Sushi

[Conundrum 1]

Mmmmmmm Salmon and Unagi.

[flyingferret 0]

I believe you are correct in the name. I prefer raw salmon to smoked salmon. I mean I enjoy smoked salmon, but more with crackers and wine. I don't really see it as my typical sushi.

I will say, my favorite sushi place in Arlington has a signature Wasabi Crusted Salmon roll, that is AMAZING. The salmon is actually cooked, and the roll is served warm, with wasabi and breadcrumbs on the outside, along with a combination of sauces....oh...yeah.

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[PhreeZone 20]

Sweet shrimp are excellent if its cold still, if it warms up much its not very good. Sweet shrimp heads are best fried in my opinion, but in miso is'nt that bad either even if you have to butterfly them to suck the meat out.

Mackeral is just too slimey for me, but spainish mackeral is excellent. Fried spanish mackeral bones are a great snack, but its hard to find chefs to prepare them since they have to flake out some of the bones to do it.

I don't like mirugai (giant clam) either. I've had it 4 times, prepared differently each time and it does'nt change it for me.

Sake is salmon, and it is uncooked. Smoked salmon is a completely different meat. Unagi is freshwater eel, I like saltwater more since it is a slightly stronger flavored meat.

Tamago is a complete waste of money in my opinion, but some people like it.

My fav's are Hamachi, Amberjack, Masago and Maguro.

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[Granimal 0]

Sushi is awesome and great for you too. I love Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, flounder, red snapper, eel, and many more. The only one I really dislike is the squid. The crunchy texture is unappealing.

As stated above, go someplace good is the key. If it’s new to you, start off with mild stuff like a California roll or the Philly roll.

I didn’t like beer, coffee and umm... other things the first time I tasted them either. It’s funny the things we acquire a taste for.

[Nightingale 0]

sorry if I wasn't clear... was talking about the salmon used in philly rolls.

[Conundrum 1]

I didn't know sake was salmon as well as rice wine.

When ordering, how do you distinguish the difference between ordering sake(rice wine) or sake (salmon)?

[PhillyKev 0]

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I didn't know sake was salmon as well as rice wine.

When ordering, how do you distinguish the difference between ordering sake(rice wine) or sake (salmon)?

Easy. When ordering sake (rice wine) ask for sake. When ordering sake (salmon) ask for salmon.

[Conundrum 1]

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[SkydiveNFlorida 0]

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I'm not a big fan of mackarel, raw squid is absolutely disgusting (but I love calamari), and I won't try those big mounds of orange eggs, though I don't mind the small ones as garnish on a roll.

Those large eggs (salmon I think) are really salty, imo. Super squishy, too. Not one i'd order again.

I thinkanother I tried that I wasn't a big fan of was urchin, it was a squishy yellow stuff wrapped in nori. I didn't like the texture at all.

I love sushi, though! I didn't try it except for cali rolls until a year or so ago with my boyfriend, I was amazed at how good it was, and I always look forward to going out for sushi now. If there is something on there I haven't tried, I always make a point to order it:D

I can't get anyone in my family to try it, and a lot of people who I talk to about sushi just look all grossed out at the thought. It is really good food that would be a shame to never experience.

Angela.

[Tonto 1]

It's not. Raw Salmon is Sashimi. Sake is rice wine. If Americans are calling raw salmon Sake, they have not yet told the Japanese.

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[PhreeZone 20]

http://renku.home.att.net/500ESWd.html salmon (sake, all autumn).

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[flyingferret 0]

Agreed. Sashimi does not refer to salmon, rather it refers to a preparation style, you can have many varieties of sashimi

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[marcandalysse 0]

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Raw Salmon is Sashimi. Sake is rice wine. If Americans are calling raw salmon Sake, they have not yet told the Japanese.

Raw salmon can be eaten as sashimi, or as sushi (with rice). As mentioned, the smoked salmon is called 'smoked salmon'(even in Japan with their pronunciation and that sounds funny!)

Proper pronunciation of salmon in japanese is SHA-KE, not SA-KE (the wine), but it is written as 'sake' in most japanese restaurants in america.

By the way, many items on japanese restaurants in america are not found in Japan....no 'california rolls' or 'salmon skin' or 'fried shrimp heads' or most of those rolled combos like philly roll, unless someone brought the idea from the US back to japan....

There are LOTS of homonyms (words that sound the same) in Japanese. And there are many many japanese characters that have multiple pronunciations (its a bitch to learn all that!)Remember that our english menus are transliterations of japanese words.

And back on the subject, I would recommend, especially for those who don't like raw sushi, to try a FUTOMAKI (means 'thick roll'), they have lots of goodies like fishegg, sweet omelete, cucumber, shitake mushroom, pickled gourd, maybe eel...depends on who is making it. Each bite is a different taste and texture.....because they are so large they usually cost around $10 in the US....
"OISHII des yo!!!" (Tasty!)

marc

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