Sushi, like the archival footage of Mark McGwire's birth, is best known for its raw quality. Get attached to your food with today's Groupon to Fulin's Asian Cuisine in Mount Juliet. Choose between the following options:

• For $7, you get $15 worth of cuisine and drinks during lunch.
For $15, you get $30 worth of cuisine and drinks during dinner.

The chefs at Fulin's Asian Cusine plate up a plethora of pan-Asian fare during lunch and dinner, boasting menus stocked with Chinese and Japanese specialties. Midday diners bisect morning and evening cravings with Chinese lunches ($7.45), ranging from kung pao chicken to shrimp in lobster sauce, served with an egg roll or spring roll, and white, brown, or fried rice. A lunchtime maki set hushes belly rumbles with a bowl of miso soup, a salad, and maki rolls ($8.95), which swiftly travel mouthward via chopsticks or Rube Goldberg fork machines.

Peruse Japanese favorites for chance encounters with elusive American Dream rolls, brimming with tempura shrimp, cucumber, and avocado, crowned with flying fish roe, and arranged in the likeness of Abe Lincoln ($6.95). Chinese classics include identity-less sweet-and-sour chicken ($10.95), tender beef and broccoli ($11.95), and spicy kung pao shrimp ($12.95). Boasting a full bar, the lineup of quaffables ranges from draft beer to cocktails, ensuring no shortage of whistle whetters or tossable drinks. Patrons can savor Eastern treats in Fulin's dining room, or take to the outdoor patio to exercise incisors under the shade of oversized cocktail umbrellas.