Sushi Rules

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Spooner
is doesn't look like it's that hard to cut the fish, then wrap it in the freakin rice.

i don't think it should be as expensive as it is

There's definitely a bit of an art to doing it right, as well as knowing how to make a gazillion different kinds rolls/nigiri off the top of your head.

Probably the biggest reason tho it the initial cost of the fish (can be astronomical when you start talking about toro/fatty tuna) and the expense to ship quickly and then store it properly once it's at the restaurant. Plus you have to take into account the overhead of getting fresh fish in every day AND chucking everything at the end of the day that you didn't sell. You can still find good deals if you dig around a bit. There's a tiny place just outside of downtown here that has a $15 all-you-can-eat sushi buffet that is actually excellent. I'd ordinarily be highly suspicious, but I have a friend who is a health inspector that checked the place out and said it was one of the cleanest restaurants he's ever seen. I figure if he'll eat there...it's OK for me to eat there. The selection is a tad limited, but most of what they have is fresh and tasty.

Fausto

 

[hoihtah]

one thing about sushi is that you should never go to all you can eat.

no matter how much you overpay... they all suck

 

[Shelly21]

one thing about sushi is that you should never go to all you can eat.
no matter how much you overpay... they all suck

Well, It depends.... I remember three places that I went to that had all you can eat.

1. a Chinese/Japanese buffet place. All sushi are premade. $15.95 for dinner This place sucks for sushi.
2. a Chinese/Japanese place. You have to sit at the sushi bar for all you can eat. $21.95, and you must eat all the rice. You can order anything from the menu. This place is not too bad except when it is crowded it takes a long time to get your order.
3. a Japanese place. I think the name of the place is called "This Old House" and it is located near Virginia Beach in Virginia. $22.95, no rules, you can even just eat sashimi. The Best all you can eat sushi bar I've been to. I had the freshest tasting tuna there.

 

[kgraeme]

I love sushi. Been eating it for years and years.

Looks like bait, smells like bait, must be bait.

If it smells like bait, then don't eat it. Good sushi doesn't smell.

Avoid the Uni (sea urchin). No matter how sophisticated you think it will make you, you'll just vomit like the rest of us. It's like eating snot on rice.

Yup. I can't quite do nato either.

I have always wondered why susi is so expensive. can anybody shed some light?

You could pay for bait or you can pay for food. Raw fish that you buy at a meat counter in a grocery isn't fresh enough to make sushi with. Personally, I'll pay to know that I'm not eating a piece of rotting, parasite-ridden fish.

 

[Red Dawn]

Avoid the Uni (sea urchin). No matter how sophisticated you think it will make you, you'll just vomit like the rest of us. It's like eating snot on rice.

Uni tastes great. Never had Snot on Rice so I wouldn't know

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: hoihtah
one thing about sushi is that you should never go to all you can eat.

no matter how much you overpay... they all suck

Not true!

I have found 2 places here in NJ that I love for all you can eat.

They are straight sushi bars with everything on the menu, all you can eat just limits your choices (ie, you cant order the $10 dragon rolls, etc). Everything is made fresh at the bar when your order goes in and it tastes great.

Both are about $20.

 

[bugsysiegel]

Originally posted by: TomC25
I will just stick to fried shrimp

raw fish makes me want to hurl

I cannot see how it is appetizing

Ever tried it?

 

[vash]

Sushi is really good stuff!

Make sure to ask for Uni and Natto-maki. If they are a real sushi place, you can get those two items. Watch out, some bad places have bad uni and will make you sick. Natto-maki is pretty safe in general terms.

vash

 

[Dat]

sushi used to make me want to hurl. couldnt eat more than a few pieces....

of course being a new yorker - all of my coworkers love sushi, so i started to try developing a taste for them..

After a year of eating it, I got to admit, I'm hooked.


the trick is to start out slow, for the first few months, i'd eat rolls like salmon, yellow tail, tuna rolls .. slow i moved onto sushi (fish on top of rice) and the past 2 months, i've eaten sashimi (fish only) with no problems....

 

[toant103]

expensive stuff.

But i like the eggs

 

[matmax]

Originally posted by: Citrix
I have tried susi twice and i just dont like it. I have always wondered why susi is so expensive. can anybody shed some light?

one reason it is so expensive is that the sushi chefs only use the best and freshest pieces of fish. good sushi has no fish smell at all, this is because it is so fresh, typically no more than 24 hr. old. in good sushi restaurants any fish that is older than 2 days (3 days from being caught) is used for stock or cooked fish dishes. the chefs also use the very best parts for sushi and typically relegate the less savory pieces again too soup or cooked fish dishes. if your going to try it again, i would suggest a popular place that has only japanese chefs, sit at the bar, buy the chef a drink, try something like ebi (shrimp), or a tempura roll (breaded and cooked fish in a handroll), if your a little more daring go for the unagi (cooked eel in a sweet sauce) and if your just nuts go for the tako (octopus). personally, i could eat this stuff every day, but unfortunately i can't afford to. the last time i went i ate approximately $50 worth just by myself. multiply this times 4 and this is what it usually costs to take my family. we definitely don't go very much.

 

[Spendthrift]

uni maki is ok, but fresh uni (sea urchin) by itself is awesome. cant stomach the natto maki (fermented soy beans just dont do it for me) but i have tried it several times.

my faves include ebi (shrimp) sakeyaki (bbqed salmon) sake(salmon) and of course the ever popular california roll (which we dont have here in japan)

negi toro (crab and fatty tuna) is pretty good as is kani negi (crab and onion)

just ate sushi last night for 100yen a plate. good stuff. goes around on the little conveyor belt.

 

[Geekbabe]

I haven't eatten tons of Sushi but my daughter loves the stuff and I thought the Spicy California roll was really good

 

[BKR]

I love sushi, any type is good. Dragon rolls, unagi, maguro, octopus crunch roll...mmmmmmm!

 

[tk149]

SPIDER ROLL! Yummy!

No, it's not an arachnid. It's fried softshell crab. The legs sticking out make it look like a spider, I guess.

Too bad it's around $6-8 per roll.


I'm hungry now.

 

[gotsmack]

FUGU ME!!!

 

[Omegachi]

you guys should come to hawaii. sushi here should be cheaper comparing to where you guys are at. and they make REAL sushi. non of that california roll crap. no more avacados in japan my friend.

 

[dude]

Man, I just spent $250 for me and a couple of friends at Uptown NY last nite, and we didn't get to eat jack!

But it was good, whatever we didn't eat!

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

So good, but very expensive

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: dude
Man, I just spent $250 for me and a couple of friends at Uptown NY last nite, and we didn't get to eat jack!

But it was good, whatever we didn't eat!

I'm not getting it. You spent $250 on nothing?

 

[LuNoTiCK]

WTF. I never meant to do that.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Damn. Sorry all

 

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