Jiro and sushi

Would you pay 270 US dollars for 20 pieces of sushi?  In a restaurant with only 10 seats? In a subway station?  That you have to book months ahead?  That had won 3 Michelin stars? Served by a 85 year old chef?

Would you continue working when you are 85?  Not because you need the money but because you enjoy the work so much?

Would you want to work at the same job for 75 years?

Do you get bored on a holiday and want nothing but going back to work?

Would you spend half an hour massaging an octopus, to tenderise it?

Do you notice whether your customer is right handed or left handed and set the table accordingly?

Would you give up car racing to be a sushi chef?

Would you still want to work for your father when you are 50 years old?

Would you, as the second son, leave your father’s restaurant because your elder brother is destined to inherit it?  Just to open another restaurant exactly like your father’s?

Do you wonder how they auction tuna at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo?

If you wonder about any of these things, you might want to watch “Jiro dreams of sushi”.