Hi @CiaoBob,
Definitely agree with you. I just chatted with a good friend of mine. She just went this weekend to Zo (DTLA): She’s a light eater and managed to eat through 26(!) rounds of sushi… which sounds crazy, until she mentioned they were tiny and she was barely full when she left. 
Her last thoughts: “I’d much rather go to Shunji. The rice at Zo was also a bit mealy and the fish was just OK.”
A recent review from Yelp:
We went through about 25 course in a little over an hour and ordered an extra round of medium fatty turo’s along with three beers, tea, and tip we walked out with about $600 for two, so it wasn’t cheap. Next time I think I’ll skip on the beer and extras and just purely enjoy the ride through sushi heaven =D
Those look like a bunch of used condoms at the end of a porno shoot.
Well… now that you mention it 
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What an imagination you have.
Sorry, that Jay Rayner review must still be floating around in my brain somewhere
http://foodtalkcentral.com/t/le-cinq-jay-rayner/5427?u=porkybelly
In 2012 or so West LA meal was a transcendent experience for me.
Recently visited both DTLA and WestLA in December 2016. West LA was much much better than DTLA. Keizo is nowhere to be seen at either. All of your comments are definitely on point!
Alma @ the Standard. Many stellar meals there and suddenly one that was bad, and a second one worse (Alma - Adventures of an Experimentalist Diner - #12 by beam).
Okay I read your post.
At first I thought you had lost your mind. Then after reading the Le Cinq review I realized you were quoting. But based on your above reply I do think you could have come up with those too 
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That review was hysterical. I loved this one “It is decorated in various shades of taupe, biscuit and fuck you.”
Based on the review the food seems awful. I wonder what Julia Child would would make of all this molecular-gastronomy, spherification jazz.
I’m glad we’re back to having fun.
Dang dude - how’d you place each one so neatly after each “shot”? 
That was f-ing funny!!!
Okay. Back to work.
You started it - the picture, I mean.
Okay. I’ll translate. My phone is dying and I’m not near a computer 
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We used to go to the DTLA location regularly (if not frequently!). It was a splurge but we were always very happy, especially while Masashi Ito was still behind the bar. After he left for New York, we no longer enjoyed Zo as much. And the last time we went, maybe 6 weeks ago, the pieces were even smaller than usual, the quality wasn’t as high, and the bill was ridiculous compared to before. We won’t go back.
what if someone saved the food in used condoms ?
depends on who used them.
who
