Deja Vu? Yushi Wants to Give You Free Lunch From Their New Coneveyor Belt
Here we go again! Remember when Yushi (on 47th btw. Park+Lex) first launched their lunchtime conveyor belt, and gave away free lunch to a few lucky Midtown Lunchers? Well now that they’ve reconfigured their conveyor belt to be completely refrigerated they want to give free food away to ten more Midtown Lunch’ers. To win, all you have to do is comment below with the reasons why you should be chosen. 10 winners will be randomly selected in a drawing this Friday (7/17) at 3pm, and will get to have lunch at Yushi’s new conveyor belt one day next week with a friend. (Each winner and their guest will get a free drink and any four plates off the conveyor belt- probably because the previous winners pigged out too much!) Good luck! (No matter how many times you comment, your name will only be entered once in the drawing.)
Posted: 10:30 am, July 15th, 2009 under Free Stuff, Yushi.
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I am so in! I am a downtown luncher but the train is my friend. I am dying to try this place and I have just the person to accompany. I think I would be an ideal candidate because aside from my love of good food, I am an excellent critic.
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Pick me! I work in the building upstairs so I can come back again and again … plus I owe a friend a sushi lunch, so what’s better than a free one?
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Nothing says happiness like sushi and a conveyor belt. I can’t wait to check it out
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Not only do I want to eat at Yushi, but I want to wear one of their food containers as a hat.
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They so have us pegged! 4 plates, choose wisely winners!
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I hope this comment is sufficiently clever to be chosen randomly for a free lunch.
Also my mercury level is low?
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I should be randomly selected because I discovered the “sushi high” – not to be confused with food comas, orgasms, or MDMA. As such a incredible gastronomic explorer, I would be a worthy representative of ML.
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With my hearty appettite and deep pockets, I am likely to PAY for an additional 8 plates. You definitely want to pick me!
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Oh yeah, and did I mnention I like to get wasted during the day? I will definitely take down some beers as well.
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As someone who has ventured the automatic sushi bars in Philadelphia, Seattle, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nikko, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and on and on and on, I would like to get the chance to taste the sushi from the first-ever automatic sushi bar in NYC that I have ever heard and seen.
(PLEASEPICKMEkthx :) )
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refrigerated moving mechanisms fascinate me.
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I’m down. Why I should be chosen? Like everyone else, it’s FREE food and cannot pass up on the opportunity to win a spot.
Can we ride the conveyor belt as we look for our 4 choices?
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My coworkers(4 girls) and I are all sushi and Japanese food freaks and are always looking for a new Japanese restaurant that serves good food with an interesting atmosphere. This place sounds like a perfect spot. If we like the place, we will be coming back again and again and again so you should pick me and let me try out your place!!!
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I should be chosen because I’ll sit at that conveyor belt until they drag me out with mercury poisoning.
Can’t wait to try!
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HAHA, I love how mkim1206 has to bring up the fact that she’ll be rolling with 4 GIRLS. It is amazing how even on an internet food blog comment section, females still try to manipulate things in their favor by appealing to the desires of men in charge of doling out resources.
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I would like to go with a friend because I really need a FREE lunch. My workweek just got cutback and I would love to save a few dollars… Plus I’ll twitter favorable things about the restaurant and include @midtownlunch favorable remarks in my tweets as well. (desperate times demand desperate measures)
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i love free stuff and conveyor belts. pick me pls.
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i heart sushi
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and also my avatar is a picture of a cat playing a keyboard – how can you not pick me?
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1- been a ML follower for a really really long time
2- very picky about sushi
3- times are tough. It would be nice to not have to
pay for lunch (or most of it I should say)
4- Can spread the world via viral marketing to drive
business to Yushi if it is good
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Conveyor belt sushi is AWESOME. Sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi sushi ROLL (to the llama llmma song)
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I rarely ever go out to lunch and eat at my desk every day. It would be nice to go out for lunch.
I also didn’t really enjoy sushi before since I think its a “blander” food. I recently started to LOVE sushi.
And most importantly…I LOVE food – its what makes me happy ! :)
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pick me! 私は寿司を愛する!
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I shall justify my entry in a random selection thusly:
I work a block away, my voicings on food hold much sway, and my softball team got mercy ruled in the first inning when yesterday we did play.
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i should be chosen b/c i’m really tiny and the 4 plates will fill me up and i’ll be satisfied beyond belief
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Pick me because I’m awesome?!?
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Pick Wayne ,Mama and Goats……..for the sexual tension…and maybe fressa as a goodbye pressie….not me…sushi?..nahhh.
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oh wait… if the lunch is next week the i cant. i’ll be on vacation. craps!
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I like to eat, why not have some assembly line sushi? Wit should not be requirement for free food, hands out, open wide should suffice. I digress.
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Pick me because you want to randomly select me.
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I’m the token black ML’er so it would look good in the photos…
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I’ve just had such a very bad morning, and I am so very broke that I’ve had to bring in lunch from home for weeks and weeks, and I would be so happy to leave my office and go with a friend out to get lunch that wasn’t made of leftovers made by me!
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I’m allergic to everything but free sushi.
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Throwing my name in the hat because:
1. I don’t especially like sushi so I wouldn’t try it if I had to pay.
2. My friend (who’ll be the guest) absolutely loves sushi and would owe me for the free meal. -
Sushi + conveyer belt + free= 1 laugh out loud midtown lunch.
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Free su-she=Happy he
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I need this, I think next week my company is about start passing around a collection plate
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Free food, i’m there.
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I want to participate because:
1) I’ll never be selected based on a popularity contest here — StreetMeatPaloozaII :^( — so a random pick is my best chance.
2) I like good sushi and could give some good feedback on the experience.
3) It’s free and sounds fun.
4) I am always looking for an excuse to head into Midtown for food.
5) I’d like to meet a few fellow freakshows who post on this blog.
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Pick me because if I can be randomnly selected by the police then I can be randomnly selected here as well.
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I’m Asian and I eat sushi like rice. Also i’m an unpaid intern for the summer who is actually losing money with this job because of the commute, please east the pain and let me get a nice free meal. :)
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I should be chosen because I’m a student and too poor to feed myself delicious sushi (and Yushi is on my way to campus). ALSO, my guest has high cholesterol that he is painstakingly trying to reduce and Yushi sushi would be wonderful for him (and he’s Japanese!). LASTLY, both of us combined are the type to spread positive word-of-mouth (via blogs, Yelp, etc.), pending our excellent dining experience at Yushi! YAY!!!!!
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Because I’m better than all these people! And my desire to consume free sushi will overcome all.
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Funny how so many randoms come out of the woodwork when something is being offered for free, yet you never see comments from them otherwise.
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I need to get out of the office for lunch.
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I deserve to be chosen just b/c I’ve entered almost every contest over the past year and have yet to bring home the bacon or nori!
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although i can’t compete with the picture of a cat playing the keyboard (damn you wslee00!), i am in much need of a free lunch. i’m up to my neck in student loans and have been working a crappy temp job that pays so little i have to pack PBJ sandwiches every day for lunch as i sit and salivate at the featured articles on midtownlunch.
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I hope to be chosen as i want to see if it compares to EAST which i go to in gramercy!
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because i am oh so hungry!
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simply b/c i love yushi…andddddd i will barely be eating it in 2 weeks as i got laid off on thursday. july 31st will be my last day in midtown, and its back home i go. no more nyc :(
a nice departing gift from midtown lunch would be terrific :)
(not to mention the girl who seats you for the conveyor belt is absolutely gorgeous)
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Looking for the perfect bite, I am always trying new flavors. Most New Yorkers don’t take enough time to chew – that’s fine when it comes to my career, but I like to take my time to absorb everything that’s on the menu. Small plates are perfect – the right amount, the perfect bite.
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YUM!!!!!! I LOVE refridgerated conveyor belt sushi! Well, i THINK I love it. I’ve actually never had it. But how can you go wrong with sushi that brings itself to your table?
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PICK ME! i’ll blog about it!
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I’M STARVING!!!!
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me me ME
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I’m the fool with high cholesterol and I’ll take that one, the struggling student that needs a free meal.
Follow us on twitter @ nysimplified.
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me want food?
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If it is truly random, no case is needed. Though to play the game, pick me because I’d rather live the remainders of my days as a precisely cut fish but have to settle for over consumption of them instead.
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because
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because yuppie should never be combined with sushi
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FreeConveyorBeltSushiLunch would be so awesome!!!! I won’t have my first paycheck cleared until the 25th and working in TimeSq isn’t cheap =P
I’ll probably check out the spot anyways after a paycheck or two! GL evry1 -
Pick me, I’ll totally blog about it, yelp about it etc. and yes, I love sushi. and belts that convey food.
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Just 4 plates?!
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Itadakimasu!
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Please pick me – I’m new to this site (and I’m hooked) and I work across the street. oh yea – and I love to eat!!
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In rotational belt sushi, sushi comes to you!
I pronounce all “L”s in salmon roll.
Pick me
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I love how people come out of the woodworks to comment only when they can have something free, where are these people on a daily basis, giving constructive feedback to posts? Damn freeloaders, suck it up and spend $8 on some sushi…
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I tipped you off to the dosa station at Darbar Grill and the KFC Implosion article on Business Insider. Plus I have eaten away from my desk less than 5 times this year. I deserve an outing.
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Agree with Tyler.
Im always constructive……bit like the drill Sgt. from full metal jacket.
I think Sarah should go to this freebie too.
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Thanks Midtownlunch!
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Being Japanese, they aren’t going to have the kind of cheese I can bring to the table.
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What is the mentality of people saying to pick them because they’ll blog about it?? The point is to provide Zach with feedback (yeah and Yushi through THIS website) not use it for your own benefit and lousy blog. Yes, I’m cranky and haven’t even had breakfast! Feed me!!!
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I want to win!
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I want to win because summer = sushi season and I’d love to try out Yushi!
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Wow, nobody mess with Mamacita. Just pass her the 4 plates of sushi and RUN!
I just want free food. No need of any complex reasoning behind it or even bash other people for trying to get free food either. I know I’m not crawling out of any woodworks or planning to just mooch if I win they need to provide feedback. I’m not a f#@%ing cockroach. Nor will I promise to blog or anything. If I win, I will give any necessary feedback and fill out any surveys that Yushi or Mr. Brooks has for the 10 lucky guinea pigs.
Everyone who comments with a reason deserves a shot at this random freebie. New/ old, blogger/non-blogger/ regular/ irregular, normal/ crazy, skinny/ fat, cheap/ spendthrift, and sushi-lover/ sushi-hater. Whatever.
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I love conveyor belt eateries. NYC doesn’t have enough of them.
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I’m going to get a burger. Then I will become normal again. A starving woman is a horrible thing to witness.
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I order from Yushi a least twice a week but have never actually been there…. CAN’T WAIT to win…. side note to god, hint hint!!!!
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meshi
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I’ve never tried conveyor-belt food! So I’m the ideal winner!
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I love sushi, I work two blocks away, and I love the conveyor-fridge concept.
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I first tried conveyor-belt sushi in Japan, when I lived in Nagoya, back in the second year of Heisei. A long time ago. I went head to head with my friend’s 14-year-old brother, Daisuke, and sadly he won, 18 plates to 14. I would like another chance! No just kidding, I am a dainty eater now. I will not cost you $$$. Please pick me. Onegai shimasu. Kuru kuru zushi ga dai sukii desu.
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Pick me! i was born on a conveyer belt!
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i follow you on twitter and i love conveyor belts!
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I once got nauseous at a sushi place with a conveyor belt and I want to prove that it won’t happen again! Also, I love sushi!
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I am poor. And I am hungry. Thanks.
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Pick me because I’ve eaten conveyor belt sushi on both sides of the ocean!
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I should be picked because I am a native New Yorker always trying to figure out the best places to have a great but affordable dinner out with friends and family! I haven’t had good sushi in awhile and I would love to be treated to some at Yushi… and I bet it would be so good that I would just have to come back with a crowd!
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Pick me! I need something to wash down the Hop Won pork belly I just ingested.
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btw, you should dedupe ip addresses so that u’re not double counting the people who use multiple email accounts
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Pick me! I am a vet of several Osaka-area cut-rate kaitenzushi establishments with the requisite stomach fortitude for scarfing unknown seafood.
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because I have no qualifications at all besides tastebuds and a central nervous system
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I work across the street and I go to Yushi everyday. I pay too much money and now I want to eat for free.
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Haha I know it’s random but I’m cracking up at the comments that say “Pick me Pick me!” I feel like we’re kindergarteners and it’s so cute :)
I’ll throw my name in the ring… I have off next week so my job location is moot. Yay! -
Pick me. . .I work for a non-profit, and hey in these economic times, we need all the help we can get.
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Oh my reasons are that I take pictures and write about everything I eat… surely this will be written up too… ummm… and because I’m adorable. Yea I went there.
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You can’t possibly pass me up for this opportunity:
-I just started my new midtown job on Tuesday
-I don’t get a paycheck for 2 weeks so I NEED free lunch
-I work for a non-profit so even when I get my paycheck it won’t be stellar
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Rudy – just a mere 30 or so comments for the FotW, and (at this point) a hundred comments (and still counting) from folks who want a lunch bailout
Does Jesus weep?
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i wanna get picked! i need free food otherwise i’d die. that’s why you should pick me. today for example, i have only had free food to eat.
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please feed me. i love my midtown lunches, but mostly i can afford the brown bag only!
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joer: I blame the NY Times article for all of these johnny-come-latelys who pop out of the woodwork for giveaways. Wait, I don’t recognize you either. Poseur!
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Nothing like free sushi to get over 100+ comments. The SMP2 contest didn’t even draw this many people.
I really don’t care if nobody recognizes me here since none of us really get rewarded on the basis of recognition or get paid (It’s a random contest giving away food. Who could blame anyone? Even if the contest was only open to the veterans of ML, I doubt it would stop people from entering.)
I’ve been reading ML since early 2008 (before Mr. Brooks became a ML icon in the NY Times). Even if I haven’t commented on a daily basis, this site is for anyone who loves to eat lunch in Midtown and discover new cheap eats. -
Two words. Desk. Sushi. I make it. It is good.
I am probably an expert panelist…
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Does anybody even read the comments that are down this far? I feel like I can say something that would offend even Rudy, and yet no one would see it because it’s drowned in the hopes and dreams of dozens of cheap little assholes…
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i’m hoping to be picked because i was denied the first time around.
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Please pick me. I am broke, but I love sushi!
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I’m tired of eating cup noodles for lunch, I want sushi! (Pick me, pick me <3)
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Stevenp: I’ve been around here for about 2.5 years….not part of the regular commenter clique, but have provided Zach with material for a few posts in the past.
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I like sushi more than Jeremy Piven!! And I promise you, I am much poorer. Pick me!
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Mmmmm sushi!
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I am a big fan of Yushi and have been going there once a week for about 3 months (2 blks away from my office).
I’m even a “Yushi Club” member, so I am someone who actually eats there on a regular basis and can give great feedback to them on the conveyor belt service.
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I love Yushi and have a Yushi Club card…I think I’ve earned this meal.
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I want to try Yushi. Winning will give me the motivation to get there.
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Pick me! I love sushi.
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Ever since I studied in London for 6 months three years ago, I’ve been obsessed with conveyer belt sushi. Yo! Sushi is really big over there, but I haven’t found an adequate replacement here in the States. Dying to try it. PICK ME!
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I’ve never won a randomized contest before, and I’ve never had conveyor belt sushi. Two birds with one stone, pretty please? :)
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SHORTY FIR-AH BURNIN ON THE DANCE FLOOR, I LOVE SUSHI
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I don’t think I believe in the concept of conveyor belt sushi, but I’m on a diet and sushi fits in nicely. Pick me.
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I will share and enjoy. :) Please!
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Four plates? Mamacita ate that many before we were even seated last time.
But kudos to Luke for poking the Midtown Lunch beast again
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As person who is a fan any mobile meat. Mobile sushi would really make me happy.
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So who won?
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Winners were drawn at random and have been contacted via email. Thanks for entering!
I hope the fact that I won the last time, and ate 100+ dollars of Yushi food, will not knock me out… Though it seems like my guest and myself might be one of the reasons for the 1 drink/4 dish Maximum!!! Anyway, choose me, as A. I can compare from the last time. B. 4 dishes from Yushi are a good Appetizer, so I can go to a SECOND free lunch if needed C. I am a nice guy who Karma has often screwed and is so deserving of free sushi.