Duane Reade: Sushi Hotspot?

Courtesy Fork in the Road

Last week, the Village Voice dispatched an intrepid, if not suicidal, reporter to test and review a sickening new dining option: Duane Reade brand sushi. Rebecca Marx's feature ran on a Friday, we dry-heaved all Saturday, but by Sunday were able to convince ourselves it was all just a dream. Until today, when the Post chimed in with semi-appalled commentary from Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. We're just going to have to accept this: you can now pick up a yellowfin tuna roll, made by machines, with your toothpaste and adult undergarments, which you're probably going to need not long after consumption.

Morimoto tells the Post he'd gladly eat the sushi if he were starving on a desert island, and he's "happy," in a way, that sushi has gotten so popular it's being sold in drugstores. "But on the other hand, I worry about quality control. If there's one incident, sushi would get a bad reputation." And we wouldn't want that—remember how the sushi industry reeled after Homer Simpson almost died from incorrectly prepared sushi? Neither do we, but it's a good excuse to revisit this video clip, below, from the classic Simpsons episode One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish. Arigato:

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By John Del Signore in Food on February 18, 2010 11:15 AM

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cucarachita

Get over it, people. In Tokyo I bought plenty of sushi at various 7/11's and it was fine. Better than fine, even.

michaleen

But, but -

It's not "sushi".

It's cooked fake crab, avocado, and carrots rolled with rice in seaweed.

Hardly any diff from a prepared sandwich from 7-11 (some of which are not too bad)

LinkMan

The really scary part is that it's not even cheap.

Clarice City

One fish, two fish, red fish, poo fish.

synik

Lowest common denominator. You deserve whatever happens to you if you eat sushi from DR.

Brado

What's the big deal? Jack's 99 cent store has been selling sushi for the past 2 months now. (TOTALLY serious)

ProcedureTurn

Theres a few placesw in London where they serve sushi in a "to-go" manner. Individual wrapped pieces to go.

Kojak

Not even in Japan, where their convenience stores which have EVERYTHING YOU CAN EVEN THINK OF, have Sushi wrapped in plastic sitting in the fridge all day. And these are the people who revolutionized the idea of the convenience store (And who happen to own the 7/11 franchise.)

Just don't do it.

Guest

And who happen to sell used female panties in vending machines.

Kojak

You say that as if its a bad thing. At least its convenient. I can pick up my used female panties when I need them, where I need them.

Guest

I didn't mean it as a bad thing at all. It's just another way to get vended sushi...

valeriob

~What a great episode!

I could almost guarantee that people who are willing to buy sushi from a drug store don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to the subject. I say let them enjoy it!

Pepto is in aisle 3.

jibbly

Tasty fish...tasty fish...poison fish!

I'm surprised there's no mention of the two interesting articles on sushi sold in NYC from the last couple of years.

1. What you think is tuna or whatever is actually some bottom feeder fish that will give you the runs.

2. Actual tuna's mercury levels are poisonously high and rises to insane (Mad Hatter-ish?) amounts the better the grade. I guess this one relates to all tuna sold world wide.

I'm too lazy to dig up the links, but they're out there folks.