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I like sushi.
Sushi is healthy.

Fried shrimp sushi is really good. I like the texture of nori against the soft rice after it's been deep fried.
It's only at a few buffets in other towns, so I rarely get to engulf.

I... I've never had sushi.

That is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life. I like a little spicy mayo on my crunchy tuna roll as much as the next guy (hurrr Amerifat hurrr) but if you're going to throw that much appalling shit on there you might was well just start deep frying maki.

Anyway I like onigiri mostly. Yellowtail and freshwater eel are my standbyes. Maki usually something stupid and american and named after a state.

You don't need to recreate this thread every week.

blazing unagi rolls, tomb rolls hnngnn

i don't think i've ever met a sushi i didn't like. i even eat the supermarket crap that makes all my friends barf and cry.

ive had deep fried spam sushi from a place in Maui so it was not only american but authentic hawaiian & while spam is disgusting(not just its ingredients but the flavor too) it was fucking delicious

Caterpillar rolls are pretty good.

Admittedly, American sushi is really all I know, but I like it. Some day I'll gather the courage to try other more interesting stuff.

One of my favorite seafood restaurants does sushi as well - I usually get a variant on your everyday spicy tuna that has avocado and is tempura fried.

I live in a small town in Louisiana and we have a Japanese restaurant with a sushi bar and two dedicated sushi chefs (I assume one is the head and the other is the sous chef). Anyways, they get good business, and alot of people order these americanized rolls covered in sauce. I tried one once and literally all I could taste was the sauce.

The thing is, they get excellent quality fish. Aside from that one time, I always get simple sushi and sashimi. I guess my favorites are the red snapper and eel sashimi. I feel like the sushi chef gets a little twinkle in his eye when I order these traditional pieces. Usually I get a free cut of sashimi or a roll out of the deal when I make a meal out of the sushi.

America
Stop frying perfectly good food
There's a reason you guys are called Amerifats

Every time one of my friends goes out for sushi and posts a stupid picture of their meal saying "LOL SO GOOD" it's just like OP's picture.
If I go out for sushi, I mostly get sashimi instead.

i'm a sucker for deep fried soft shell crab.

I absolutely despise sushi. Even if it was Batman's favorite food, I would still think it sucked. That's a pretty big statement coming from me, for what it's worth.

It tastes pretty good, and the variety is nearly unmatched. No doubt about that.

You have two kinds of people: 1.) People who eat sushi as a status symbol. 2.) People who are Japanese.

I don't know a single non-Japanese person that eats sushi because they like it. I mean, sure, they probably /do/ like it, but they like being someone who eats sushi even more. They're the kids who would eat disgusting things as a dare, but now they're all grown up. Ask anyone who eats sushi what they're favorite tacos are, and they're going to say lengua 98% of the time.

I wouldn't want to waste my appetite on it, so I'll never eat it again. I'd much rather have a Mission-style burrito. After all, they're both just ways to deliver lots of rice to your stomach (nb4 rice in a burrito).

>>4313463
>America
You mean Scotland

>>4313657
well this post is just fucking stupid. sushi is delicious. sake bombs are fun too

>>4313657
>It tastes pretty good, and the variety is nearly unmatched. No doubt about that.

stopped reading there

>>4312626
That looks pretty good
Probably also pisses off a lot of traditional people who can't handle someone taking a spin on their sacred food, so win win for me

>>4313703
people who resist people taking a riff on a dish and altering it have absolutely zero authority to talk about food.

YOU CANT PUT SOUR CREAM AND CHEDDAR ON TACOS!!!!!
Fuck you, it tastes good like this and you know it.

>>4312626

deep fried crunch rolls and spicy crab rolls with imitation crab are the best.

>>4313722
>Deep fried
>Imitation
Remove those three words and I'll agree

>>4313710
The sour cream is good, but come on, cheddar on tacos, really?

>>4313734
yes, it melts well, compliments peppers, and takes well to spices

>>4313745
>what is Colby-Jack

>>4313750

A mild-flavored processed "cheese food" that is just as inauthentic in tacos as cheddar?

>>4313753
Bzzt. Wrong.

>>4312626
I've never had sushi that was all covered in sauces like that. Must be from areas with little to no Japanese population so the just put a ton of crap on there because the locals wouldn't know any better.

>>4313759
Really? Japs love mayo.
They even put it on their pizza.

>>4313766
Yes, they love mayo but how many do you seeing putting gallons of mayo on their sushi?

>>4313788
I believe that is actually common practice.

eel rolls and sweet potato rolls.

I work in a YO! sushi restaraunt and I hate sushi. Its bland and tastless.

>>4313657
Holy shit you're stupid
>I don't understand that people have different tastes
There. I just summed up your post into one sentence.

>>4313789
No. It's not.

>>4313788

I once had to send an order of Sushi back because it came to me DROWNING in mayo. Like, you literally could barely see the rolls themselves under all that goddamn mayo.

Not once anywhere on the menu did it say that it would be served with mayo. Shit just came to me like that.

>>4313790
unagi rolls are americanized? I didn't realize...

They're still delicious though, IDGAF

>>4312632
It really isn't all that healthy.

>>4312626

American ... sushi ....

>>4314097

I'm not sure what to use in place of nori.

I'm thinking corn, but that ends up being a thin tortilla. If made in a rice paper way, then it ends up being sticky in the mouth. Deep-fried, like a spring roll? Maybe too sharp, too crunchy. Not true to sushi.

Kale nori. I think it's possible. Other than that ... something that can be used like nori but that isn't like nori. Distinctly American. Kale nori is perhaps best, to really convey the intent, avoid stickiness, and too much starchiness.

Mac and cheese spread on kale nori, with a bread crumb center. Plated, concentric circles. Pick it up? Bread crumb core releases onto the plate, leaving a little mound behind. Allowing a real mac and cheese experience in your mouth.

Pulled pork, california rice, brown rice. Ribs, crunchy sweet potatoes, sesame seed rice. This could be a lot of fun. I'm sure it's been done, just never as a specialty.

>>4312639
Just wanted to be a dick and point out that onigiri isn't actually sushi.

>>4312626
If I'm lazy, and dont want to go out, I'll pick up a tray of grocery store sushi. Pretentious hipsters rag on it, and obviously it isn't the same as authentic sushi, but it's still much better than most packaged dinners.

tl;dr
sure, it doesn't beat the real thing though

>>4314190

you post this in every sushi thread. no one cares and it actually makes some anon's come in and just claim that their:

>"favorite real sushi is spicy crab rolls with imitation crab meat because it just tastes better"

fuck off. you're just trying to troll threads into spiraling out of control. no one really cares what is and isn't "real sushi."

on /ck/ we just like stuff that's delicious.

>>4314233

I wasn't aware you had diplomatic standing.

>>4314246
>Sceak in charge of being anything less than a raging faggot

I've got to ask, and I do so with the utmost sincerity: How do you justify your life? I mean, you shitpost like a dick on here, are a barely sane ex-prostitute, and I've yet to see anything that would suggest that you're doing anything positive. The annoyance of so many people, and so on, how do you justify what you are? It sounds like I'm just trying to be a dick, but I am genuinely curious.

>>4314246
I wasn't aware Wumplord did.

>>4314248

Ex-prostitute? I wasn't aware I had retired.

This is besides the point. If you want to, you can e-mail me, or even call. I've left my address and phone number on /ck/ many times, you probably already have it.

>>4314274

?

>>4314274
Wait, you're still a prostitute? I thought you got out of that awhile ago. Jeez

>>4314254
I'm the ambassador for fuckyoulandia

>ill take irony for 300 alex

>>4314277

Oh, I see what you're trying to do.

>>4314289
How did you even get clients with the way you look?

>>4314291

I'm not answering that. Also update your shit.

>>4314311
That guy isn't me. I'm only
>>4314248
>>4314279

>>4313657
I like sushi
don't consider myself a snob
and i don't know what a lengua taco is
i really like the pickled ginger too, maybe as much as the sushi

>>4314311
wazap cutie

>>4314311
Look at those sad nipples. They're so low on him. They look like they're trying to escape.
Nipple 1: Psst. PSSST!
Nipple 2: What?
Nipple 1: Come on, man. I'm outta here. I can't take it. The suck is strong with this one.
Nipple 2: Take me with you!
Nipple 1: Sure. We can use these malformed ribs as a ladder to the floor and make a break for it.
Nipple 2: Great. Let's rendezvous at 0800.

I love American style sushi and I love the butthurt it causes in hipsters.

>>4314326
seriously looks like his nipples are slowly melting off

>>4314323
FUCKING PLEB WITH YOUR SUBJECTIVE TASTES, I BET YOU DONT EVEN CATCH THE FISH, GROW THE RICE, OR WARM IT TO BODY TEMP WITH YOUR HANDS

>>4314334
that's true, but I did create the universe so whatever

im a picky eater but i try to expand my horizons so i try to eat sushi as long as i dont know whats in it.

I'm not a fan of overly-decorated rolls like in the OP, though I wouldn't complain about them either.

I like simpler stuff but with quality ingredients. Pic related, it's my favorite.

>>4313862
i think the chef actually just jizzed on your food

>>4314331
This is what happens when Picasso gets drunk and lazy. Result: Sceak's titties.

>>4312632
>>4313955
It can be pretty healthy if you avoid the ones covered in sauces.

I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this but I enjoy avocado rolls and inari sushi.

this is my favorite roll
yum yum get me some

>>4312632
it depends on which sushi you get. this is a myth

>>4312626
>not a trace of raw fish on so called "sushi" plate

mfw

>>4315396
Looks like a clusterfuck.

On topic: I don't like anything fried because it messes up the texture of the rice.

I like to get this one called Crystal roll. It's tempura shrimp, carrots, endive, avocado and kewpie mayo wrapped in rice paper. Not very traditional but quite good.

>>4315969
>So seriously hope just clever troll.

If so, God damn! Congrats, you got me. You got me good.

>I enjoy sushi that is simply the fish, generally something to the effect of salmon and tuna.
>I also enjoy indulging in rolls incorporating crab, tobiko, and avocado.
>I believe cream cheese and mayo and sauces are high heresy.
>Soy sauce is the only real addition I make to the rolls I have.
>I like sashimi.
>I'm beta about how I'm not quite sure if I into greentext right.

Rate my sushi eating habits, /ck/

I like to get crunchy tempura rolls with cream cheese in them.
The place near me normally has avocado in the roll and the outside is rolled in tempura flakes and tobiko.

The contrast between the crunchy shrimp and the smooth creaminess of the avocado and cream cheese is delicious. I came across this combination by accident, I used to work at a sushi place and someone ordered it for takeout or something and never picked it up, so I got to eat it.

And people should stop being so hipster about sushi. I guarantee the Japanese don't care. I also guarantee that they have raped our dear western foods ten times as hard as we have their food and none of us give even half a shit.

Pic related, an American-style kids meal. Yes, it's a hamburger on spaghetti.

Fried sushi never sat well with me, I just think sushi and greasy don't mix well

Too many Americans think "sushi" means raw fish, and parade their knowledge around like they're cultured. But then they say they don't like sushi cause they don't like raw fish.

Sashimi=raw fish
Sushi is rice

>>4313657

There there, batman. There's no need to hate something because of what other people use it for.

Enjoy sushi, don't be embarrassed!

>>4316386
samefag here

I also think sushi wish sauce on it (be it mayo, bbq?, sriracha) is bad news. Cream cheese is pretty good if used right
Keep it simple stupid

>>4316382
>I also guarantee that they have raped our dear western foods ten times as hard as we have their food and none of us give even half a shit.
they use ketchup to make spaghetti with tomato sauce.

>>4316382
I find more issue with the fact that spaghetti is on the same place as an omelette as well as french fries

>>4316401
But spaghetti, omelettes, and french fries are all French!
Obviously they go well together.

I enjoy both 'american sushi' (if that means california rolls and breaded-and-fried pieces of sushi) and 'real sushi', and I'm aware of the various differences and similarities.

I usually just get plain crab or shrimp sushi with spicy mayo.

>>4312626
No I don't like American sushi, it isn't traditional and therefor it's crap.

>>4316423
try harder

>>4312774
reported for porn on /ck/

damn that looks fucking delicious

Yeah. I generally like nigiri better, but really it's apples and oranges, you can't even compare the two.

My favorites are usually with soft shell crab in the center, hot diggity

>>4313657
Sushi was a status symbol in, like, the 80s. It's been as average as a mexican place almost everywhere in the US since then.

Unless you live in Podunk Turnip-ville Rural Dirt-Farm Road #12, sushi isn't a status symbol. CHILDREN eat it.

>>4313657
I eat sushi, and my favorite tacos are adobado.

Also, batman's favorite food is JUSTICE.

>>4312626
that looks terrible where is that?

>>4314334
If you catch fresh fish, it should already be at body temp... because it is a fucking body

>>4316386
I've heard so many know-it-alls point out that "sushi" is technically the rice. This is not an interesting factoid so stop telling everyone. No one ever fucking means the rice when they say "sushi" so stop being a nitpicking bitch.

>>4316916
>No one ever fucking means the rice when they say "sushi"

That means they're using the term incorrectly and should stop doing so. I see no reason to coddle idiots.

>>4316918
Get over it.

>>4316829
murrka

>>4316918
But it's so far wedged into the Western lexicon that you just sound like an Aspergerian asshole when you point that out to everyone for the fifth time. It's like going around saying "Hamburgers aren't actually from Hamburg so I demand you call them ground beef patty sandwiches!"
Also you can't really say that the sushi rice and fish are separate things and that raw fish inside the rolls is "sashimi". Sashimi is a separate dish with its own methods of preparation and presentation.

>>4316851
cold blooded animal

>>4316918
language evolves you autistic fudge packer

>>4316851
the stupidity is strong with this one

>>4316918
>I'm a gigantic weebo and all my family hates me

>>4316851
Come on

>>4316958
I wouldn't call that evolving.

I lived in Japan for a year, and the fish part of their sushi/sashimi was always better than what you get in America. More flavor, less tough, just seemed fresher - even if you went into one of those kaiten sushi places where a plate of sushi is only about a buck, it still tasted better than anything you'll find in even a "nice" American sushi restaurant.

However, American sushi rolls are by far more interesting and tasty than the kinds of rolls you'll find in Japan. I never, in fact, had a good roll while I lived in Japan. True, their rolls were often more portable, and you could take one on a hike with you like a sandwich or something, but breaking down the components, they were often dry, bland, and uncreative. This may have been because I just didn't go to the right sushi restaurants over there, but in any case, American-style shit like the dragon roll, or the rainbow roll are not common over in Japanland.

That said, real Japanese sushi is creative in other ways, like substituting the fish with vegetables, or even pork. That kind of thing is pretty good too.

Local caught blue crab and lobster rolls are good.
But this woman is an abomination to sushi.
>mfw BLT roll

>>4317284
Forgot the link
http://www.luxist.com/2009/12/15/the-new-american-sushi/

>>4317288
I've seen much stranger sushi in Japan. You really don't have a baseline to base "abomination" off of until you've eaten BBQ pork sushi or SPAM sandwich sushi. I'm guessing you're some sort of weeaboo who thinks Japanland is some sort of idealized Heaven where they all only eat ootoro and miso soup.

LEL

>>4317288

>>4317302
But I actually like spam...

Let's not forget eggplant sushi. Yum!

>>4317269
Also, on the first and second frame of this GIF, you can see some sort of grass sushi and clover sushi. Not sure what it is, but if that's not sushi blasphemy, I don't see how a BLT roll could be.

>>4317302
>calling spam musubi an abomination
>2013
I sure hope you baka gaijin don't do this.

>>4317323
Not sure why you interpreted my post that way. I'm saying that if SPAM sandwich sushi isn't an abomination, then there's no way a BLT roll could be an abomination.

ITT: Self-hating anal Amerifats butthurt over the fact that they will never live in glorious nippon, eat authentic sushi or attend a prestigious Japanese high school at the tender age of 30.

>>4317332
> eat authentic sushi
WTF does that even mean?

>wanting to live in an overpopulated, irradiated, polluted shit-hole

Nope.

>>4317332
Gayest post I've seen all day.

>nippon

You guys sound retarded enough without calling yourselves nipples.

>>4317332
Ken-sama died in the Tsunami and Power Plant accident.
I'll let that sink in.

>>4317417
Ken sama isnt real bro.

>>4317428
Tell that to Google's Person Finder, which thinks he was a real person.

I'll let that sink in.

>>4317438

lulz

>>4317332
It's a thread about sushi, bro. Chill out.

>>4317447

bu...but....im kawhy

I'll usually go for a Caterpillar, Hawaiian, or a Tampa roll (fried grouper, scallions and mayo,) when I'm going out for sushi.

Next time I make sushi at home, I'm going to make a modified Tampa roll, with blackened grouper and a creole remoulade in place of the mayo.
I figure it ought to be fairly good.

>>4317447
God, I hate weeaboos. You have like 6 whole boards already, go stay in your cage.

I'm pretty new to sushi.
I think the first time I ever had it was maybe only something like 2 years ago.

Generally, whenever I go to a sushi place (there's fucking 4 just in my town, and I'm only about 30 minutes away from Vancouver so there's a billion more out there) my standard order is a Teriyaki Chicken Roll.

I know that its not even really sushi (cooked chicken, cucumber, and teriyaki sauce) but it was the first thing I ever got at a sushi restaurant because I wasn't quite "ready" to jump headfirst into raw fish and seafood.

Unfortunately it has stuck with me, because I LOVED it. Absolutely delicious.
Now, i really can't go to a sushi place WITHOUT ordering a Teriyaki Chicken Roll, because its just so good.

I've had Teriyaki Beef Rolls before (more of the same blasphemy, though) and recently started eating California Rolls too.

I know that these are seriously bowdlerized versions of sushi though.
What kinds of new rolls would /ck/ recommend? I'd really love to try as many different dishes and flavours as possible, so I can build up a nice little list of sushi I know I like.

>>4317332
>saying Amerifats

Oh, you're 12 years old. Never mind.

>>4316916
It means flavored rice

>>4316386
Sushi is flavored rice, many times with fish

>>4315972
It's not a fried roll, just the shrimp is fried

>>4315969
Sushi doesn't have to contain raw fish

>>4316916
You don't understand. Many times sushi has no fish in it, just veggies, it means flavored rice

Tuna with a bit of marinated inari skin in the roll is the best. I fucking love tofu, jesus christ.

One of my favorite polynesian inventions in the sushi world: Inari stuffed with crab salad, with rice at the bottom to hold it in. Jesus dick, heart attack and a half, but so good.

So, for an American who love sushi of all sorts - mayo or no, straight nigiri or a maki that's as off-the-wall as you can get, tuna or tempura crab, tell me - what exactly qualifies as the "traditional sushi" pieces?

I've gotten so entrenched in enjoying sushi as it's served here, I have no idea.

sushi pizza is pretty dope

>>4318391
As far as I know, the nigiri sushi thats just a slice of fish on a round of rice is typically the most sought after, and they eat things like negitoro rolls, which is minced tuna scraps mixed with onions, when the bill is getting out of hand. Which is weird, because I'd take the negitoro roll over the nigiri any day

>>4318413
The nigiri of course all depends on the freshness of the fish. I've had some damn good nigiri and some damn awful nigiri, which is why I tend to be hesitant about ordering it anywhere that's not within 20 miles of a major coastline.

>>4318431
U don't know much about fish. It's better after a few days. The protein as to break down a little bit. They age tuna in Japan, for instance. Read a book, watch a documentary...don't assume shit.

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>>4317438

rip ken ;_;7

TIME TO POST SEARED SALMON

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>>4322635
>jalapenos
why....

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>>4322665
Because America

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>>4322673

america pls

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How does one 'enjoy' sushi?

>>4322703
By pretending to not be disgusted.

I love california rolls

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>>4317505
I'm more into the salmon variants. The ones with cucumber inside are nice, too, as well as the shrimp ones.

I'm a tad ignorant on this one. What is the difference between American style sushi and japanese style sushi