Feb 13, 2008 6:59 pm US/Central
Naked Sushi Night Coming To Minneapolis
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The dining fad of eating sushi off a woman or man naked has swept through Europe, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. (File)
CBS
Naked sushi is coming to Minneapolis.
The dining fad of eating sushi off a woman or man naked -- except for some strategically placed banana leaves and flowers -- started in Japan. It's called nyatiamori which means to adorn body of a woman.
It has swept through Europe, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Now it's coming to the Twin Cities, in blustery March.
Thom Pham has scheduled a naked sushi night at Temple, his downtown Minneapolis restaurant, on March 8.
"It is art," said Pham.
He said he's hired eight models for the night, six women and two men. He says they have to be completely hairless with perfect skin for the event.
He's booked more models than he needs, just in case one of them gets a pimple.
"When people hear of the idea they think, they think naked and sushi, they think it's sexually," said Pham. "We do use a lot of flowers, banana leaf, bamboo leaf and stuff like that to dress them up."
There's etiquette to this because people can't touch or talk to the models.
"You have to use your chop sticks," said Pham.
Barbara Harman, an artist with the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota, said she wouldn't call it art. Some feminists groups are not willing to come to the table on this.
"It certainly objectifies the woman or the man's body, whoever is being used in this particular way. What exactly are they selling?" said Harman.
Tickets for naked sushi night cost $75, which includes sushi, sake and champagne.
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