This was first seen in his 1999 op-ed "Don't Eat Before Reading This" in The New Yorker. The article revealed to us which days of the week Bourdain believed we should be eating out. For Bourdain, the most obvious dish that he felt should be avoided at all costs was none other than cheap sushi, a trend that had begun popping up around the time he was writing the New York Times bestseller. "I saw a sign the other day outside one of those Chinese-Japanese hybrids that are beginning to pop up around town, advertising 'Discount Sushi,'" Bourdain recalled in the book. "I can't imagine a better example of Things To Be Wary Of in the food department than bargain sushi."