Sushi!!!!

sabro · 9 Nov 2006

There seems to be an explosion of Sushi restaurants in Southern California these days. A place called Niko Niko in Redlands is my usual spot, but there is Sush Mac in Highland, Sachi, Sayaka and a few others. Most is very California- the California roll with the rice on the outside, avocado and fake crab meat... and lots of "fusion" rolls with everything from cream cheese to jalapenos...

I like the the California fusion stuff, but also just plain tekka maki and kappa maki and nigiri. I also like nigiri with ume and oshinko...

What is the "typical" or traditional sushi in Japan?

Gentleman10 · 9 Nov 2006

Hmmm typical? Well 'non-fusion' I guess

sabro · 9 Nov 2006

How's the sushi in Austin? I'll be going through there in August...

Worried about my rainbow roll fix.

miki78 · 9 Nov 2006

Actully i have always wanted to try Sushi but i'm a devoted vegetarion i heard there was a vegetarion version is that true i wonder?

chrisk21 · 9 Nov 2006

I have tried various types of vegeterian sushi with omelete, avocado/cucumber, tofu, zucchini/pepper etc Highly recomended!

miki78 · 9 Nov 2006

^^ yea that souds tasty hey could you anser a questio for me please

What is Tofu?

sabro · 9 Nov 2006

Tofu is a soy product. No taste or texture, it takes the flavor of things around it.

You could eat sushi for days without hitting a piece of meat... cucumber, avacado, carrot, pickled radish or cukes, ginger,

miki78 · 9 Nov 2006

it all sounds really tasty ^^

is there any good cook books for vegetarion sushi coz my mom would go mad for one^^

And um what is a cuke please? ^^;;

Nicky · 9 Nov 2006

sabro said:
Tofu is a soy product. No taste

I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?

I haven't had decent sushi in almost a year. I tried buying a "bento" from the supermarket over here and it was horrible. The sushi rolls were sitting in about a centimeter of very brown excess vinegar.

sabro · 9 Nov 2006

ALL vegetarians need to discover Soy, Tofu, Edamame, even the water loose curd stuff and the stinky pickled brown stuff. ... and Nori (seaweed) and red bean products.

also Also Japan has an incredible variety of mushrooms that shouldn't be missed.

I have a few Sushi cookbooks that I will see if any are vegetarian.

undrentide · 9 Nov 2006

Nicky said:
I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?

You are right, Nicky, tofu has very nice flavour of soy beans.

MrWabu · 10 Nov 2006

Maybe you've seen this: What to do at a sushi restaurant
If you have, I'm sure you won't mind seeing it again

I can taste tofu, it's very subtle but I enjoy it.
Being a veggie too, I tended to gorge myself on "inari" and those omelette ones.

Mycernius · 10 Nov 2006

The first time I tried sushi was in San Francisco. I didn't know what wasabi was and ate a lump of it. I found out quite quickly what wasabi was, DAMN HOT! I treat it with a little bit more respect nowadays.
@miki78: I have found a few sushi recipe books Waterstones recently. Although not totally vegetarian they do include vegetarian dishes

Gentleman10 · 10 Nov 2006

sabro said:
How's the sushi in Austin? I'll be going through there in August...
Worried about my rainbow roll fix.

You should come on down and try it, I haven't been to a sushi restaurant here seeing how I just started my semester at Texas University here. heh, I'm a 1st year college student, so unfortunately I think my sushi days are going to become extremely limited.... what a shame

Hiroyuki Nagashima · 10 Nov 2006

The Japanese government introduces a certification system to overseas Japanese foods restaurant from 2007.
Because there is much bogus Japanese food.
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/keizai/20061101AT3S3102R01112006.html
I hear that there is a crazy restaurant giving kimchi at a sushi bar.

epigene · 10 Nov 2006

Nicky said:
I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?
I haven't had decent sushi in almost a year. I tried buying a "bento" from the supermarket over here and it was horrible. The sushi rolls were sitting in about a centimeter of very brown excess vinegar.

If you're looking for good sushi takeaway, I recommend Whole Foods Market at Symphony.

They had pretty good stuff when I was there the early part of this year!

Nicky · 10 Nov 2006

I'll check them out then. The supermarket near Fenway used to have great sushi but then the people making the sushi sold their company to new people. And the new people are not very good. =/

sabro · 10 Nov 2006

A lot of the Sushi restaurants in Southern California seem to be owned by Koreans. Bulgolgi on the menu is a dead giveaway, as is the presence of kimchee. Others are Chinese or Thai owned, and chains and franchises are popping up that anyone can own. My usual restaurant, Niko Niko in Redlands is Korean owned and definitely pan-asian staffed, but the food is good and prices are great. Tuan, the owner keeps it as authentic as American tastes will allow. He also has a Korean restaurant which I have to try.

Davey · 10 Nov 2006

I love Sushi with Chicken Teriyaki in it

I dislike the sushi with Ikura... but heyz that's not sushi is it, but Nigiri?

miki78 · 11 Nov 2006

^^thanks Mycernius we have a Waterstones near us so i will check it out ^^

Um is there vinigar in all Sushi? if there is, is it malt vinigar or can you use spirit vinigar

Coz i'm allergic to malt and olive oil ;_;

undrentide · 11 Nov 2006

miki, vinegar is used to season sushi rice. In Japan we normally use vinegar made of rice but I'm not sure what kind of vinegar is used abroad...
Surely not malt vinegar as it is too dark in colour. I think most vinegar will do as far as it is not dark in colour (so no malt vinegar, no aceto balsamico, no wine vinegar made from red wine...) and without strong flavour (I mean besides ordinary vinegar flavour.)

Mycernius · 11 Nov 2006

I'm not sure what sort they use in restaurants, but you can buy sushi vinegar from specialist shops if you make your own. I use Japanese Kitchen UK, an online shop that delivers fairly quickly, if you are interested in finding ingredients for yourself.

miki78 · 11 Nov 2006

That shop is great Mycernius ^^ thankyou

leonmarino · 11 Nov 2006

Hiroyuki Nagashima said:
The Japanese government introduces a certification system to overseas Japanese foods restaurant from 2007.
Because there is much bogus Japanese food.

True!! Some restaurants here are very bad indeed.. But I have to say some "new" kinds of sushi are very good. I mean, I'm pretty sure the California Maki was close to herecy when it was first introduced, but it's available in every sushi-ya isn't it? Rules shouldn't be too strict, as new inventions can lead to delightful sushi!!
Maybe I should make some sushi again sometime and try some "Dutch" ingredients.. Haring for instance!! I think that would be pretty good.

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