Almost Like Sitting at the Sushi Bar

According to Engadget, "Japanese sushi chain Toriton has installed an IBM voice-recognition system for ordering." The article continues to describe a system that lets the chef buzz the table, you place your order, and what you order prints up on a slip for them. Sounds like sitting at some of the sushi bars that I've been to, only they have to memorize my order because writing it all down with fishy hands is a bother.

Sushi is one of my favorite foods, but it can easily be ruined if my request for no cucumber is forgotten or never reaches the chef. So many times I'm disappointed and have to pick it out of my sushi or send it back (which I rarely do unless I know I made it super clear and I wrote it on the ticket neatly where it couldn't be missed).

I can't wait for this technology to come to a sushi bar near me..."No cucumber on anything tonight please. I'd like a philly roll. No cucumber. One Alaska roll... No cucumber. One Hawaiian roll, no cucumber. One albacore garlic roll. No cucumber. Thank you so much. No cucumber. That should be enough for now. No cucumber. Oh, and no ginger either. Thanks!"

Maybe I should learn some Japanese. Anyone care to teach me how to say, "No cucumber please. Thank you."? :-)

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