Overheard at Whole Foods
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Customer: Do you have any snapper filets?
Fishmonger: No…well, we have these small whole snapper here.
Customer: No, no. Um, ok…how is the haki?
Fishmonger: The hake*? It’s pretty good.
Customer: Well, what does the haki taste like?
Fishmonger: Hake is kind of like cod. It’s a sweet white fish.
Customer: Would you say that the haki is better than the cod?
Fishmonger: It’s a matter of taste, sir.
Customer (to his wife, who is just arriving): Hon, do you think we should get the haki or the cod?
Fishmonger: It’s pronounced “hake”, sir. Hake.
Customer: Oh, sorry. I guess we’ll take the haki.
*rhyming with “rake”