guys, the three of us were the worst. anthony: the three of you were bad students. masa: ah, really good. anthony: so you do this when you were kids? build a fire? cook something? drink sake? masa: always, always we did that. smoked cigarettes. anthony: yeah. back then did everybody know that you were not going to stay? like, when you were in high school did you talk about, when i get old enough i m going to america? i m not staying here. masa: yeah, we did that. [ speaking japanese ] yeah, i told them. anthony: now, you weren t dressed up like john wayne or anything right, when you went to school? no cowboy boots. masa: no, no. no, no, no. no. anthony: they say you can take the boy out of the country, but you can t take the country out of the boy. i don t know if that s true. we all come from someplace, that s for sure. but, new york city, in
luxurious sashimi brought up from tsukiji market in tokyo this morning. masa: this we do all the time, you know. pretty simple. easy. anthony: oh yeah. that s just a nice, big pile of incredible beautiful uni like that. i do that all the time. some sea urchin roe, or uni, and some high test otoro tuna that any new york sushi enthusiast would cheerfully cut their best friends throat for. masa: good, huh? anthony: fantastic. ishi: [ speaking japanese ] anthony: bold words. masa: maybe better. anthony: typical japanese meal. champagne, sancerre. masa: that s what we do. anthony: country cooking at its best, right?
sugyiyama: [ speaking japanese ] masa: please teach my son, what he said. anthony: oh, wow look at that. masa: this has lots of shrimp eggs, those eggs, and the fish paste is in. anthony: really. masa: very special stuff. anthony: did he ever think back then that you would be a success in america? or did he think bad move? sugyiyama: [ speaking japanese ] anthony: ambitious. masa: exactly, ambitious. sugyiyama: [ speaking japanese ] masa: [ speaking japanese ]
anthony: masa, his brother, and three sisters all worked for the family business every day after school and on weekends. masa: nine, ten years old, we carried the sashimi dish and the special kind of container. and go to all the neighbors. anthony: yeah? masa: to deliver. anthony: you learned how to clean fish very early. how to cut it. masa: 10, 11, 12, that time already, i started to grill the fish. ishi: [ speaking japanese ] anthony: her opinion, were you a good student? masa: i was, right? anthony: a good one? masa: [ speaking japanese ]
masa: that s why you gotta eat quickly. if 30 second, one minute anthony: it s dying. masa: ki is leaving somewhere. masa: also, the fish, sushis arrive moving. swimming. very fast. done. amazing. this momentum is ended right there. it s very important. anthony: anago, or sea eel, a handroll in fresh, crackling seaweed. mm, oh man. wow. sugyiyama: [ speaking japanese ] masa: his father told me that, i did a great job for this. anthony: this is very difficult. masa: yeah.