Two men carrying a knife and an electronic stun gun stormed the Planet Sushi restaurant in the city's Latin Quarter on Sunday night, demanding money from the till.
But the team of Japanese staff turned on the men, stabbing one to death with a fish knife used for preparing sushi dishes, while the other was pinned to the ground outside the restaurant.
A witness said the restaurant was full when the men burst in.
"They pointed an stun gun at a waiter and demanded the cash from the till, but the staff grabbed kitchen knives and charged at the men," he said.
I don't know what else to say but, "Dude. Somebody tip those waiters!"
Didn't know that self-defense was the menu item du jour, did you? Oh, and hey . . . The scene, horrifying in real life, would make an absolutely awesome action scene for a movie. The Cinema-Mad Sibling would agree. (Hey, didn't Steven Segal once play a cook with kung-fu skills?)
UPDATE: Alessandra expresses no sympathy for the would-be robbers: "What kind of TOTAL (expletive) IDIOT tries to rob a sushi restaurant using a knife? A restaurant full of Japanese who are highly skilled in the use of . . . hello, knives? You'd be better off trying to rob a French bistro. Everybody in that sushi place is armed with (expletive) sashimi knives. I mean, I know that criminals are often stupid, but . . . What idiots."
I suggest that you don't get on the wrong side of a sushi chef. Or of Alessandra, for that matter!
By the way, sashimi knives are things of carefully crafted beauty and near-surgical precision. One of my friends is a sushi chef who trained for years to master his slicing skills. Those sushi chefs are kitchen samurai.
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