Do you enjoy Sushi - and if so what is your favourite kinds?

[Baz]

I picked up some Chinese take out today and the entire back page of the menu is Sushi rolls. Some of it has Eel, something I've never tasted.

I love Sushi myself!

[gregpark]

Sushi on the back of a Chinese menu? That's like seeing burritos on the back of an Italian menu.
Eel is good, I especially like Unagi (fresh water eel). I go for Sushi at least once a week. I'd be happy with just Hamachi Nigiri for the entire meal but always order a special roll of some sort

[Noah930]

Salmon sashimi (just the piece of raw fish--no block of rice, which would make it nigiri). That's probably my favorite single item.

For rolls, I like most items. I think if you're starting out with sushi, start with a spicy tuna roll or a salmon roll, and go from there with increasingly exotic items?

Personally not a fan of eel. It's cooked. I didn't care for the texture, and it usually comes with a brown sauce on it, which I also don't like. But hey, others love it, so try it at least once!

[JavaBrewer]

Spicy tuna hand roll and Uni

[Baz]

Originally Posted by gregpark

Sushi on the back of a Chinese menu? That's like seeing burritos on the back of an Italian menu.
Eel is good, I especially like Unagi (fresh water eel). I go for Sushi at least once a week. I'd be happy with just Hamachi Nigiri for the entire meal but always order a special roll of some sort

Sure - but maybe because it's a buffet place they wanted to expand their menu. Can't blame anyone for being a little creative in order to help keep their business going!

The other Chinese place I usually frequent does not offer Sushi.

I plan to try some next month for sure!

[gregpark]

Must have been one in the wood pile 😃

[Baz]

Here we go......

[wildthing]

I eat almost any sushi. Though I'm partial to salmon and tuna. I actually prefer sashimi over sushi, but wouldn't turn down sushi. As far as sushi rolls, we usually get rainbow so that there's a variety.

[gregpark]

Now I'm hungry

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by Baz

I picked up some Chinese take out today and the entire back page of the menu is Sushi rolls. Some of it has Eel, something I've never tasted.

I love Sushi myself!

Nooooooooooo……

You’ll have the Hersheys for a week.

Go to a Japanese sushi place. A decent chirashi is a good place to start. Be sure to get the salmon skin in the rice.

Get a couple pieces of unagi sushi and - if they have it - some toro sashimi.
Soft shell crab rolls are good too, but again they don’t always have them.

Also be warned.

Sushi in general takes a few goes to appreciate the subtleties of the flavors. First time I went I was meh. Three years later I was going twice a week.

[gregpark]

I love Chinese too but don't eat it since I quit sugar. They use a lot of it in American style Chinese

[HobieMarty]

California Roll, and a Roll Tide Roll. Seriously, there was a sushi place in Opelika called Wasabi, and they had the "Roll Tide Roll." I can't remember what all was in it, but it was flash deep fried making the rice crispy and golden brown, and it was my favorite!!! So good!!!
Sadly, Wasabi closed, and the place is called Lemon Grass, and they have good sushi also. Heck, it may be the same people, I don't know?

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[cabmandone]

My favorite is a Buckeye roll from Yamato.

[flatbutt]

I'm all in on sashimi. I won't turn away from a nice spider or interesting dragon roll but sashimi is my jam.

[javadog]

I prefer makimoto, usually the simpler ones. Seaweed salad and tako salad, always.
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Tall Sapporo, or Asahi Dry

[mjohnson]

We're basic, and we've got our 11yo in on the game.

If maki sushi, it'll be simple like an avocado roll or YT with scallions. Pickle rolls are always in the order if they're on the menu.

Otherwise it's sashimi and nigiri. Preference to the oily and fishy fish and the omelet or tofu skin if it's a good place and they're done properly. We get the questioning eyeball when little one orders her stuff ("Umm, miss? You know that's kind of fishy...") or if I actually know what inari and tamago are. Kiddo digs octopus too and I encourage that she eat mine if I get it in an assortment (it's my ick, even over the little salty snot-balls/roe).

All three of us are tending towards sashimi - "having sushi" seems to lead to a hangover of "oh god, I ate HOW much rice?" though if it's made well seasoned rice is amazing.

Oh, and if you're done, can I have your mackerel?

[masraum]

Mmmmm, love, Love, LOVE sushi.

THere are different types, and often (not always) beginners do better with some types than others.

Nigiri (my favorite) is usually a piece of fish/meat/something on some rice (often/usually with a tiny smear of wasabi under the fish). It's often/usually raw fish but not always (unagi and anago are not raw, shrimp is usually cooked, but is sometimes raw, etc...)


THere are hand rolls (temaki) which are usually very similar to regular rolls but have more nori (seaweed) than a regular roll.


Then there are the rolls that most folks think of when they think of sushi. There are some traditional rolls, and then most rolls are not traditional.
pretty traditional is a tiny cucumber roll or similar tuna roll. They are usually very small.


then there are the larger rolls that most folks are familiar with. They usually have a bunch of ingredients. Traditionally, the nori/seaweed is on the outside, but these days, it may be on the inside. Many of these are easier for beginners to start with because they may or may not have raw fish, but if they do, there are enough other ingredients that the taste/texture of the raw fish doesn't stand out as much.

I like all sorts of sushi, but I prefer nigiri and hand rolls.

A good roll for most folks to start with is the California roll. It's made with crab meat (well, most of the time it's made with artificial crab meat).

Personally, I avoid sushi at Chinese restaurants, especially buffets. I'm sure there are probably some places that make decent sushi that way, but I'm not eating raw seafood from anywhere that the primary goal is cheap food.

Good pizza and bad pizza are still generally reasonably tasty and good. Good sushi is amazing. Bad sushi is at best, not tasty, at worst may make you sick.

I have had amazing sushi which has ruined mediocre sushi for me. I will still upon occasion eat grocery store sushi, but I avoid anything in a grocery store with raw fish.

Unagi is one of my favorites. It's grilled eel with a thick sweet and salty sauce drizzled over it. The meat is very soft and practically buttery.


As far as the raw fishes, popular are salmon, tuna, yellowtail, and albacore tuna. Those all have a very mild flavor. Tuna is my least favorite until you get into the premium tunas chu-toro and o-toro. O-toro is like the wagyu of the tuna world, it's fatty, buttery, and tender. chu-toro is like a good ribeye, it's in between the regular tuna and the fatty tuna. And then regular tuna is not fatty.


Mackerel (saba) is a silver skinned, oily fish with a much more pungent flavor, and is one of my favorites.


uni is sea urchin gonads/roe. It's generally considered a delicacy. I've had it several times. When it's good, it's really good. When it's not, I am not a fan. The taste and texture seems to vary quite a bit.


When I'm looking at raw fish nigiri, I'm expecting the fish to be smooth, usually shiny, and holding together. The only time I am likely to be OK with the meat looking like it's falling apart is if it's something with fat veins and the fat is falling apart, but the meat should still look good. I don't apply the same criteria to cooked fish.

[masraum]

If you find that you like sushi, most types, and you find yourself at a good sushi restaurant, go to the sushi bar and have "omakase". That's "chef's choice", and usually should be the best/freshest stuff that they have because it should be the chef wanting to showcase their best stuff.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

Mazuma Wasabi takes it to the next level.
3 years to grow and harvest.
Of course its all grown in Nor Cal.

https://morningchores.com/growing-wasabi/

[cabmandone]

I made the mistake of getting Salmon roe once. Now I just use it as bait for steelhead. I'm not even sure why they like it!