I found matsutake mushrooms at a long-established Kyoto restaurant.
At that moment, I thought to myself, "This is 3,000...hmmm, it's smaller so I'll settle for 2,000..."
At that moment, without hesitation, I said
Please!
I ordered my first matsutake mushroom in my life and asked for the shichibonshiryu, which I thought was too good not to have with sake.
I remember having a similar conversation over sea urchin without alum at a sushi restaurant in Sapporo.