Friends Reunion Trip to Japan
Friends Reunion in Japan – The One Where Joey Becomes a Sushi Chef
The gang is in Tokyo for a Friends Reunion Trip. Monica’s dream is to taste authentic sushi. Joey’s dream? To eat all the sushi.
But things take a wild turn when the group visits a prestigious sushi restaurant where reservations are impossible to get—unless… you work there.
Joey, desperate to get in, overhears a sushi chef muttering about needing an assistant. Without missing a beat, Joey throws on an apron, bows dramatically, and shouts, “I am your fish guy!”
Cut to:
Joey in the kitchen holding a giant octopus like it's a baby.
Joey: "So like… do I talk to it first? Or just roll it?"
The chef, deeply concerned, points Joey to washing rice. Joey mistakes wasabi for avocado and uses half a tub in one roll.
Monica takes a bite and immediately breathes fire.
Monica: “JOEY!! My sinuses just traveled to another dimension!”
Meanwhile, Phoebe joins in and starts singing a song called “Wasabi Dreams and Soy Sauce Screams” for the kitchen staff, who politely pretend to love it.
Ross tries to explain sushi history to a table of locals who just want him to stop talking. Chandler, watching it all unfold, simply mutters, “Could we BE any more banned from this restaurant?”
The episode ends with Joey proudly presenting his signature roll—badly wrapped, weirdly warm, and named… “The Tribbiani Toro Tornado.”
Rachel tastes it, grimaces, and says, “Joey, that’s… not sushi.”
Joey beams. “Nope. It’s fusion.”