Originally Posted by Nzoner (Post 9587879)

No thanks :Lin:

Originally Posted by R8ers (Post 9587898)

So you don't like rice at all right? The only way you can hate Sushi is to hate rice and seafood...

Originally Posted by Rausch (Post 9587909)

I understand that it's just a rice roll.

Fine.

I don't want your raw fish meats with it.

I live in Missouri, not Cali, where there's a very low standard as far as health inspectors go...

Originally Posted by R8ers (Post 9587921)

You don't have to eat Raw...

Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 9586251)

I don't really have any reason, but I've only tried sushi once in my life, and it was nearly 15 years ago. I'd try it again, but I wouldn't have the first clue where to go or what to order.

Originally Posted by R8ers (Post 9587898)

So you don't like rice at all right? The only way you can hate Sushi is to hate rice and seafood...

That Hawaiian roll is the bomb, it has tempura fried yellow tail tuna in it, 100% cooked and crispy...

Now if you ever ate Sushi and you hate it, that's cool but if you haven't and just think you hate it, you don't know what you are missing.

Some people do hate rice so if this is the case then pardon me.

Originally Posted by luv (Post 9587944)

Sushi is best tried whenever you have a group of people. Each one can order a roll and share. When we go out, we usually end up with a table full of rolls.

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma (Post 9586797)

That looks ****ing delicious, fwiw. Isn't that considered sashimi though? I've never had the balls to get it, but I think that's what it looks like.

Originally Posted by Saccopoo (Post 9586861)

Sorry, but I am.

And food should be a lot more, especially sushi. In Japan, you have to apprentice for 10 years before you can be considered as a "sushi chef." There is a huge amount of knowledge that is required, from the preparation of the rice to the quality of the fish to the proper slicing and to the pairings of the fish itself.

And food itself is an art form. The texture, the taste, the smell, the visual, etc. There is so much that needs to be put into it to achieve a high satisfaction level in terms of addressing all the senses.

I don't mind that people are eating "sushi" in the same way that I don't mind that they go to Applebees or Olive Garden. If they are happy with mediocrity in their food, then it works for them. I just find that the proliferation of sushi joints over the past 10-15 years has diluted the quality and dedication to the art which made it popular in the first place.

Originally Posted by tooge (Post 9588223)

So you've eaten sushi in Japan then? If you have, then you would know that 95% of what we eat here as "sushi" is the same as it is in Japan. As long as the fish is fresh or flash frozen (even in Japan), then it is generally the same. The specialty rolls are unique to each restaurant, but it's still that way overseas.

I'm sure there are crappy sushi places all over the place, but that goes for any type of food. Just because it has become popular for Americans doesn't mean the quality or craftsmanship of the food is crap. I had "mall sushi" in Japan that was that way.

And, sushi is more popular today than it was 10 years ago, but I've been going out to restaurants for it for 30 years here in the Midwest. You just sound pissed because you wanted to be trendy and cutting edge and found out what millions of Japanese and Americans have known for half a century. Sushi is good food.

Originally Posted by tooge (Post 9588223)

So you've eaten sushi in Japan then? If you have, then you would know that 95% of what we eat here as "sushi" is the same as it is in Japan. As long as the fish is fresh or flash frozen (even in Japan), then it is generally the same. The specialty rolls are unique to each restaurant, but it's still that way overseas.

I'm sure there are crappy sushi places all over the place, but that goes for any type of food. Just because it has become popular for Americans doesn't mean the quality or craftsmanship of the food is crap. I had "mall sushi" in Japan that was that way.

And, sushi is more popular today than it was 10 years ago, but I've been going out to restaurants for it for 30 years here in the Midwest. You just sound pissed because you wanted to be trendy and cutting edge and found out what millions of Japanese and Americans have known for half a century. Sushi is good food.