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12-02-2008, 04:16 AM | #22 |
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I love sushi and the other foods associated with it. I love the raw fishes and Japanese salads that are available at sushi bars. Seaweed with sesame is delicious. The rice gets to be a little too filling for me so I try to stick with sashimi.
For all you sushi lovers, a great book is Trevor Corson's The Zen of Fish. (That's the hardcover title.) The paperback version is out and is titled The Story Of Sushi. I covers all the aspects of sushi, rice, soy sauce, fish, etc. told alongside of the adventures of students at a Sushi chef school. Reading this book will really make you hungry and make you appreciate what a great thing sushi is.
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12-02-2008, 05:45 AM | #24 |
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12-02-2008, 05:53 AM | #25 |
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I'm a new fan of sushi. Found a place around the corner from me that seems to have a pretty good menu. The only problem I have is that I always order the chef's choice sashimi so I generally have no idea what I'm eating. Nothin' better than a piece of good fish, dash of wasabi, slice of pickled ginger, and a dip in soy sauce. Now I'm hungry...
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12-02-2008, 06:09 AM | #26 |
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I am all about some sushi!!
I used to go to a place called "the sushi dog". It was in a custom chopper shop called "Krooners" The moto was "ride American,eat Japanese" but the hard times have closed both |
12-02-2008, 10:41 AM | #27 |
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The reason behind it for me is that as a general rule restaurants will use fish that is not fresh enough to serve as Sashimi or Nigiri to make the spicy tuna mix. And while its not bad tasting for my own personal tastes I try to stay with the freshest fish available. It also doesn't help that I live in AZ so I'm leery of Sushi restaurants that I'm not intimately familiar with
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12-02-2008, 10:42 AM | #28 |
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Friday night - XXX goes to Happy Sushi.
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12-02-2008, 10:44 AM | #29 |
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Havin takeout sushi for lunch.
Pay by the pound. I get like 4 lbs for 3 bucks! |
12-02-2008, 10:59 AM | #33 |
Welcome to my nightmare
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Here's the tip of your lifetime sushi lovers...
Every Japanese-trained sushi chef (far from all of them are) has a "signature" sushi that is his/her own invention...and they guard it very, very closely. Your assignment is to befriend your local sushi chef, compliment them, encourage them and generally suck-up and kiss their a**, then pop the question. "Do you make a sushi that nobody else does?" You will be surprised, amazed and astounded. |
12-02-2008, 11:03 AM | #35 |
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I hit a sushi restaurant at least once a week. When the various specialty rolls first started appearing I wasn't too jazzed, but over the years I've come to accept and enjoy a few of them.
When I first moved into our city, it was still pretty rural. Urban spread hadn't reached quite this far yet. The old bowling alley still had a sign posted about not spitting juice on the floor. There was exactly one sushi restaurant operating here. Now 25 years later there's almost as many sushi joints as there are Starbucks. Fascinating how popular it's become over time. The alley finally took the sign down too. |
12-02-2008, 11:05 AM | #36 |
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When I lived in Sandy Ego (20+ years) we would take tubes of wasabi out on the charter fishing boats whenever we went out, which was often.
On the return to port, as the deck hands were cleaning the fish, we would ask them to slice some sashimi pieces for us, right off the live and kickin' fish. Add a little wasabi and mmmmmmmmmmm, the stuff was so fresh it would jump and quiver in the mouth from the live nerve reaction to chewing it. Now THAT'S good eats. If you live near the coasts, try it some time! |
12-02-2008, 11:09 AM | #37 |
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Sushi’s great and there are plenty of good places in L.A. I’m not sushi purist or that adventurous, so I usually order tuna and salmon sashimi along with some of the house rolls or standards like spicy tuna/salmon. Unagi and ebi also hit the spot.
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You just had to go there, huh Dustin?
I've been eating sushi for 27 years, started up in the '80's as an 8-year old with my folks who often would introduce me to new & terrifying cuisines. We'd hit our local sushi bar at the time, me in my cubscout uniform and I quickly became known as the Sushi Scout. I even dabbled a little behind the counter at one restaurant, a gift my folks got me for a birthday. I learned to love sushi early on and my tastes have definitely grown over the years. When I first hated it and was disgusted upon seeing my Pop eat it, I now adore UNI!!! and I'm often disappointed if my joint doesn't have it fresh. And it must be fresh. I've learned that we're fortunate enough here in L.A. to be home to the WORLD'S best sea urchin (uni). They raise it up in Santa Barbara and even the best sushi joint in NY (arguably Sushi Yasuda) gets theirs from Santa Barbara, not Japan. Uni just reminds me more than any other item that I'm definitely eating something from the sea. The way it disintegrates and kind of liquifies in the mouth upon each bite....man, I can't have enough. I've never ordered a special from my local sushi bar but they do a shooter with uni, oyster, quail egg and I guess sake. Sounds awesome and I'll likely try it soon. Aside from Uni, I love hamachi (yellowtail) and sake (salmon). I have to get that every time for sure. Sweet shrimp (and it's different from regular 'ol shrimp) with the fried heads are definitely a favorite too. And I do tend to like the nifty unusual rolls too. Club Sushi down in Hermosa Beach offers an amazing 1/2 price happy hour including most sushi, 1/2 off beer, wine & sake & apps. I love going there because the sushi is good, not amazing, but certainly good, a good value and all the sushi chefs are Hispanic and I've never seen that anywhere else. My buddy Efrem, the head chef, even won 'Best Sushi Chef' in the South Bay one year and I came on in and had him autograph our issue. He loved it. Oh, so down at Club Sushi, they make a yellowtail roll with jalapeno, cilantro and some lemon juice and it's truly amazing. Quote:
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12-02-2008, 11:25 AM | #40 |
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OK, I'm leaving for Japan on Friday Morning for a week and a half.
I will eat damn near anything, but have never tried sushi. My question to Dustin and others that seem to have a sushi fettish....... Where do I start? I prefer spicy things. I love all types of fish, but do not necessarily adore what some call a 'fish' taste. My favorite fish plates include Orange Roughy, Tuna, Trout (Rainbow and Atlantic), Halibut, Sea Bass, Swordfish..... So, you see I prefer most that are more steak-like. Any help?
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