/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18940012
I like California Rolls, but raw fish is gross

>>18940027
Nice. Soy sauce? Wasabi?

>>18940012
I'm probably between 15 and 20% sushi at any given moment

>>18940037
Drenched in soy sauce, of course. Wasabi is too spicy though.

>>18940060
Low sodium, I hope. I like a nice smear of spicy Mayo on top. Brushing a lemon sliver over the top makes all the difference IMO.

>>18940012
>do you crave it or is it just something you try every month or so?
Fuck you.

>>18940012
I just get omakase

>>18940077
Nice dubs. I’m thinking you’re a yellowtail kinda guy.

>>18940012
the eel on rice, just give me like 40 of those and thats my last meal

>>18940012
Oh herro me nippon man raw fish ping ling, me have small cock.

>>18940012
usually any roll with eel on it

>>18940012
dunked in soy and covered in Wasabi and sometimes i'll top it off with a piece of ginger all in one bite just to piss off snobs

>>18940166
what's wrong with doing that?

>>18940198
I hate it when they put a garnish on top. How are you supposed to dip it in soy sauce if the shit on top is just going to fall off?

Has anyone tried making these at home? I still suck at cooking the rice, never managed to get it right twice in a row. Any tips?

>>18940012
I like all kinds of sushi, except those with cooked tuna, that's way too salty for me.

>>18940012
(Sockeye) salmon nigiri with wasabi only. I hate seeing retarded almost-weebs mixing wasabi into their soy sauce, or even just using soy sauce at all DESU. Also funny to see them putting it on the rice instead of the fish.

That's my go-to, but I also love hamachi (though it's usually expensive), ebi, and toro. Negitoro is my favorite maki, and it's usually what I order first to judge the quality of the restaurant I'm at. I also occasionally indulge in the new age shit like volcano rolls and dynamite rolls. I think crushed tempura batter is a great addition to sushi if you're looking for something tasty but not super classic. Better yet, aburi is fantastic as it adds depth, so long as the chef is careful to not cook the meat and only torch the outside. Aburi and beef tartare are definitely the things to order from a higher dollar Japanese/French fusion place (several in Vancouver and probably elsewhere). Pretty fantastic

Homemade sushi

>>18940239
A little soy sauce is great, but drenching nigiri in soy sauce sucks. And mixing wasabi in soy sauce or putting it on the rice is unforgivable.

Anything with salmon and no mayonnaise or sriracha (don't know why this trend exists). I like the ones with chili powder and the ones with crispy onion bits. I do like the "wasabi" (horseradish, never had real wasabi) and soy sauce but not too much, I want to taste the salmon.

>>18940286
I can agree. I find it hard for soy sauce to not overpower the dish, personally, but that could be my tastes. Perhaps it's because I really don't enjoy cooked fish much at all, but love it raw, and the soy sauce masks what I find unique about it that drew me to it in the first place? No idea

unironically what is stopping me from eating sliced, raw farmed salmon over sushi rice? will i get a shid fard bleeding intestines parasite if i try?

>>18940347
Nothing, try it and get back to us. Bear sashimi is also fantastic and tastes like blueberries, but don't google it because the jews are trying to convince you it's not poisonous because they want rednecks to revolt at the threat of their guns being taken away.

>>18940012
teriyaki chicken handrolls unna
no soy sauce no wasabi no horseradish
coke on the side

>>18940347
Just buy sushi/sashimi grade and/or freeze it for a week or two before eating. You could also sub in smoked salmon.

salmon, tuna and eel. Nigiri or maki, preferrably a combination of both. California or futomaki are ok, but not my go to. Extras: avocado or cream cheese are ok. The rice must be fat and just a tiny bit buttery. The fish topping must be generous. Soy sauce to dip in, chopsticks to use, and ice cold regular coke. Yep, dinner time.

>>18940204
You don’t have to dip everything you eat in sauce fatass

>>18940274
Homemade sushi always seems to look terrible in comparison to the restaurant, yet it always tastes just as good or sometimes better.

>>18940012
Maki with baked salmon and cucumber. It's my cutting food. Only salmon I buy is wild, it has very low fat content compared to farmed, pretty close to pure protein. I neither like it raw nor trust it to be 100% safe raw. Cucumber is basically zero calories while rice is a very filling source of carbs. Dipped in soy sauce and with a tiny bit of wasabi.

Always need to have a spicy tuna roll. Beyond that, just anything that looks good, but usually a few pieces of yellowtail or octopus nigiri

>>18940198
Why is that squid blue?

>>18940012
I crave soy sauce
but it's not acceptable to just chug it straight from the bottle so I have to mix in unfrozen fish and rice

>>18940012
Mackerel is always ordered.

>>18940198
The sushi rice is shaped differently.
Is this nigirizushi from the Kansai region?

>>18940204
It doesn't look like it is coated with sauce, so the only way to put it on would be to put it on this way.

Mt. Fuji Roll (at my local place)
crystal shrimp, topped with albacore, avocado and salmon and dressed with spicy scallops and tobiko

Eel. Preferably without avocado. Flounder and mackerel are great too.

>>18940012
Whenever I order, I like to order simple maki rolls. Nothing fancy.

An avocado roll;
A cucumber roll;
An asparagus roll;
A roll containing all three as well, if I can get it;
A tuna roll;
A salmon roll;
Then an order of flying fish roe,
and an order of smelt roe.

After that, it's various type of nigiri - usually mackrel, salmon, tuna, shrimp... Sometimes squid or razor clam if I feel in the mood for it.

>>18940066
>I can easily pit away several orders of raw salmon
>noooo you gotta watch the salt

>>18940200
i don't know but i was told by weebs that you only use the ginger to "cleanse your palate" in between bites

I like raw oyster, scallop, sea bass, tuna and brown shrimp. But not with rice and certainly not with soy sauce, ginger or wasabi.

Can’t get enough.

i like a lot of cream cheese but i have yet to find a roll with green olives

>increasing your risk of contracting worms from raw fish

fried is good

>>18940012
Spicy salmon
Eel
Egg
Simple as.

>>18940012
Yellowtail is my preferred goto. BBQ eel is also great. Usually I get a set with tuna, yellowtail and eel. Sometimes I will do smoked salmon, usually better than the regular salmon they have.

>>18940234
Getting sushi grade ingredients will be hard unless you have a good supplier in your area. Pretty easy to find everything else, sushi rice included. You also need a mat for rolls. Realistically, it's a pain to do, so unless you are making generic cooked rolls, it's best to just leave it to the pros.

>>18940347
Possibly. Depends on if they flash froze the salmon on the way to the grocery or not. Smoked is safer. Also, farmed usually tastes worse compared to fresh.

>>18941508
I hated this when I tried it. Utterly disgusting.

>>18941457
That is technically what it is for. But you do you. I personally prefer to taste my fish.

>>18940012
I just get spicy tuna crunch roll with cream cheese

>>18943577
Oh, and it is something I will do for lunch when I am feeling it, usually 1-2x a month. If on travel I will actively seek it out, because I live in an area where sushi is ok-tier. There are better places in the cities, so I will hunt them down and get the fancier shit while at them. Things like bluefin tuna, etc. that I can't get locally. Albacore and other stuff come to mind. Highly recommend cruise ship sushi, usually they have some rare options too. I've also done wagyu sushi overseas, good stuff.

>>18943047
Might try this am murican sushi maker and I like cream cheese sushis. Maybe sake or saba. What olive would be best? Cocktail, red, or black?

>>18943625
manzanilla olives stuffed with pimento

>>18943653
definitely, gonna do something salmon (saba too strong and would overpower the olive) will report back in 4 weeks

>>18943667
those are pretty briny olives so you'd need to play around to balance the portions of cream cheese to olive and a healthy amount of salmon
im trying to think of something else to add to the roll to firm up the texture

>>18940012
SPICY TUNA.

>>18943863
>SPICY TUNA.

>>18943612
These are very good sardines.

>>18940012
I don't mind a variety of nigiri, but while I like salmon/tuna in small amounts, more than a few pieces and it starts activating my gag reflex. Sashimi just doesn't do it for me, prefer nigiri.

I like a good spread of nigiri, usually get ebi, tako, tamago, tuna, salmon, and unagi. If Uni is available I'll get an order. For rolls, I really like California and Negitoro.

Hokkigai is fucking disgusting though the texture is awful and no one can convince me otherwise.

>>18943975
(continued) I forgot to mention, Im looking for a bento box, it cant be pinku (thats japanese for pink) or any girl color. It has to be of 2 or more kotoba (thats japanese for 2 compartments) and has be be chibi (small) sized. And has to be really kawaii (cute). Also It has to be about 10-20 bux. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make shure it's kawaii (cute)). And it would be nice if it came with matching chopstick holder (WITH chopsticks). OH! and it CANNOT have any cartoon pictures, or be made out of plastic. It has to be made of ceramic, or something like that. Also it would be nice if it was made in japan. and not in china or corea (korea) or whatever. I have found a bento box similar to the one im describing in e-bay, but it was 1 kotoba, and i dont want my gohan (rice) to touch my other things (it can get wet and i would not like that, plus 2 compartments looks more kawaii)

>>18943975
this isn't probably very helpful nor traditional but i feel the same way about raw salmon but found a way i do enjoy eating it raw
cut into small bite sized cubes, coat in mustard and for a dipping sauce don't do only soy sauce, eyeball some soy sauce, mirin and rice vinegar. fully submerge the pieces in the sauce and eat. found it surprisingly delicious and i'm very happy with it because i am just too lazy to make sushi.

>>18940012
>California roll
>Philadelphia roll
>Shrimp tempura roll
>Futomaki roll
>Any random roll
I choose whichever of them when happy hour comes around depending on how hungry I am. Sushi is my go-to. I wish I could find an qt asian twink bf to make me some sushi rolls everyday.

>>18940362
>Bear sashimi is also fantastic
>the jews are trying to convince you it's not poisonous

>>18940012
Sushi grade frozen tuna is $15 a lb from the supermarket. Cook some rice, add a little rice vinegar, add some wasabi, a sauce (soy sauce, ponzu sauce, poke sauce, unagi sauce, whatever), add some veggies, and you have a low effort poke bowl for a fraction of the price.

>>18940012
halibut or fatty tuna for me

>>18940204
>>18940669
you have to dip the sushi fish first into sauce you fucking pleb. anon is right. it's impossible to dip without dumping the garnish off.

The japanese chain Kura has a few locations near me so I just go to there and eat sushi from the conveyor belt until I can't move anymore. Usually like twice a month or so

>>18940012
I like any sushi that doesn't have octopus, squid, blowfish, or roe in it.

Tuna nigiri is my favorite, btw.

>>18940830
blue ink?

>>18944031
Do you marinate it in sauce? Or do you just pour it on?
By the way, if you marinate it, hot pepper goes well with it, not horseradish.
It's an old Japanese way of eating.

>>18944031
Do you marinate it in sauce? Or do you just pour it on?
By the way, if you marinate it, mustard goes well with it, not wasabi.
It's an old Japanese way of eating.

>>18940012
They always fuck up the nori unless I go to some high end Japanese restaurant and even still it's 50/50. The nori is supposed to be crisp. People have a hard on for wrapping the nori (on the inside) while the rice is still very hot and steaming. This ruins everything because now there's a floppy gasket between the rice and whatever is inside. The nori should be on the outside and only wrapped over cool, dried rice.

>>18940012
Fresh salmon nigiri or eel nigiri after some tempura vegetables. Simple as.

>>18941457
That is what it's for. The ginger tastes too fucking strong and overpowers everything if you eat it with the fish. Fuck ginger anyway I can't stand the crap

>>18944831
But the rice absorbs more :)

>>18940012
> farm raised fish
Yea that’s gonna be a yikes from me

>>18940012
unagi, tamago, tuna, and mackerel nigiri

any tuna roll as long as its not fried or avocado

>>18945107
>Fuck ginger anyway I can't stand the crap
>t. nausea

>>18940012
Sushi is a "going out" food for me, so most often I'm either eating it on a date with my wife, out with friends, or at happy hour with coworkers. With my wife we usually get something economical like like cali rolls or makis, and then a little something decadent like otoro or uni. With coworkers I just get a regular cut roll roll so tabbing up at the end is easy. With my friends I order like 5 beers and everything on the menu and devolve into a horrible gluttonous beast. I'd say like once a month.

By the way OP, if you're into sushi and want to see if a place is legit, order the uni and ask for a quail egg on top. If they do it, you know you're in a good spot.

>>18945387
What about that differentiates a good and bad sushi place? That they have quail eggs and uni?

>>18945387
>otoro or uni
whats the point of translating it to English if you're still going to call it some arbitrary name that no one knows what the fuck you're talking about?
we already have names for these things so just say sea urchin or tuna and quit acting like a fag
and sea urchin sucks, you only like it for the novelty. nobody that lives where they're common eats them in fact we smash them with a rock because they are a pest

>>18945520
Not him but otoro is a specific part of the tuna, anon. That's like criticizing him for saying he gets filet mignon and telling him to just call it steak. Quit being retarded.

>>18945538
>otoro is a specific part of the tuna
yea but its not the part you're getting when ordering it unless you're at a very expensive restaurant and even then its still not likely
i have spent a large portion of my life fishing and selling fish at the docks and you would not believe the things i have passed off as a different fish and halt the time they know and don't care because they can turn around and pass it off to you retards

>>18945588
>you're not getting the genuine article
Unrelated to you being retarded. If you've spent a large portion of your life fishing then that's even more egregious on your part.

>>18946151
>filet mignon and telling him to just call it steak.
it is just a steak colloquially speaking

>>18946566
So is a ribeye steak but there is a distinction between the two that gives the specification value, same way otoro is a meaningful distinction from other cuts of tuna.

>>18940012
Eel big time. I never add soy sauce to any sushi or sashimi.

>>18940012
I crave it but only salmon sashimi. I get two orders also.

>>18940012
I love me some unagi or salmon, I really think those are the best rolls ever.

As far as crave, I crave a lot of foods and often at the same time, so I dunno about this one. But I can definitely put a few plates back.

>>18941508
>>18943590
it's both and I can't explain it

No matter how much sushi I eat, I'm always still hungry. Am I just a fatass?

>>18945123
it's bad etiquette to get rice in the soy sauce. baka gaijin

>>18940012
really like inari and avocado rolls
fish ones make me sad because was alive and feel bad eating

>>18943612
"It's afraid!"

>>18947888
I'm Japanese and I often do that with cheap sushi because the fish flakes easily.

>>18947888
No one cares what jap bugs thing. Sorry.

>>18948267
>"its ok to eat fish because they don't have any feeling"

>>18948499
Who are you quoting?

>>18948469
Yeah, if it’s a shitty place with shitty rice it really doesn’t matter

>>18948580
It just really doesn't matter whether a rice grain gets in a tiny dish of soy sauce that's getting rinsed off with everything else. It's much worse etiquette to make customers feel bad and pressured about something so minor and pedantic that you would hinder their enjoyment of their food. That's actual rudeness and no amount of gaslighting will convince people who aren't larping.

>>18940012
I've tried but I just don't get it. IMHO its one of the most bland, boring and overhyped foods I've ever tasted, and I've tasted a fair bit.

>inb4 you just haven't had good sushi

>eel
>fatty tuna
>spicy tuna
what more could you need?

>>18948580
In the case of a high-class sushi restaurant, the chef does not upset the precisely adjusted balance because it would be a waste.
It's a waste to lose it in the first place.

Unagi/eel is my fave. I'm just a sucker for it, I used to go buy eel from my local grocer and just eat it right out of the pack. Combined with unagi sauce which is basically just a thick sweet soy sauce it's heaven

>>18948632
>Aomono
It varies greatly depending on the time of year, the price, and the chef's skill.

I'd rather eat eel freshly grilled and warm with white rice than as sushi.

>>18948521
Nirvana- something in the way
https://youtu.be/4VxdufqB9zg

needs more cream cheese

square sushi is best sushi

>>18940347
>unironically what is stopping me from eating sliced, raw farmed salmon over sushi rice?
Brother-in-law did that for about three months before giving his whole family food poisoning.
These are people who with a straight face will tell you there is nothing harmful in nature.
>hey it's from the super expensive grocer, it's gotta be safe

>>18940012
Spam musubi or a Charlie roll (tempura) from the local spot downtown.

>>18948469
filthy diaspora stay out of japan baka gaijin

>>18940012
Ywnbaj

>>18949362
I thought Japanese people couldn’t digest dairy well?

>>18940830
Cephalopod blood is blue so maybe that? I have no idea cause normally when you catch fish you bleed em and by the time when you wash em there's negligible blood left.

>>18950251
its probably not "japanese"

>everyone posting sushi or califonia rolls
>no mention of torched sushi
seriously? i just can't eat regular sushi or maki rolls anymore.

>>18940012
It varies but I always get at least one spicy yellowtail roll

>>18950702
>torched oshizushi
my nigger, these are always based as hell

>>18940012
california rolls for me

>>18951181
she looks like she stinks...

Eel sushi
I don't know if they do it raw, every time I've had Eel it's so perfectly cooked it falls apart on your tongue and it tastes like nothing else
It's perfect

>>18941508
I crack open big urchins when I find them at the beach and eat that shit straight up

>>18951666
do you also gobble down dog shit when you come across it?

I think I'm lucky that I like pretty much all sushi choices. It makes things a lot easier, I just order variety dishes and have a good time

I accidentally ordered a set that had I foie gras sushi and I still can't have sushi PTSD 9 months later. I thought I was biting into the most rotten fish I'd ever tasted.

>>18940027
Wow let me guess, you don't like the taste of dick either lmao

>>18940012
I know a nice sushi place that I go to regularly, at least once a month, sometimes more.
My go-to on the first plate is...

white tuna
mackerel
salmon
eel

Those are my FAVORITES. But I also get a ton more than that.

It’s a very good idea to get to know the chef. We been going to the same place for years. He knows what I like and gives me the best he’s got. But he does get wasted most times.

>>18952247
Bro, foie gras is fattened liver. It's not sushi. It's delicious though.

>>18940012
the afro sushi!

>>18940012
for me it's strawberry sushi

>>18953590
Kazari sushi

>>18940012
>go-to
>crave it
why are you talking like a middle-aged woman?

>>18940200
covers the flavors of the fish and rice.

for me, it's philadelphia roll

>>18954829
those look kewl

>>18940274
>>18940681
Where do you guys get your raw fish from? I heard costco has sushi grade fish.

Is just me that's kinda over sushi? I used to go once a month but now it doesn't hit the same

>>18940012
The tuna is usually the best or salmon

I never crave it unless it's a really good place that sells it super fresh otherwise I don't get it

>>18955712
There really isn't any standard for what some vendors refer to as "sushi grade". The main thing is that the fish was sourced, prepared, and handled so that there are no parasites or harmful bacteria. Some of this involves freezing the fish at a specific temperature for a certain period of time before any food prep is done. You can read more about this through google search or you can refer to one of many articles like this one:
https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-prepare-raw-fish-at-home-sushi-sashimi-food-safety
That being said, if I'm preparing my own sushi at home I purchase fish from a local vendor who specializes in supplying restaurants with fish for sushi. The prices for the fish there are not cheap, but it is cheaper when buying large pieces of fish as opposed to buying many individual pieces from a sushi restaurant.

>>18954932
cute shit

>>18956029
it's ok bro
the wasabi kill the parasite

I don't understand faggots who cry about "raw fish"
First time eating sushi you might fight the gag reflex because of the texture of the fish, but the taste is great and the more you eat the more you get used to the texture
Every time I go for sushi, I have random assorted sushis and like 10 of the sake variety, it's simply the best

>>18957581
lol what kind of pussy gags from the texture of sushi? My first experience was with grocery store sushi and I had no issues.

>>18940012
Never eaten it

>>18957591
It's basic human biology, you don't drink raw eggs your first time without having a gag reflex, you just overcome it from continued practice
Especially if the fish is being very slimy that day, it'd be a bad introduction to someone eating sushi
you've lost your gag reflex from all the dicks you've been deepthroating your whole life, but your first time with your uncle certainly wasn't gag-free, so don't pretend to be a tough guy

>>18950251
levels of lactose intolerance vary greatly. you could be lactose intolerance and only manage a small pieceof cheese, or you can drink two to three glasses of milk and be fine mostly.

>>18957591
Not all of us suck so much cock that we have lost our gag reflex.

if i don't feel the back of my head hurt there is not enough wasabi (horseradish) in the soy sauce
i dip the shaved garlic in soy sauce and wasabi

>>18940012
this for sure

>>18940347
Been doing this for years now and have no problems. Farm raised Salmon is basically frozen before being shipped to where you're at so all the parasites that would have not been in the farm would be all dead. I wouldnt try eating fresh river caught salmon raw though.

>>18940012
ayo. can I roll you bro?

>>18958403
>calling a black person "master"
Yeah ok sure gonna go do that real quick loll