Are there very many sushi fans in here?

[Jackal]

I didnt know how many there might be.

In person some of my friends like the California rolls, crabmeat and veggies, cooked shrimp, and the safe cooked ones.

Quite a few of my friends love the (raw, man eating squid ) versions.

I can eat almost any of it.

One of my friends wives won't even sit at the table when someone's eating a avocado.

She gets sick when someone says sushi.

Let's hear and maybe see some of your sushi pics, favorite places, and heck even some hibachi type food from a sushi place.

[dlow206]

My son eats two full size salmon avocado rolls by himself, and he is 4. He is always asking for sushi.

I used to be a beast at all you can eat sushi. Never would get full, i would be still eating long after others were done and i would eat their leftovers so they didn't get charged a fee for wasting food.

[Jackal]

5 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

My son eats two full size salmon avocado rolls by himself, and he is 4. He is always asking for sushi.

I used to be a beast at all you can eat sushi. Never would get full, i would be still eating long after others were done and i would eat their leftovers so they didn't get charged a fee for wasting food.

Sounds like us.

My wife will order a Cali roll, and maybe an eel roll, then my Son and I clean it all up.

There is a local Shoguns that has a buffet.

They keep all the popular rolls on buffet, and they have all kinds of chinese to go with it.

I can eat forever.

Sometimes I think they wait for me to leave before bringing more food out.

[tommc23]

I haven't really found a sushi I'm not a fan of. I have had mackerel which wasn't bad it was better as sushi than sashimi for me the oily taste was better with the rice. I always try a few new ones when at the sushi bar if I do takeout I order the same thing because it never tastes the same by the time I get home as at the bar.

[yungkory]

Love sushi! I'm not hardcore enough to be able to go to omakase (letting the chef choose) but I'm a huge fan of most sushi, and obviously being from Hawaii, poke is a staple of my diet

[HardcoreLooper]

You should have posted this last night. My daughter turned 13 yesterday, and we got takeout sushi from her favorite local place. I'm a huge fan of anything with eel in it. 

[Jackal]

14 minutes ago, HardcoreLooper said:

You should have posted this last night. My daughter turned 13 yesterday, and we got takeout sushi from her favorite local place. I'm a huge fan of anything with eel in it. 

Tell her happy birthday!!

39 minutes ago, yungkory said:

Love sushi! I'm not hardcore enough to be able to go to omakase (letting the chef choose) but I'm a huge fan of most sushi, and obviously being from Hawaii, poke is a staple of my diet

I'm with you there.

I want to select what I'm getting.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

First time I had sushi was in Singapore when I was 21. Before that you couldn’t convince me to ever try that. Loved it ever since.

i prefer rolls over sashimi though. Eel is my favorite 

[DaveP043]

I love sushi and sashimi, that's one of the things I really miss with the COVID stuff.  My wife and I just aren't really comfortable going inside a restaurant to eat, and take-away sushi just isn't the same.  We generally get some balance of sushi and sashimi, with maybe just one roll between us.  The absolute best thing ever is real live scallop, shocked from the shell, sliced, and plated with slivers of lemon between the slices.  I've never had anything that tastes fresher.

We started when on a visit to Hawaii, probably 25 years ago.  On our first night on Kauai we stopped in a little place called Gingers (no longer in business).  For a special they had fresh-caught ahi tuna sashimi, they had a whole loin, I'd guess a two-pound chunk, they were carving from.  We tried it, loved it, and have continued to eat it ever since

 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

7 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

I love sushi and sashimi, that's one of the things I really miss with the COVID stuff.  My wife and I just aren't really comfortable going inside a restaurant to eat, and take-away sushi just isn't the same.  We generally get some balance of sushi and sashimi, with maybe just one roll between us.  The absolute best thing ever is real live scallop, shocked from the shell, sliced, and plated with slivers of lemon between the slices.  I've never had anything that tastes fresher.

We started when on a visit to Hawaii, probably 25 years ago.  On our first night on Kauai we stopped in a little place called Gingers (no longer in business).  For a special they had fresh-caught ahi tuna sashimi, they had a whole loin, I'd guess a two-pound chunk, they were carving from.  We tried it, loved it, and have continued to eat it ever since

 

That sounds like an awesome first way to have it! Can’t beat Hawaii islands views

[Kanoito]

I only love the raw stuff and I do try to avoid sushi buffets and such... best experience is sitting at the bar and have the chef prepare every bite in front of you.

[Jackal]

26 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

I love sushi and sashimi, that's one of the things I really miss with the COVID stuff.  My wife and I just aren't really comfortable going inside a restaurant to eat, and take-away sushi just isn't the same.  We generally get some balance of sushi and sashimi, with maybe just one roll between us.  The absolute best thing ever is real live scallop, shocked from the shell, sliced, and plated with slivers of lemon between the slices.  I've never had anything that tastes fresher.

We started when on a visit to Hawaii, probably 25 years ago.  On our first night on Kauai we stopped in a little place called Gingers (no longer in business).  For a special they had fresh-caught ahi tuna sashimi, they had a whole loin, I'd guess a two-pound chunk, they were carving from.  We tried it, loved it, and have continued to eat it ever since

 

Wow!! That sounds fantastic!.

Hopefully, everything will open up soon!

[DaveP043]

2 minutes ago, Jackal said:

Wow!! That sounds fantastic!.

Hopefully, everything will open up soon!

The restaurants are open, we're just nervous about being indoors with other people.  We know the owner of our normal place, and I'm sure he's doing everything right (heck, we trust him with raw fish), we just have to get over our concerns.  

[Jackal]

1 hour ago, DaveP043 said:

The restaurants are open, we're just nervous about being indoors with other people.  We know the owner of our normal place, and I'm sure he's doing everything right (heck, we trust him with raw fish), we just have to get over our concerns.  

That's for sure.

Especially in some of the hot spot areas.

[MDGolfHacker]

11 hours ago, yungkory said:

Love sushi! I'm not hardcore enough to be able to go to omakase (letting the chef choose) but I'm a huge fan of most sushi, and obviously being from Hawaii, poke is a staple of my diet

Mmnnn poke...love that!  One of the local Costco's were doing poke "bowls" (more platter than bowl) for cheap and it was awesome.  They only did it during holidays and then only on the weekends!  I'm a big sushi fan and will eat almost any sushi/sashimi/roll put in front of me.  Found a place near me that has all you can eat sushi above and beyond the standard rolls some of these asian buffets serve.  Almost the entire menu is all you can eat

 

MDGolfHacker

[DaveP043]

5 minutes ago, MDGolfHacker said:

Mmnnn poke...love that!  One of the local Costco's were doing poke "bowls" (more platter than bowl) for cheap and it was awesome. 

Its not difficult at all to make pretty good poke at home, if you can get quality fish.  We have a number of ethnic/asian supermarkets in my part of Northern Virginia, and they all sell sashimi grade ahi, and usually a couple of other sashimi grade options.  And of course if you like one Hawaiian delicacy, you should also enjoy Spam musubi, another Hawaiian delicacy.

[DiscipleofPenick]

I love anything that's fish, crab, or shrimp. I've not branched out to eel or squid yet though, but I know lots of people that love eel.

We found this fantastic Asian restaurant on a vacation to Niagara Falls, Canada called Wind. It's almost like a tapas place, but Asian. It's all you can eat, and there's an iPad in the table that you just order off of. Can get a full range of Japanese, Chinese, and Thai as well.



Take Dead Aim

[MDGolfHacker]

Just now, DaveP043 said:

Its not difficult at all to make pretty good poke at home, if you can get quality fish.  We have a number of ethnic/asian supermarkets in my part of Northern Virginia, and they all sell sashimi grade ahi, and usually a couple of other sashimi grade options.  And of course if you like one Hawaiian delicacy, you should also enjoy Spam musubi, another Hawaiian delicacy.

I grew up on SPAM and rice...lol. There's a big fish market in Jessup,MD that I think sells sashimi grade fish, but I just haven't gotten time to visit it.  Funny story, we were over a neighbor's house a few weeks ago and we were having a few drinks...next thing you know the discussion rolled around to sushi...bam sushi making kit ordered from Amazon and the next neighbor get together is apparently a sushi making night, lol.  I'm bringing saki too for the full experience

 

MDGolfHacker

[MDGolfHacker]

4 minutes ago, Tsmithjr9 said:

I love anything that's fish, crab, or shrimp. I've not branched out to eel or squid yet though, but I know lots of people that love eel.

We found this fantastic Asian restaurant on a vacation to Niagara Falls, Canada called Wind. It's almost like a tapas place, but Asian. It's all you can eat, and there's an iPad in the table that you just order off of. Can get a full range of Japanese, Chinese, and Thai as well.



Take Dead Aim
 

Sounds awesome! Many years ago, I had visited a place in Ft. lauderdale that had all you can eat sushi with the rotating belt where sushi chefs put sushi/sashimi etc on it and you would just grab what you wanted.  The Sushi was fantastic!  In fact, the 2-3 other times I went down for work I made sure to put that restaurant on my list.  Sadly it closed.

[DaveP043]

17 minutes ago, Tsmithjr9 said:

I love anything that's fish, crab, or shrimp. I've not branched out to eel or squid yet though, but I know lots of people that love eel.
 

We've tried just about everything, and like pretty much all of it.  One of the good things about going to the same place regularly is that the chefs get to know you, and are happy to introduce you to things, one at a time.  Eel is a good "entry" type of tidbit, since its cooked, and is glazed with a tasty sauce.  To me, squid is kind of bland, octopus can be chewy (better grilled greek-style), giant clam (mirugai, or geoduck) is a bit chewy and salty (delish), all of those chewier things are a second step.  Mackerel is probably the "fishiest" fish available, but makes a nice counter-taste to the milder fish.   Abalone is almost crunchy, if you can find it.  One of the most unusual is the uni (sea urchin),  soft and creamy.  My advice to anyone, go to a reputable sushi place, sit at the bar (when it becomes legal again), and get to know your chef.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

14 hours ago, dlow206 said:

My son eats two full size salmon avocado rolls by himself, and he is 4. He is always asking for sushi.

I used to be a beast at all you can eat sushi. Never would get full, i would be still eating long after others were done and i would eat their leftovers so they didn't get charged a fee for wasting food.

I am sorry, I cannot do sushi, my brother and sister both love it.

Now all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse, that is my scene.

[Jackal]

14 minutes ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

I am sorry, I cannot do sushi, my brother and sister both love it.

Now all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse, that is my scene.

It's not for everyone.

I have a cousin and she won't eat it, but it's because of the avocado???

She never eats green vegetables.

If the raw fish part turns you off, you can get a shrimp tempura roll.

Around here they have fried shrimp, cream cheese, avocado, and a sliver of carrot or celery.

 

[HardcoreLooper]

10 hours ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

Now all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse, that is my scene.

I'm down with that as well.  I miss traveling for work and taking my teams out for dinners like that.

[Kenny B]

I don't know good sushi from bad sushi.  Probably all of it I've had was not good.  I would have to have someone knowledgeable tell me that this is good sushi before I would eat it again.  

But I know I do like @xOldBenKenobiX's Brazilian all-you-can-eat steakhouse!!

[Headhammer]

Love it! Pretty much everything except eel I'll eat. Unfortunately, since we moved away from a major metro area good sushi is tough to come by. There is a gourmet Kroger near us with a sushi stand and I have them make me a brown rice chirashi bowl when I get there and it's ready for my when I'm done shopping.

[xOldBenKenobiX]

10 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I don't know good sushi from bad sushi.  Probably all of it I've had was not good.  I would have to have someone knowledgeable tell me that this is good sushi before I would eat it again.  

But I know I do like @xOldBenKenobiX's Brazilian all-you-can-eat steakhouse!!

That is my problem with sushi, I have no clue what is good to what is bad, sure we have gone to expensive places here in Michigan, but price dont make it good.

One of my friends never liked it either until he had some when he was on a work trip to Marocco, of all places, and according to him it was amazing.

I want to try again, but I need someone to show me what is good or not, or I am waiting to try it when we go to Hawaii, or Japan in the future.

[Jackal]

There is a 'Whole Foods' Store in Bentonville Ark, that makes sushi.

They have several gourmet parts in the store.

Their sushi is about a 8.5-9 on a 1-10 scale.

Really surprised me for an organic supply store.

[MDGolfHacker]

On 10/14/2020 at 12:06 PM, xOldBenKenobiX said:

I am sorry, I cannot do sushi, my brother and sister both love it.

Now all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse, that is my scene.

Yep..love those too!  Was introduced to it while on vacation in aruba...a place called Amazonia.  They have since closed (no wonder, they let someone who somehow cloned my CC while on vacation down there charge up 7k in charges!).  So we switched the very to Texas de Brazil...which also have locations in the US.  Near us,Fogo de Chao is awesome...this thread is making me hungry

 

MDGolfHacker

[xOldBenKenobiX]

15 minutes ago, MDGolfHacker said:

Yep..love those too!  Was introduced to it while on vacation in aruba...a place called Amazonia.  They have since closed (no wonder, they let someone who somehow cloned my CC while on vacation down there charge up 7k in charges!).  So we switched the very to Texas de Brazil...which also have locations in the US.  Near us,Fogo de Chao is awesome...this thread is making me hungry

 

MDGolfHacker

I know there are a couple of fogo de chao locations in Maryland, I personally prefer Texas de Brazil, but I think the DC one closed.

I hope the CC company was able to sort out and revert those charges.

I am now getting hungry and salivating for some steak

Edited October 15, 2020 by xOldBenKenobiX

[dlow206]

15 minutes ago, xOldBenKenobiX said:

I know there are a couple of fogo de chao locations in Maryland, I personally prefer Texas de Brazil, but I think the DC one closed.

I hope the CC company was able to sort out and revert those charges.

I am now getting hungry and salivating for some steak

Brazilian steakhouse is also my jam. I challenge anyone to an eating contest.