Sushi and a slice of capitalism in the raw

I'm a man of the world and I've eaten food all over the world. I've eaten pizza in Italy, curry in India and Chinese stuff in China.

But I've never been to Japan and, until recently, I'd never eaten sushi. Oh, I know the sushi craze is old-hat (hmm, old hat - now where did I eat that?) but I decided it was time I got myself up-to-speed on the raw fish delicacies.

To be honest, I don't think the prospect of eating raw fish had particularly tickled my taste buds in the past - but they have sushi rolls at my local 7-11 store in Beijing and I couldn't be bothered walking anywhere else for lunch so I gave them a whirl.