Jimmy Fallon recently took Blake Shelton to a local sushi restaurant and made him try the Japanese treat for the first time. Shelton mentioned he had actually tried sushi before, though only cooked.
Fallon subsequently explained what the towel in front of Shelton was used for, adding: “Don’t eat this. It’s a hot towel … you clean your hands with it.”
Before their first course, Fallon introduced him to rice wine, which is typically served warm. He then toasted by saying, “Here’s to good friends, tonight is kinda special.” The country music artist talked about the ‘rice wine’ with his famous country accent and said it tasted like ‘Easter egg coloring.”
The comedy continued as they enjoyed their salmon and tuna-filled sushi. Unbeknownst to the late-night host, Shelton actually liked the raw salmon, although he did not enjoy the plated sashimi that followed.
The third course consisted of shiatsu (fried bait) followed by botan ebi (jumbo prawn). After asking for more ‘rice wine’ several times, a forth course was eventually served. Uni was brought to their table, which is served in a shot.
When asked what the meal contained, the waitress added, “a sea urchin uni shot [or] gonads of a sea urchin.” While Shelton handled the shot impressively, Fallon visibly didn’t enjoy it.
For the final meal, Fallon suggested that Shelton try it first because “he would love it.” Finally, as the television host asked the name of his next hit would be, Shelton replied, “I came here to forget.”
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