Mesa Munchies isn't just about food reviews, it's about our love of food. Here's a piece I did for the February 10, 2010 edition of the Coast Report on my love of sushi.
Hello, my name is Andy Nguyen and I have an addiction. It has been three days since I had a hit and I’ve been craving for more ever since.
It’s all I could think about lately, never mind doing well during this semester, I’ve just been thinking about when I can get my next fix—of sushi.
I was hooked at a young age. It started off cheap with some California rolls at my local Costco and 7-Eleven. Sure it wasn’t the greatest quality, but in my mind it was one of the best things I ever ate.
Eventually I moved on from eating convenience store sushi and started eating at conveyor-belt sushi bars but that wasn’t enough. It never was.
Hoping that an overload of sushi would make me sick of the stuff, I went to an all-you-can-eat sushi bar with some friends. Boy was I wrong.
It only made me want the stuff even more!
I soon found myself at another AYCE sushi bar, stuffing my face with salmon nigiri and caterpillar rolls.
But as I lied in bed — recovering from my sushi induced coma — I vowed to never eat sushi again.
My sushi addiction had become too expensive to go on any longer.
I sell my textbooks online only to have the money spent at the nearest sushi bar.
And even at the mere mention of sushi I become excited and begin to salivate as if I was one of Pavlov’s dogs.
No longer will I waste any more money on sushi; no longer will I have it control my life.
I went cold turkey on sushi and seafood in general.
Two days after going cold turkey, I went to Little Tokyo in Los Angeles with my friends. I was practically surrounded by sushi restaurants.
So did I fall off the wagon and dive right back into eating sushi despite having the option of going to a Quiznos?
You bet your ass I did.
I don’t think I’ll be able to stop eating sushi no matter how hard I try.
Even if I’m low on cash, I always seem to find a way to get my next fix.
My name is Andy Nguyen, and I love sushi.
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