Do you like sushis?

[Alter]

Originally Posted by Cavalier

there is a customary word in Japanese for it someone else can share...

Omakase shimasu...which basically means "Please decide...I trust you."

 

[level32]

Wait there are people who don't like sushi? impossible.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by Cavalier

It's only douchy because you aren't sitting at the sushi bar when you ask for that

It's very common to tell the chef to make his choice, in fact there is a customary word in Japanese for it someone else can share...

Is that because I should be watching him while he makes it?

I'm pretty clueless about sushi etiquette.

 

[HomerJ]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Is that because I should be watching him while he makes it? I'm pretty clueless about sushi etiquette.
Sort of. I'd think it's more about the chef seeing your reactions so he can adjust the dishes that he's going to serve you. And each time you come back, he'll have a better idea of your preferences.

Originally Posted by Szeph el ratón

Unagi... oh my gosh... I wanted to go to the gym right now but now I'm not quite sure if I shouldn't be on my way for dinner instead. I liked everything I've tasted so far. The weird part is that I started my sushi addiction with salmon and now exactly that is the last thing I'd order when out for sushi. Do we count only the dead fish stuff or also the things with non-fishie ingredients? I like tamagoyaki on my nigiri.
I like to take frozen unagi, nuke it, put it in a bowl of rice for unadon. If I'm at a restaurant I don't get much unagi or sake since I can prepare them at home fairly easily. I like to order toro (otoro!), amaebi.

 

[Qzar]

I love sushi... It's almost a religion for me... unfortunately one that I seldom practice (not on my own free will that's for sure).

I'm absolutely repulsed by the crap that Americans are starting to love as sushi. I mean at first it was intriguing. I very naively thought it was original and exciting when I visited a restaurant that served tempura in their sushi and dressed it with all sorts of roes and sauces. I guess I had been living under a rock (or living at a neighborhood sushi joint that actually served traditional sushi... with a Japanese trained chef!). When I moved I was shocked (yeah SHOCKED! haha) to discover that it's basically impossible to find traditional sushi anywhere in suburban America.

I am now surrounded by sushi "fanatics" who basically couldn't tell me the difference between their spicy tuna roll and their naked man on top of fiery mountain covered in fiery cloak of doom roll. That **** all tastes the same... I mean it doesn't taste bad... but it's not sushi. It wasn't until I basically demanded I be served a naigri roll (which is almost unexisistant around here... along with sashimi not drowning in sauce) that I discovered their dirty secret. They are serving crap fish drowning in inexpensive flavors.

I'm not trying to sound like some pretentious sushi snob... but once you try the real thing it's so hard to appreciate any of this stuff. It's desensitizing out palates to the wonders of good ingredients served simply and elegantly. Now in order for a sushi roll to be good it has to include a freaking pantry full of items.

It's sickening

 

[Dragon]

When you think about it though, you can`t get a good burger in Japan, so getting good sushi in America is just as difficult.

Putting the skill of the chef aside, the problem with sushi in America is that 99.99% of the places use farmed fish, and 99% use substitutes (for example, tilapia instead of red snapper/tai). Don`t expect things to be THAT much better in Japan either. You can`t just walk into any sushi restaurant in Japan and expect the real thing.

 

[Thebomb85019]

Originally Posted by darkie_one

I live at the far east and I like fried salmon, caviar and crab meat and I don't even tried sushi

You like fried fish!? Youre a gay fish.

 

[cldpsu]

Originally Posted by constant struggle

I love sushi, I hate people who think california roll is good sushi, and can't eat more than 2 rolls... (if you are a dude), and they go for sushi like once a year and whenever the conversation is brought up, they act like they are an expert...

Why do they think california rolls are good?

 

[milosz]

Love nigiri, haven't experienced many rolls that work for me.

 

[lovelylover]

sushi. and japan are my main desiresss

 

[Maharlika]

Good point QZar. I go to Little Tokyo here in L.A and go to Sushi Gen. It's authentic and the sushi is always fresh. There is usually a line but it's worth it.

 

[Cavalier]

^^^ points made above are why I rarely go out for sushi anymore.

I know there's better out there... but Sushi Yasuda

 

[hopkins_student]

Sushi is the only food I've ever gone out of my way to try to like. For two years I went to a sushi place at least once a week. I just couldn't do it.

 

[Joffrey]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

nom nom nom

+1. I generally dislike people who won't touch this gift from the heavens.

 

[Qzar]

Originally Posted by Maharlika

Good point QZar. I go to Little Tokyo here in L.A and go to Sushi Gen. It's authentic and the sushi is always fresh. There is usually a line but it's worth it.

I'm moving to LA later this year... if there is anything I'm especially looking forward to it's the sushi in Little Tokyo