "Wednesday $6 Sushi Special". There is no fish in any of this amalgam; only small chunks of vegetables with ordinary salad dressings dripped over it. Well, at least it's pretty to look at.
They hate being asked for soy sauce or wasabi, both of which they like to skimp on. The wasabi isn't placed where it can be found, and the soy sauce is conveniently hidden behind the end cap of the cooler, making it hard to find and harder yet to reach. Talk about compulsive cheapskates.
Stuff they insist is sushi include - are you ready? - Spam, that rancid, 1940s canned blob of salty grease that's passed off as some kind of cat food for upscale humans. Most of these are sold as "rolls". And the only crab they sell is "krab", which resembles gelatinized toothpaste.
Real sushi is made with seaweed, but these culinary amateurs never heard of it. Nor have they heard of octopus, eel, yellow tail, roe or any of the other commonly popular sushi cuts. Maybe those breeds of seafood don't thrive well in the waters of Dallas, Japan.
Don't get me wrong, they sell a ton of this home-made, mickey-mouse mash to people who naively think they're eating real sushi. The only true cuts of sushi they sell is salmon, tuna and shrimp, which they keep slicing thinner and thinner, while keeping their prices higher than a confederate flag on 4th of July. read more