Customer Loses Fingers in Japanese Steak House

Customer Loses Fingers in Japanese Steak House
Anthony Walick

It started as a typical Saturday night at the Hiroshima Steak House in Portland, Maine. Joshua Sorge and his family were seated at a booth on the left side of the restaurant.
“I wanted to order something different, something that I could write a story on for my food section on my personal webpage,” says Sorge. Josh ordered the “Chi-Chang Teryaki Saki” but it came with a warning label that read “Eat with Caution”.
This choice was nothing like Josh has ever seen. The waiter brought it out on a hot, steaming pan. It was still caught in a fiery blaze and looked dangerously spicy. It is in the restaurant regulations that if somebody dares to order such a meal, that everyone at the table must put on safety goggles, a fireproof apron, and steel-toed shoes. The Sorges suited up, and were ready to face the Chi-Chang Teryaki Saki.
“The first bite went down alright but it kind of tingled down my throat,” says Josh. Bite after bite, Sorge attacked this plate as if it were the state championship baseball game. “I eat food like I play baseball, take no prisoners, and have no mercy.” Thirty seconds later, there was no food left but mere crumbs surrounding the napkin. It was completely devoured.
Seconds later, the chef came running out screaming in Japanese. He slowed down and calmly said, “I switched your sauce with some nuclear waste, I’m sorry.” Josh jumped up out of his seat, sweating from every pore in his skin. He ran into the bathroom, hoping that his body can handle the waste. He could not have been more wrong.
Walking back to the table, Josh looked exhausted. His face was green with nausea, his hair was fraying in the air, and his hand was slightly bleeding through his pockets. Slowly taking out his hand, he shrieked with anguish. His hand, showing only a thumb and a pinky finger, looked like it was put through a cheese-grater.
“I know it was the nuclear waste that caused my fingers to disappear. They didn’t come within a mile of anything sharp and I never felt them leave my hand. It seemed magical,” Josh told reporters. Chi-Chang Teryaki Saki is now illegal in 49 states and most countries world-wide. It single handedly was the cause for a poor family-man to lose his fingers. His fingers were never found.
Joshua Sorge is still a baseball coach at a local high school. He is very open with his story and calls it a magical experience. “I probably won’t return to the restaurant,” says Josh, “but I would like to know what happened to my fingers!” This goes to show you, do not trust anything that comes with a warning label.