Unusual sushi ?

Bo 0 · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Do you like sushi ? If so, what is the most unusual sushi you've ever tasted ? I'll start with my favorite: smoked salmon, avocado and cream cheese, topped with sesame seeds. It tastes great with some fresh gari (marinated ginger).

Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

That is not sushi. I'm sorry to pull the elitist thing, but maki rolls, especially American ones, are no more sushi than an american taco is a taco.

My favorite sushi is Toro tuna ngiri. Or white tuna with miso sauce.
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GcDiaz · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Clinton, MA

Man's got a point, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying whatever the hell is being passed off as sushi. I guess whenever I have the means to hit up some authentic japanese restaurant (as in, in Japan) I'll sample the REAL DEAL. But if you think I'm being sacrilegious now, consider that I get my "sushi" from a chinese buffet nearby.
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Ratoslov · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

I like shirashi, but I don't think it's very unusual.

Pijaibros · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Location: Casino Night Zone

I like my sushi much like my pizza in this great land.

With Sriracha sauce and lovingly prepared by mexicans.
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:43 am

Is there a possibility of authentic-ish sushi in America, though? I am just curious, because I am pretty sure there is a lot of authentic mexican food to be had if you look in the right places.

Broco · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Headquarters

Yes, on the west coast. The population of Japanese immigrants is large enough there that there are pretty authentic restaurants.

My personal elitist slant on this issue is that sushi and other raw fish foods are fine, but they're a wee bit overemphasized considering they aren't the only great food to come out of Japan. If you do find an authentic restaurant, consider trying some of the other dishes; there's lots of excellent stuff with noodles, cooked fish, egg and so on. If you must have the raw fish with rice, try ordering it in a bowl for a change ("donburi").

extrabastardformula · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:06 am

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CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

whatEVER. Is it fuckin delicious? Is it pretty damn healthy? Count me in.
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Negitoro does for this chump.

Mr. Apol · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:46 am

i'm a big fan of sea urchin myself

i've had it in both america and japan and loved it in both places
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:06 am

OK, I generally thought that. There was one really good sushi place in Columbus, Ohio, of all places, but that was because the town had a pretty good sized Japanese population due to the Honda plant not too far from the city.

I once had a roommate who was the only white girl who worked at the generically named (but pretty darn wonderful) Restaurant Japan, and who also was a vegetarian, but she wanted to know what everything on the menu tasted like, so she would just bring home all sorts of stuff for me to try. It was nice.

Eudaimon · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Location: Space City

Caterpillar rolls are basically the final evolution of California rolls. I don't care if they aren't nigiri, they're sushi in my book.

I love any place with good saba (pickled mackerel).

There's this one place that makes those ones in a fried tofu pouch, and tops them with sea urchin roe. It's really great, and I don't think I've seen it anywhere else.

DonMarco · graphics fucker Joined: 06 Dec 2006

I'm a big octopus fan (taco in Moonspeak). It kills me how sushi is priced here. Two pieces for $5? A whopping two rolls is $12?? Jesus christ, I remember eating out at a sushi dive because it was cheaper and more filling than McDonalds.

Sushi is faw fish over rice. Over time that included non-fish pork and veggies. Rolls allow for several tastes in one morsel without losing the single-serving simplicity behind it all. Could you imagine the hassle of making a few pieces of sushi with three different topings?

Which reminds me. All Japanese food can be eaten with chopsticks and is bite-sized. Even larger foods like okanomiyaki are sliced to strips before serving. Things that go against this are dishes or deserts that originate in China (like anpan). The "Osaka steakhouse" places that serve up stirfry with lo mein are insulting to me. Authentic Japanese cuisine is simple and mostly dishes served with rice. Usually rice, veggies and fish. Pork and beef came back in the national diet in the last 150 years.

Then again, in Japan, they see Americans doing nothing but eating hamburgers and pizza. And! To be fair, both the hamburger sandwich and american pizza are american dishes. Just like nachos, soul food, barbeque, road kill... In Japan the pizza they sell would turn your stomach, but is actually very good.
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Kappuru · forum bishonen Joined: 05 Dec 2006

Speak for yourself Marco. I submit into evidence the ebi king pizza from pizza hut. Crab, shrimp, QPmayo. YUM, right?
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PianoMap · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: victoria, british columbia

Unagi maki rolls are most excellent.

Other than that, I'll go for a Toro nigiri [drenched in soy sauce if it's not really good Toro] or Salmon nigiri.

Lately I'm liking red snapper [Tai], as well.

I can't fathom the Sea Urchin

evnvnv · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:50 am

what about the opposite end of the "weird sushi" spectrum

raw whale, live octopus, etc

has anyone ever tried to eat a living crab? that would be an intense battle.

i am a big fan of absurd rolls and stuff, but there is something manlier about eating massive hunks of raw sea-flesh. which is weird because before i had "real" sushi i always thought of it as kind of an obnoxiously dainty food.

haze · la belle poney sans merci Joined: 04 Dec 2006

i've had one of those fancy plates of Sashimi where it's all arranged like a colorful meat sculpture

like that, kinda. it was pretty awesome.

but technically that's not sushi now is it?!?!

Churippu · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:36 pm

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gambrinus · Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Location: Boulder, CO

I'm a huge fan of the flying fish roe (Tobiko? I think) with the raw quail egg on top. It's probably my favorite, although the unagi is a very close second.

I remember one of my Japanese teachers from college mentioning that, while American sushi resteraunts are usually not true to the Japanese style at all, there was actually a trend for awhile of opening American-style sushi resteraunts in Japan. No idea how true or widespread that would've been.

Mr. Apol · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:19 am

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/dining/23sushi.html
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Daphaknee · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:33 am

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skonrad · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Vizzyvancizzouver

The worst roll I ever had was a passion fruit roll with pink sugar on the outside.

There's a place in Vancouver that makes a decent avocado tempura thing and a few of the other inventive rolls are decent (The Eatery).

Mostly wacky rolls aren't very good.
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John Mc. · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:50 pm

we are america - we make all food better,

stotelheim · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:55 pm

john i will email you an opml file soon ok

Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

a "donburi" is pretty much the only way to get a lot of Unagi in this country of America.

DonMarco · graphics fucker Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Oh, man, do I need me some sleep.

I read "unagi" as "usagi" and did a double take and everything.
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Daphaknee · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:13 pm

comical! zing

man i hate buying donburi becuase its so easy to make
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DJ · Shaman Analyst Joined: 05 Dec 2006

There's a few good sushi places in Providence. Authentic-ish, especially if you go to the higher-priced ones (I recommend Tokyo on Wickenden St. if you're in the area, or Sakura, also on Wickenden. Sakura's cheaper but Tokyo's a little better).

Now I live in Japantown so I just hop to the local market and buy the chilled stuff. Damn tasty, $5 for a whole meal of it. Works for me.
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