Nangona sinokukhetha ukushiya, sonke siyimveliso esivela kuyo.

Ngobusuku bangeCawa isiqendu sezahlulo ezingaziwayo, U-Anthony Bourdain ujolise kancinci kwindawo kunye nangakumbi emntwini. Umntu ekuthethwa ngaye yayinguMasa Takayama, umpheki ophethe i-sushi waseMichelin oneevenkile zokutyela eNew York naseLas Vegas.

UTayama waphakama waduma emva kokufudukela eUnited States, ngokukhawuleza waziwa ngokudibanisa izinto ezintsha kunye nobuchule eSushi. Usebenzisa izithako ezinje nge-foie gras kunye ne-risotto ngokudibeneyo nexesha laseJapan lokudala izitya ezizodwa (kwaye zibiza kakhulu).

Emva kwesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, u-Takayama washiya idolophu yakhe yephondo laseNasushiobara ukuya kufunda kwindawo edumileyo yaseGinza Sushi-ko eTokyo. Ikhosi ende indlongondlongo, inzima kwaye ikude nobuhle; Abafundi abasafundayo kufuneka bachithe iminyaka emibini besebenza ekhitshini — ngokubanzi baqala ukuhlamba izitya — ngaphambi kokuba bavunyelwe nokuba bachukumise irayisi.

Nje ukuba bayazi kakuhle irayisi, abafundi banokuqhubeka nokusika iintlanzi. Baza kuqala ukwenza i-nigiri, ukulungiselela iindwendwe ebharini. Ekugqibeleni, umpheki we-sushi uya kubafundisa indlela yokuhlanganisa i-sushi efanelekileyo. Imfundo yonke ithatha iminyaka esixhenxe ubuncinci kwaye uninzi alugqibi.

U-Takayama uthathe uBourdain wabuyela eGinza Sushi-ko ukuze abuye azukise iintsuku zakhe zobungangamsha, apho kwatyhilwa khona ukuba iimpembelelo zokuyila zikaTakayama zinwenwela kude ngaphaya kwekhitshi. Ngalo lonke eli thuba, uboniswa njengendoda eneetalente ezininzi: esebenza namagcisa ekwenzeni i-dishware kwindawo yakhe yokutyela, edlala i-saxophone kwaye ade abethe nomfundi ofunda phezulu kukhuphiswano lwaseKendo (lwaseJapan).

Ngethuba besesesikolweni esiphakamileyo, uTakayama kunye nabahlobo bakhe bayakwenza imililo, bapheke iintlanzi ezintsha kwaye bathethe. Baphinda bakwenza oku kwaye bakhumbula ulutsha lwabo. Ngelo xesha, u-Takayama wayeza kuxelela abahlobo bakhe ukuba uzakushiya aye eMelika. Ekugqibeleni wayenza, ezenzela umsebenzi ophumeleleyo.

Nangona kunjalo, bekungazukuchaneka ukuthi u-Takayama ujonge kwilizwe lakhe nakwidolophu yakhe. Umpheki owaziwayo we-sushi, isiko likho kuzo zonke izinto ezintsha. Amakhaya akhe amabini kunye nobomi babini-umpheki ohloniphekileyo kwisiXeko saseNew York kunye nenkwenkwana eyakhula ihambisa isashimi kwibhayisikile yakhe eJapan — bayinto enye.

Sonke sivela kwenye indawo, uBourdain uphawule ngesi siqendu. Nangona iTakayama ishiye iJapan, izithethe zayo azikaze zamshiya.