I Thought it was a Metaphor

Friday night Dave, Susan, and I all went out to dinner. They had previously been to a Thai/Sushi restaurant and had greatly enjoyed the Thai menu. We talked about it and decided to go back and take their sushi menu for a spin. The restaurant itself is in a mostly vacant strip mall but the inside is very nice. After a minimal wait we were seated at a booth and given two menus, the Thai menu and the sushi menu. We ordered a Thai appetizer which had spring rolls, fried wontons, some sort of battered shrimp, and at least one other thing I can't recall.

For dinner we decided on the "Boat for Three", a "boat" of a variety sushi in several styles. When the boat arrived we were startled to learn that it was an actual wooden boat, about three feet long. It was packed with ice at the bow upon which sashimi style sushi was presented. The boat was a great way to present the massive amount of sushi but to be honest I really, truly believed that when they said "Boat for Three" that it was a metaphor. At no point did I expect the relatively small waitress to come out carrying a massive wooden boat.

The sushi was good and I really enjoyed the experience. Throughout the meal I noticed other people looking over our way at the massive boat on our table. At one point a lady came up and actually asked about it. We had a great time.