Sushi thread

>what is regional variation

I love maguro ngiri. I prefer it over the fattier belly pieces. The flavor is just so much better.

Also,not sushi, but chawanmushi is great. I've been to a few sushi places which use it as a starter for the lunch menus.

>Rice wrapped in sweet fried nothing
Inari is tied with teriyaki chicken for plebbest sushi available

You know the bagel bit is just a name, right? Like how black widow rolls don't have spiders in them?

I dunno the origins but I assume it's an American sushi. Doesn't matter, though; it's delicious.

>"avocado roll drowning in mayo and sriracha",

fuck, now I feel bad that I love that

eel hand roll
eel anything that's not covered in mayonnaise or avocado

Behold the crazy eric

Ebi-ten.

fuck off sushi rolls though, they're not real sushi.

Cured mackerel is my fav

Vegas rolls

Chicken sushi is GOAT

>Hell's kitchen master chef placement
>Now we will make CALIFORNIA ROLL

Hikarimono
typically Kohada Nigiri

one of the "fishiest" types of sushi
highly recommend if you actually like fish a lot

me 2

but I can only eat one or two pieces

>implying the Japanese don't eat american style sushi now

I can't eat fish so California rolls are what I go for only. They are godly with wasabi.

Crab meat & cream cheese roll. I don't care if it's a may may roll, shit is good as fug.

omakase, fucking plebs.

also if you don't live on the west coast like literally what the fuck are you thinking even ordering sushi?

wat

I go to my local place which just has normal salmon on rice with wasabi

then again I'm not in America

I typically just like anything with eel. Eel in itself is just delicious; I don't know why it's so hard to find.

how is it pleb to order sushi you want rather than go omakase?

maybe some people don't always want to eat that much you know
it is usually good for value though

I can handle the Americanized versions as long as they don't put cream cheese or avocado.

>cream cheese in sushi
Ive seen it but I never bothered to try it because it sounds disgusting
How does it taste for people that tried it with cream cheese or cheese, whatever that white block in the roll is

it's fine

it's mostly used on cheap rolls

what kind of fucking flyover do you live in?
if you're looking to embarrass yourself, live in a fucking flyover with shit fish, or are at some shitty all you can eat place, it's honestly p decent if you're just trying to cover up the taste of shit salmon.
i'm mostly trying to bait, but usually because the chefs will know what's the best on the menu at any given time.

Spoils very quickly and there are not a ton of sources in/around the US.

>hur flyover

you realize most sushi fish is frozen no matter where you live?

Maybe some of us want to eat you oh so special fish and rice rolls without living in a barren desert.

Because it tastes like shit if.you don't prep it just right.
And lack of supply and shelf life

I love Ikura.

I once had monk fish liver.

Do you seriously not know the name of wasabi?

>go to a fancy sushi restaurant recommended by a friend while some friends and I were vacationing in Japan
>you basically just eat whatever the cooks give you which is a meal of five to six different sushi
>third sushi was a roll with avocado, cucumber, topped with roe
Was I just served basically a fucking California roll except with roe instead of imitation crab?

>avocado roll drowning in mayo and sriracha

I always wonder whether sushi chefs are more disguised by how we corrupted a great food, or our gluttony.

Most Japanese people think American sushi looks good (they love mayo more than Americans after all) but firmly believe that it isn't sushi

the mayo they love is totally different from American mayo though

I personally don't like American style sushi, but I'm pretty sure the mayo they use in American Japanese restaurants is Japanese style

Vegan sushi from Momo sushi at Montreal.

I ain't a vegan but they were tasty as fuck.

My favorite ever was monkfish liver that I got in Long Beach

The think I miss in sushi is crunch.

You know it's not actually wasabi right?

My local sushi joint does something called a Scarlett roll. Tuna roll with more tuna and avocado on top. Love it.

...

Do any of you cats roll your own?

It's cheap and easy af, plus a great way to impress the ladies.

Nothing better for satanic trips

the name is so cringeworthy but it's delicious

bottom roll: Op! There Goes Gravity 16
Salmon, Jalapeno, Garlic, Avocado Inside, Flash Fried and Accompanied with Masago, Crispy Leeks, Sweet Soy, and Lemon Aioli

top roll: Trophic Cascade 18
Tempura Asparagus, Spiced Kampachi, Honey, Inside. Topped with Iwana, Gindara, Sriracha, and Crispy Leeks

decent (albeit very inauthentic) sushi for being in a small town

Negi Toro temaki

It's a hand rolled cone of seaweed filled with rice, minced bluefin tuna, and slivered Japanese scallions. Fucking perfect.

Otoro. I just love otoro.

FANCY TUNA??

Give me scallop nigiri all fucking day.

Octopus nigiri is also a favorite of mine.

I'm surprised some people can't eat those two raw.

I like those little fuckin shrimps those amaebis

>he only eats """Authentic""" Japanese sushi

This is like getting nitty gritty over tacos,sushi is cheap finger food. Get over yourself

It sounds gross, but salmon skin rolls are awesome and in my top 5. They're crunchy and salty and awesome.

Sushi rolls are for plebs. Nigiri and sashimi best.

TOP TIER:
fatty tuna (toro), tobiko, scallop, mackerel

GOOD TIER:
salmon, hamachi, tuna, squid, flounder, masago

BAD TIER:
ebi, inari, tamago (egg), unagi/eel

SHIT TIER:
imitation crab, spicy tuna, most sushi rolls

Some rolls are ok if they keep it simple.

From a sushi restaurant that I found in the most unlikely of locations. It was the most expertly prepared and probably the highest grade sushi I've ever had, but not the best meal of sushi I've ever had, simply because I wasn't thinking when I was ordering. By the time I finished the meal I was tired of it. It all felt the same in my mouth and had the same general taste. Needed something fried or rich and meaty to switch it up.

Can anybody recommend a good sushi place in Washington? Seatac area.

Pleb. Good tamago is god tier.

My negroid. Based eel

I love those rolls made with cucumber instead of seaweed and rice. I order this one at an all-you-can-eat sushi place when all the rolls and nigiri start to get too heavy. It's very refreshing

Maneki. Don't order just the sushi though.

Love salmon sashimi with just a light dip in soy/wasabi mixture. Yes I eat farmed salmon and i love it. Yes I mix my soy and wasabi. Fight me. Fight me right now motherfucker

There's apparently a really good place in west seattle, my buddy told me about it but I haven't been yet. It's in the middle of downtown, next to a big public parking lot.

"good" tamago is still shit compared to the rest. It's fucking egg with rice

Have you ever tried to make it? Its a pretty involved recipe with more ingredients than youd expect. Its also nearly impossible to make without the special square pan

I've made tamago omelette but never used it as nigiri. I personally think scrambled eggs have a better texture and go w/ rice better, but obviously you can't make sushi with it. But most tamago nigiri is plain and boring to me. Many high end sushi restaurants don't even serve tamago as nigiri, but simply as an omelette/cake as a "dessert" of the main course.

Supply.
American eels are actually caught as babies and sold to asian countries to grow in aquaculture because their demand is devastating their local eels and still not being met.

>who cares if inari is god-tier tasty
>people are JUDGING me on my sushi order

literally kill yourself

>ctrl-f red snapper
>ctrl-f tai
>disappointment ensues

Out of the way
Objective best fish, coming through!

>eating fish bait
>cultured
Japanese don't actually eat sushi. They order the lemon chicken or cooked beef

You know sushi is not actually seaweed?

Japan ruined me when it comes to sushi.

I live in a Midwestern city so unless I pay a hefty premium I can only get crappy sauce covered California tolls.

>Like how black widow rolls don't have spiders in them?
...a-are you sure user?

>Can't eat fish
>Eats fish

Do places actually serve this? I suddenly feel lucky to live in an otherwise shitty city with a permanent East Asian underclass.There's a reasonably priced and relatively authentic kaiten-style sushi bar maybe ~10 minutes away from me.

My nip step mummy used to make these. They're pretty damn delicious

Everything has spiders in it, user.
Even you.

Something I had in Ventura,CA
forgot the name of it but ooohhh damn I was poopin fire

California rolls have prawn tempura in them. Doesn't really count as fish

Nice b8 nigga, I'm in Tokyo right now, way the fuck more japanese in the sushi places than foreigners

had that yesterday. Too much raw fish for my taste

I prefer classic spicy tuna.

No they don't. California rolls have surimi. You're thinking dynamite roll

I like the octopus tentacle

>Too much raw fish for my taste

You don't like sushi.

Fuck off, web.
You know fuck all outside if your pedophile cartoons.

>Too much raw fish for my taste

I can stuff myself with otoro alone if it wasn't so god damn expensive.

Spicy tuna is just oversauced bad maguro that wasn't good enough to be served by itself

Mmm I fucking love that! Favorite is salmon nigiri as long as it looks like that type of fatty salmon.

una-ebi
mirugai
ikura with quail egg
saba
tako for dat chew