Something to think about the next time you order sushi
 

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So you might as well order the cheaper variety to begin with, because there's a %25 chance that that is what you are getting anyway.

We've had problems with that here in Florida, too --- restaurants selling grouper entrees that turn out to be something other than grouper. In one case, the restaurant chain resorted to calling it "grouper's teammate" or something like that.

"grouper's teammate" ... why not just call it a groupie?

Bait.......

We have similar issues here with seafood, despite legislation in place which requires food to be labled correctly.

It's a big issue, and if you don't think you're getting what you've paid for, you need to speak up about it. It's a case of buyer beware as always. Know what your product should look, feel and taste like, and if you haven't got it on your plate, make a complaint to your governing body.

I was going to make a "bait and switch" joke... but the points to Jaunco. [doffs cap].

I'm going to Japan in a couple of weeks. I'll point to something on the menu and trust that whatever-I-get is whatever-it-was. Some of the best sushi I have ever had before was in NYC restaurants. At least, I think it was sushi.

Raw fish? :headshake

I saw an episode of House where the patient had a tapeworm. It was horrible - I had to look away and I'm pretty tough. But sushi tastes so good! Ah well. I have often said that the best diet tool is a microscope at the kitchen table...

I want a tapeworm. Can I order one online?

Raw fish...YUCK! Disgusting! I guess that makes me pretty provincial, but, hey, I never have to worry about Anisakis, either.

I've become a veggie since chemo. Meat doesn't taste right anymore and I've no appetite for it. Weird, huh? But raw meat/fish----? Steak Tartare, sushi...I'd rather lick rock moss.

Raw fish is delicious if it is VERY fresh. Even refreigerated, it goes dodgy within a few hours.

Sweetwater, where are you going in Japan? (apart from Kyoto and Tokyo, of course).

The random pointing technique might get you a few surprises - some specials include "sperm-filled reproductive gland of the male squid" and having a live octopus brought to your table, its tentacles chopped off, and one dropped on your plate ... still twitching and suckering while you eat it.
Good luck!

Why not just swallow a few live gold fish and impress your roommates? I still say YICK.

All you freak sushi haters? I'll eat your share. Just the fish though, nothing weird, no genitals or fluids thanks.

Sushi is not "fresh." If you are eating it in the United States, it has been in deep-freeze for several days, at least. It's illegal to sell it fresh.

The stuff we catch and eat is - but you are right sm, if you buy it it is definitely "days" or more old.

Yes, Kyoto and Tokyo, but as it's a business trip for Mr. S and he'll be busy for 4 days, I'm on my own and will just make plans when I get there. Grab my passport and purse and run without a plan. Did you have some suggestions?
We have tickets for kabuki and a world championship sumo wrestling match for 2 evenings and sushi on another with some locals. I'm beginning to think "tattoo" because of a show I saw recently, too. Open to ideas - except for squirming food. :eek:

Sweetwater,
you've got the main things. Make sure you visit some onsens (hot springs). Heaven. They are usually quite cheap, and often have gorgeous outdoor baths where you can relax in a hot soaking tub and enjoy the view. And visiting a few is a way to get yourself off to some out-of-the-way villages etc as they are often natural springs up in the mountains. Just remember to wash and rinse before you get in the tub.

LOL thats a frozen fish I'd love to slap my pretentious sushi-loving classmate with XD

I'll have whatever's left of Jinx's share when the sushi haters leave.
Damn - this makes me want to head to our local Yo Sushi-alike. NO! I can't afford to eat out now and you are not going to tempt me (whimper).

Anyway I have some Chinese buns in the freezer. Okay, not sushi or sashami, but I will eat them tonight and pat my purse which will not be one penny lighter and say nom nom nom.

My wife and I found a favorite little sushi joint right around the corner, ate there for about 6 months, loved it. Cheap, good, fresh, not too great on the service but I can live with that.

Then, one day, we went in and overnight it was like the place had been hit with the crappy stick. The food was AAAAAAWWWWWUL. We stopped going there. A week later, the health code inspector gave the place a "C".

In LA County, you get ranked from A-F, and you have to display the rating so that it's visible to customers at the front entrance of the restaurant. You can also go online to the county health website, and see why the joint got its rating. This sushi place was docked for not keeping their glass fish display cold, for not properly cleaning their food prep area, and for serving "perished" food ... yikes!

I was amazed to see that people still went there at all.

Most food eaten is dead - isn't it?

perished = beyond expiration, moldy, rotting, stale, etc.

joined the choir invisible

Just another unfunny by me - /Gilda/nevermiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnd/Radnor/

Near my sister is a small restaurant that sells sushi half-price near the end of the day. I dunno... probably good but I would only semi-enjoy it while eating it, then spend the next couple of hours just... waiting... to see if anything.... happened.

Think of it as a reverse sushi lottery! Will I get sick and die? Possibly!

Do. Not. Buy.



You probably won't get sick - I doubt they'd take that much of a risk, but it will taste like crap. (metaphorical crap, that is, really it will taste like stale sushi. This sucks.)

Unless it's not kept refrigerated (highly unlikely), I don't see what the big deal is. All the other sushi places in the area are just wrapping their stuff up and serving it tomorrow...

Sundae, at some point, when I have my house in order and you can have your residency issues sorted out, you must come up to Yorkshire for a visit. When you do, there's a great little sushi house in Leeds. Si Sushi: they do the best ramen noodles I've ever tasted and their Tofu pouches are to die for. In fact I like pretty much everything they do. I'm not going to attempt to recall the names of the various sushi dishes I like.