Sushi

superjuly, here are a couple of sites with calorie info on sushi:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/maryy/eng/calorie.htm

http://www.annecollins.com/calories/calories-sushi.htm

Thanks thanks thanks Mac11... Some good stuff you've found there. I can never google these things that good! Confess they're a little more caloric than I expected... but hey! no biggie... I bet it is much much better than shoving down a BigMac, as per say... And much more delicious...

As for Portal Star... Got it. Got it. Hmm... Got it. The salmon nigiri is one of my favs as well. I have no prob with the raw fish, now that I have actually tried it. lol... So, living right off the coast helps I guess. Fish must be always fresh... Better be. Otherwise, needless to say I would probably find out the hard way anyway. he he I definitely don't want to go down that road... ewww.

Funny that you mentioned how the sushi chef being japanese helps... It does make a lot of sense, but someone who has had intense and quality training/experience could do as good. Maybe. But I hear ya! I guess they take pride in what they do. You'd be surprised how many restaurants in town have non-japanese chefs, though. Some good, some not so good.

Oh yeah.. I should correct this Chicago, IL... Recently moved! sorry!
I'll get to it... soon.

I just had a glance at the caloric tables. You have to take into account which sushi has deep fried bits in it, or a high sugar content, like BBQ eel, which is basted in a sweetened sauce, or even things like avocado (high fat). However, when you get an assorted plate, the bites are so small, some of those extra calories are negligible in the long run.

I used to have potluck Fridays at my office -- everyone would bring in homemade stuff. A Korean student brought THE BEST (homemade) sushi I have ever, ever had.

If you knew sushi like I know sushi...

Sorry, just had to sing it.

Sing out, brother!



Yellowtail. Give me yellowtail.
If you're having Japanese food with me, make sure to ask for extra pickled ginger, because I love the stuff - and I won't share.

Pickled Ginger....I had no idea Tina Louise was a lush. Okay, enough of that...

Extra pickled.

eww... lol I hate that stuff! You can have all of mine..

We had lots of chocolate sushi last night.

Pickled ginger martini's are all the rage right now. You should try one, they're pretty good.



And, of course, anyone of any nationality could potentially make a great sushi chef. However, it has been my experience that Japanese and Korean sushi chefs are the best, probably because they get the most experience with the cuisine and are trained (Japanese sushi chefs usually won't train anyone non-Japanese.) The quality of the sushi is completely dependent on the sushi chef, as they usually do everything from ordering the fish to putting it on your plate.

And, the quality is dependent on the refrigeration, and past that on the fish selection for absolute freshness and prime cuts, and so on. But not only the fish, all the other elements are important.

Hmmm, I am about to go googling..


And I'm back... Matsuhisa

I haven't eaten there myself, by some mavens I know appreciate it. There's another primo place downtown, forget its name right now.

That's very interesting reading! And I will go to the sushi place on Wednesday...

They have the all-you-can-eat running sushi. BigDice just told me that one of our friends had 95 dishes... Ugghhh!

Has anybody here made sushi at home?

Where do you find the fish?

Was it good?

I don't like sushi at all. I tried it under the pressure of my hubby and the minute it was in my mouth, I gagged and had to spit it into my napkin. At the table. In a restaurant. It will be a long time before I ever try sushi again.

Most fishmongers sell sashimi quality fish, it just has to be ultra fresh. Note that most "sushi" doesn't have any raw fish in it. That is sashimi.

In more rural areas, sometimes you can find it here:

Wait...wait a minute love....same thing for me...it was a sea urchin...yuck

Start with a California roll...no fish

sushi is a rice roll not raw fish...try it again...for me.??

You can get sushi grade fish at Whole Foods.

I bought my daughter a sushi kit (rolling mat, book, plates, dishes for soy sauce) at Barnes&Noble