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I have never had sushi. Though I've heard that it isnt gross at all, I just have this thing about eating raw fish *shudders*

I love sushi! In fact, if I had flown to Jaz's wedding, we would have tried to go out for sushi together! heart

My favorites are spicy tuna rolls, philidelphia rolls (with cream cheese), and salmon or tuna nigiri (that's the big fish pieces on rice right? not the rolls?) I haven't had the opportunity to try a great variety of stuff yet, but I like everything I've tried!

fawN, do you eat the nigiri with chopsticks?
i can pick it up with them but i can't grip it so i can bite it, and that's far too big a size to put in your mouth in one go sweatdrop

California and Dragon Rolls are great. There is one (I think) called Spider Roll that is pretty good. The main ingredient in those are tempura fried soft shell crab. Alot of times the ingredients in a roll can vary from chef to chef and place to place, too.
Wasabi is really really good if you stir some soy sauce into it and turn it from a paste to a sort of thin sauce consistency.

I do. The best way to pick up sushi with chopsticks (even for the rolls) is to hold the chopsticks at a horizontal angle, parallel with the table, instead of vertically, and then pick up the sushi piece. Then you can kind of bite the sushi or stick it in your mouth (and the chopsticks as well!) and then withdraw the chopsticks after. And it never hurts to use your other hand for stabilizing if it's a big piece. whee



Wow, so you actually add soysauce to the wasabi instead of the other way around? eek I usually add a few chopstick pinches of wasabi to my rectangular dish of soysauce and then stir. Now you're making me wonder if you're WickedWasabi, Mac!! surprised (or did the thread say Wasabi was really female? I forget.)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh rofl I love sushi and will try anything. 4laugh My (current) favorite is ikura with quail eggs, they're loooooooverly if you like salt although the quail egg cuts it down considerably and makes the whole thing smoother going down. *hangs head* I also love spicy tuna or scallop salad handrolls, salmon skin, fatty/tuna belly and rainbow rolls (different types of raw fish and eel on top of a California roll).

Surimi is the name for the fake crab logs that some restaurants use, although I've rarely seen it listed that way. Usually they just say "imitation crab" since they use different types/mixtures of fish to make it.

Hiya hon! *hugs ya* LMAO, yesh.. it took me long enough, didn't it? I keep getting lost in there though, there's so many fun threads to reply to and peek in. mrgreen

How come the hubbles doesn't like sushi? He doesn't like the taste/texture or the whole "raw fish" thing is gross? *grins* Most of my female friends tend to be more adventerous than the guys (they're happiest with steak and potatos razz ).

I cheat sometimes (and there's tons of asian markets around) and make a bowl of "california roll" by tossing the ingredients together. You can buy the sushi rice vinegar or leave the rice plain, then toss in some canned crab meat or the immitation crab meat, chop up an avacado, shred a couple of pieces of seaweed (so around $10 total) and toss with cooled steamed rice. It's not as elegant as rolling your own maki (those end up around five pounds when I make them at home anyway razz ) or tastes as good but eases the cravings a bit and you can have as much as you want wink