Sushi Proves somthing is REALLY wrong with me!

[Kyle]

It's still Lent so I have been trying out various seafood places near my house and tonight I stumbled into a little hole in the wall Thai/Sushi place tucked beside a Food Lion. I scarfed down a bunch of raw mollusk, fish eggs, and barbeque eel. Actually, I am a big fan of eel. I avoided anything with asparagus or mayo. Both of which I think are icky. :shock:

[DarkHost]

Ummm....I must have missed the part that showed there is something wrong with you. Is it eating sushi itself, or your dislike of mayo and asparagus?

I will give you that your meal was a bit pedestrian. If you really like sushi, you need to hop a plane to Vegas, go to Sushi Roku (at Caesar's Shops at the Forum) and get a High Roller roll. It is avacado, toro, and lobster, topped with caviar and flakes of gold!

[awakeneddragon]

The only sushi that I haven't agreed with was sea urchin (ew) and anything with a leaf called "shisou" (looks like mint, tastes like soap). Happy eating! (^_ ^)

[Freakbrain]

mmhhmm sushi...yummy

[gunslinger]

I will give you that your meal was a bit pedestrian. If you really like sushi, you need to hop a plane to Vegas, go to Sushi Roku (at Caesar's Shops at the Forum) and get a High Roller roll. It is avacado, toro, and lobster, topped with caviar and flakes of gold!

NEGATIVE, you want good sushi, you hop a damn plane to Japan and get it from a little mom and pops store in Sendai called NAKAMURA'S..

and what you just mentioned, is not sushi at all.. that's a damn california roll..

@ dragon.. yeah, urchin is stomach churning.. i am not sure how the Japanese eat it.. there are quite a few unique sushi you can get in Japan.. in fact there are so amny local sushi dishes it is crazy.. if you find yourself bored, try to funezushi or funazushi.. it is prepared in the traditional way.. it is a bit pungeant, but very tasty..

[awakeneddragon]

It's their love of the sea that causes them to gastronomically challenge themselves (^_ ^;) Ever tried sea cucumber guts? Quite the delicacy, I'm assured. More of them are picky than we might give them credit for though.

More than what they are willing to eat, I find myself shocked just how... well... westernized most Japanese are. Most have never worn a kimono, own a pair of tabi, and (the most recent shocker) some don't even care about O-Hanami (?!?!). *shaking head*

I understand nothing! Ah, grand adventures in culture education! (^- ^)v

[Sharae]

Is sushi worth it? I've never tried it myself.

Plus I here if you eat the genuine Japanese stuff you have a higher chance of catching parasites as they'll have it straight from the fisherman with no freezing to kill them. Mmmmmmmmm, yummy worms...

[Kyle]

Most people around here LOVE mayo but wouldn't touch any seafood but shrimp or fish and only if its deep fried. I think mayo is just like adding bland to something. I prefer the sea critter plus rice with a little seaweed to hold it together. I'll skip the gold flakes. They strike me as pretentious and just an excuse to jack up the price.

[steeldragon]

Sushi I love... down here we have around 4300 km of sea shore so if you don't eat seafood you are losing a lot.

My favourite fish is tuna for the sushi... eel I also like. I really don't care how it looks, I'll give it a try, my philosophy regarding food is "if it don't runs away of my plate I can eat it".

I don't eat mayo... only good for the potatoe salad, otherwise just ruins everything.

I do believe sushi is an acquired taste, the first try can be a little... overwhelming... specially in the texture side of the food.

Andres

[DA_Magpie]

I've never eaten sushi but I do quite like fish so I supposed I might try it at some point. Mayo can be quite nice in its place, but caviare and gold flakes! I'm not going to turn down the gold flakes providing someone else was paying for them (mind you I'm not eating them or leaving them on the side of my plate either). But if I've got to buy metal I either want pewter or a shiny plastic disk.

[Death Angel]

Sushi is great, I tried it for the first time last year and wish I had done so earlier. There's a nice little sushi place just down the hill from where I work which makes for a nice stroll and lunch at least one day a week when the whether is nice.

[Pr0fane]

... and gold flakes! I'm not going to turn down the gold flakes providing someone else was paying for them (mind you I'm not eating them ...
I'll bet our german friends can mention at least one other edible with gold flakes in it. ;)

[Vaxillus]

I personally love sushi. Sashimi is better though. Who needs the rice and seaweed? Just go straight for the raw fish.

[awakeneddragon]

Is sushi worth it? I've never tried it myself.

Plus I here if you eat the genuine Japanese stuff you have a higher chance of catching parasites as they'll have it straight from the fisherman with no freezing to kill them. Mmmmmmmmm, yummy worms...

I wonder if this is an old wives' tale because I've run this question by some Japanese folks before. They haven't any idea what I'm talking about. (^. ^;) Most of them agree that the fresher the fish, the less chance of there being something wrong with it.

They do freak about expiration dates here--the lack of preservatives in the food. Anyone seen that study that showed that corpses in the US decompose much slower, thanks to all the preservatives in the food? (@. @) Creepy.

[DA_Magpie]

Anyone seen that study that showed that corpses in the US decompose much slower, thanks to all the preservatives in the food? (@. @) Creepy.

That is really eerie. I can well believe its true, the health effects of all the stuff that gets added to our food these days is truly awful. This is exactly why I'd much rather eat organic if I have the option.

The amount of hormones and toxins we ingest is very worrying. Most people seem to understand that food in the field is sprayed with pesticides. They even handle the idea that these things are poisons, designed to kill smaller animals. The trouble is you can't just wash them off

[Stunke]

In general stay clear of science.
The more you discover, the more you realize just how bad things look.

[DA_Magpie]

Never a truer word spoken.

[Sharae]

We be doomed! Doomed I say!

[awakeneddragon]

Two Time Magazines ago it outlined two possible, horrible deaths within the next dacade: Nuclear Iraq and Global Warming.

Ah, we are on the brink of a real Dark Age...

But, back to Japanese food (certainly one reason to save the planet), if I were to pick a favorite over here, it would be the Katsudon (deep fried chicken with egg, topping soupy rice). Mmmm, and now I can make it!

Wish I had an oven though so I could make pizza! (Still, I made lasagne today in my toaster oven--who knew it was possible?)

[Stunke]

I don't get that nuclear Iraq-thing.

I must be really blank when it comes to international politics, 'cause I don't see who would currently attack Iraq with nuclear weapons.
I see a civil war coming right up, not bombing.

If Time magazine means nuclear-Iran it makes slightly more sense.
I don't really see how this would spell the end of the world, but from a western country-foreign policy point of view, I see the threat.

[DarkHost]

I will give you that your meal was a bit pedestrian. If you really like sushi, you need to hop a plane to Vegas, go to Sushi Roku (at Caesar's Shops at the Forum) and get a High Roller roll. It is avacado, toro, and lobster, topped with caviar and flakes of gold!

NEGATIVE, you want good sushi, you hop a damn plane to Japan and get it from a little mom and pops store in Sendai called NAKAMURA'S..

and what you just mentioned, is not sushi at all.. that's a damn california roll..

@ dragon.. yeah, urchin is stomach churning.. i am not sure how the Japanese eat it.. there are quite a few unique sushi you can get in Japan.. in fact there are so amny local sushi dishes it is crazy.. if you find yourself bored, try to funezushi or funazushi.. it is prepared in the traditional way.. it is a bit pungeant, but very tasty..

It is a roll, but it is not a California Roll by any means. Moreover, it is quite tasty. As good if not better than what I have had in Japan.

[gunslinger]

It is a roll, but it is not a California Roll by any means. Moreover, it is quite tasty. As good if not better than what I have had in Japan.

i won't go into the specifics of rolls but guarantee they originated in california and as such all rolls, are considered california rolls.. yes, the have a million different names.. but the same goes for sushi.. sushi and california rolls are just the generic terms..

and if they are better than what you had in japan? i really question that.. but then 13 years in japan has tempered my taste for sushi, i can really tell the difference.. nothing in America, even a shop owned by a traditionally trained japanese, tastes as good or as fresh as that of japan.. personally, it has to do with local tastes.. and you just might like the local taste of california and your taste is not tempered or traditionally japanese..

that's cool either way.. i will just agree to disagree with you.. and call it all even.