Before learning to wrap seaweed around rice, sushi chefs folded it into cootie catchers, which were poor at containing ingredients but great at answering yes or no questions. Enjoy innovations in Japanese cuisine with today's Groupon to Joy Sushi in Mountain View. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get $30 worth of sushi, sashimi, and drinks for dinner.
• For $10, you get $20 worth of sushi, sashimi, and drinks for lunch.

Joy Sushi's culinary artisans cobble together fresh seafood to form elegant specialty rolls, economy-sized sashimi dinners, and other Japanese treats. The expert chefs choose 12 sushi pairs for the dinner menu's nigiri deluxe meal ($17.95), while crispy rolls of deep-fried salmon and tuna ($6.95) wrestle crunchy rolls of crab, shrimp, and tempura flakes ($6.95) for the title of Crackle King and the hand of the beautiful spicy tuna roll ($5.95). At lunch, bento boxes' rice beds and soup pools lure meat and vegetarian visitors such as salmon-sashimi quartets and tour buses of edamame ($7.95 for 2 items). Finally, an array of adult beverages, including sake, wine, and Sapporo beer, prime palates and help fuel high-stakes staring contests.