Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are of course into sushi! The Pitt-Jolie family has been in the Chicago area while Angelina has been shooting her latest film, Wanted. After spending some quality time with their children at the Field’s museum, Brad and Angelina decided spend an evening alone together.
They were spotted going on a date to the restaurant Japonais in Chicago where the pair spent some time chatting with the local rap star, Kanye West, who also dined at this sushi restaurant. Japonais is a contemporary Japanese and sushi restaurant which has locations in New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas.
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The Nobu chain was a result of De Niro meeting Nobuyuki Matsuhisa at the chef’s first U.S. restaurant in Los Angeles.
“I thought the place was great. I told him, ‘If you ever want to open a restaurant in New York, let me know,”‘ De Niro said. “A year or two later, he called me, said ‘I’m interested.”‘
Nobu started as a business partnership in 1994 between De Niro, Matsuhisa, Richie Notar and Hollywood producer Meir Teper. The first restaurant opened in New York. The chain now has locations across the world, from Italy to the Bahamas. They just opened a restaurant in Melbourne, Australia (August 2007). De Niro said he’s a huge fan of Japanese food, and not just for the flavors. “On top of everything else, it’s healthier for you,” he said. “I don’t see many overweight Japanese, except sumo wrestlers.” We think he sounds like a good fella… 
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I have not seen this movie, and that Mr. Bean character is not usually my favorite, but here both Rowan Atkinson and Natalie Imbruglia was quite funny. Natalie seems to have been around a the sushi block before… We like.
Ahh. Of course - we knew it! Our yellow friends Homer and his family are sushi eaters. Homer maybe not a huge fan after this episode, but he is a gutsy one. He tries out Fugu! This happens in the episode “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish”. The plot that leads to disaster (as usual…) is as follows:
Bored with having meatloaf for dinner, Lisa suggests that the family, instead of having pork chops the next night, go to the new sushi bar, “The Happy Sumo”. Homer reluctantly accepts, and the family drives to the restaurant. When they arrive, Homer starts by ordering a few things, but when he discovers that “this fish is delish!”, he eats everything on the menu, including a type of sushi called Fugu.
Well, whats the point just talking about it? Why don’t we just watch it :
In Tokyo, there is a sushi restaurants called Kyubei (Kyubey), that is a massive five-story eatery. It resides in the fashionable Tokyo’s Ginza district, and has served fish to Japanese and Western power brokers for 72 years. This is a place where famous people get private rooms with a personal sushi chef slicing up 35 kinds of fish brought in daily from the Tsukiji fish market or directly ordered from all over Japan.
Nicole Richie is another pregnant star being haunted by the media for her sushi habits. Or dietary habits in general. Lack of them, maybe? Well - someone told “Star” that sushi is one of Nicole’s favorite takeout foods.
But celebrity nutritionist (I would love to hear her describe her job…) Christine Bybee, who by the way does not treat Nicole, cautions that sushi could be dangerous to a developing fetus. “She especially shouldn’t eat tuna because of the high mercury levels in the fish,” she cautions. “I’d also avoid it if she breast-feeds.” (Kind of funny statement…I would avoid it if SHE breast-feeds…?)
Daniel Radcliffe, more known as Harry Potter, is our latest claim to sushi celebrity fame. On mugglenet.com, Daniel tells us a little more about himself and reveals secrets like that he speaks Spanish and likes alternative and punk music.
But it is his favorite food we are interested in, where he of course answers “Fish (especially sushi)”! It has magical powers, he might add. Or we did it for him.
He actually also added “or pizza” to his favorite, but we choose to ignore that.
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Article on mugglenet.com
The Crown Prince of Norway loves sushi! I had heard rumors that he and his wife, Mette-Marit, likes to eat at one of my favorite restaurants - Nodee. Proof for him being a sushi lover came from his visit to Tokyo in 2005, where he was a representing Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC).
NSEC is responsible for the arrangement, which is a part of the work to spread knowledge about Norwegian Seafood in Japan. In collaboration with the Japanese consumer organisation Women’s Forum for Fish, NSEC has started a project that will run at several schools in Japan, and the Crown Prince participated in the first class. - I have to admit that I have become very fond of eating sushi, he said.
Ahh. He is my kind of Crown Prince!
Britney Spears apparently have a new favorite restaurant. And it is a sushi place! the chosen place is Bel Air’s SHU Sushi House Unico.
Someone told People magazine that: “She dined upstairs in a private area. She ordered her usual - California roll and a salad. She seemed happy. She just enjoyed the music on the radio, the atmosphere and the food. She was having fun.”
A seriously high profile sushi celebrity this time - Paris Hilton! She had her birthday party at Nobu in Las Vegas where Paris alternatley made out with two guys at the table between bites of sushi. Ooh.
Well, another sushi visit for ex-jailbird Paris Hilton. She stopped by KOI in West Hollywood and apparently caused some serious mayhem there too, according to “That other blog”.
KOI in LA is mentioned often and seems to attract the high profile Hollywood crowd. Does it say something about the food or the hip-factor of the place? It gets mixed reviews on Citysearch.
