Finally! Confirmation by experts that my sushi snobbery is actually good for me. Sadly, though, this article seems less about the horrors of rampant sub-par sushi and more about free advertising for sushi at Wal-Mart.

I want to see more of this:

"I get these questions all the time -- people call me: 'Hey Yoshi, my husband went to fish a big salmon, we're looking to eat it as sashimi. We opened it and a bunch of worms came out. Can we eat it?'"

Christ on a bike.

Also very sad that there was no talk of what a fellow yelper calls, "Jive-Ass Rolls." You know what I'm talking about: those mayonnaise, teriyaki, and otherwise sauce-covered concoctions that, IMHO, exist primarily to mask dodgy fish.

My friends had a roll recommended to them at a Louisville, Kentucky sushi bar that not only had all of those jive-ass hallmarks -- tempura, hot-sauce spiked fish, teriyaki sauce, and mayo -- but also melted mozzarella cheese. Oh yeah, and it was served on fire. WTF? Run away!

I'm going to risk my Nihonjin card and say I actually like and partake of some rolls considered jive-ass. But I fight my urge for spicy tuna, spicy scallops, and crab salad all the time, unless I'm at a trusted Japanese joint. I humbly suggest you do the same. No one likes barfing, tapeworms, or crap masquerading as culinary delight that somehow manages in all its crappiness to still set you back at least a tenner.

When I read this guy's yelp review of Hiro Japanese Restaurant in San Bruno, I almost peed my pants.

"NON CIRCUMCISION Nigiri." Class. That one's going into the ol' vernacular.

BTW, this guy totally knows what he's talking about. Japanese, and he likes sushi done old school. Never steered me wrong, and he's funnier than hell.

In order to marry my interests in, 1) ranting about everything I like or dislike to anyone who will listen, and 2) glorious eating, I've broken down and begun Yelping. Check it, here.

But saudade, you cry, isn't teh rant what you do here? Yes, but at Yelp you get those little star-thingys and it is oh so satisfying.

NR: Abundance: a Novel of Marie Antoinette

NP: KALX, 90.7 FM Berkeley