Here’s some food pics for you. I visited some of the places in there ’cause of your blog.

http://flickr.com/photos/umetaro/sets/616286/

Hopefully eating there isn’t making me a crazy, wild-eyed person! lol

Even with those “issues” you point out about their seafood ingredients, the likes of Kozo/Aloha/Sushiman’s sushi can’t be nearly as bad for our health in comparison to a typical fast food mega-burger combo meal.

I know there’s been some news about higher-than-normal levels of mercury occuring in our oceans, causing concern for countries that consume large amounts of fish, especially in raw form as they love to eat in Japan. And me too!

I really like this blog and I grew up in Kaneohe as well… but Kozo Sushi is where I have to draw the line. The last time I ate at Kozo, it was so bad I immediately drove elsewhere to find decent sushi in order to get the taste out of my mouth. I’m not joking.

I guess places like kozo, genki, sushiman, and aloha have their niche. As long as they; use tuna treated with carbon monoxide, use farmed fish from China (check your unagi), not teach their itamae how to cut fish (just look at the picture in the post), and try to sell visibly old slices of fish… I will refrain from eating at those places and will slowly back away from the crazy, wild-eyed people who love them.