Sushi for a beginner

Eat Sushi, nagiri, and sashimi and see which you like better.

there's so much sushi nowadays that it's crazy.

I am a traditionalist... No wasabi, no tempura, etc. If i eat sushi, i want to taste the fish

Just MO

Don't get something you think you'll like, instead , get something you might never try (like eel) and see if you like it! You've never had sushi, so you are going in with a blank slate.

California roll

Crabmeat (or fake crabmeat) avocado, cucumber in a seaweed/rice wrap.

Put wasabi in your soy sauce and mix. A small piece of pickled ginger on the top. Pop the whole thing in your mouth and enjoy.

As you get more adventurous try a tuna roll or spicy tuna roll, salmon roll and other rolls. Then go with the nigiri and sashimi.

Stay away from squid and octopus until you are a veteran. Even now I can't stand the octopus.

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Oh yeah.

I'm with Early, in that I don't use anything extra: no wasabi, no soy sauce, etc. I feel like anything like that, just takes away from the actual fish. Also, things like California Roll are nowhere near quality. So many people will go to a nice sushi restaurant and just get soup and California Rolls. In my opinion, this is not "sushi." This is also the people that tend to douse the pieces in sauce.

There are really a few things that stand in the way of people trying sushi, and most of it is mental:

-the notion that you are eating raw fish; a California Roll has nothing raw in it, and actually no fish at all

-seaweed wrap; for some reason people have trouble with this

For a beginner, I suggest one of two rolls:

California Roll. This is the simplest one. Eat it. This will get you over the seaweed hump that people have trouble with.

Johnny Roll (Hello Sushi). This has no raw seafood in it. It is prepared just like a regular roll, then battered and deep fried, and served hot.

After getting past the initial trying out period, you are good to go. If you can next, go somewhere really good, and get a rainbow roll. It's basically a simple roll with raw fish on top. This way, you can try three different types of raw fish.

Ideally, you could go somewhere if it is your first time eating sushi, and get the rainbow roll. That way you get a basic roll, and also try the fish; but beginners might not be that brave yet. If you are, go for it.

I am a pure fish guy. I hate rolls. shite, I hate rice. Just give me raw of whatever is fresh and I eat it.

Just dive in. It is just food.

I'd start with yellow tail, tuna, and salmon nigiri and then get a couple of big rolls. The rolls have a ton of flavor which makes it hard to differentiate what each thing tastes like, but that's more like a traditional dinner anyway - more so than eating just a straight raw protein.

These are from a local NOLa sushi joint and are fine examples of good rolls, to me at least.

*Tiger Roll - Mixed spicy tuna and salmon rolled inside seaweed and rice, topped with tuna, salmon, eel and crunchy, pink sauce and bbq sauce drizzled on top the whole roll. 12.50

*Mikimoto Roll - Salmon ,shrimp, octopus, crabstick, avocado, egg, and asparagus inside seaweed and rice with spicy roe outside. 11.00

I guess Soy is like our ketchup. Who knows. All I know is I don't need it.

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I am a pure fish guy. I hate rolls. shite, I hate rice. Just give me raw of whatever is fresh and I eat it.

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I am this way. I guess I just got lucky to like "sushi." First roll I had was the Johnny Roll. Once I got over the whole, "I'm eating sushi, I'm eating raw fish" belief, nothing was stopping me.

Next time I went to a restaurant, I sat at the bar and told them just give me raw stuff. Haven't looked back since. I am still amazed about how uneducated the masses are concerning the food.

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is not at all how sushi is eaten in japan

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In Japan, it's all about the rice. They freaking love rice. I had an executive tell me one night, while they were treating us to an insane meal, that the nigiri should break apart (while holding one end) between two and three seconds. The week I was in Japan we never ate a complete sushi meal. It always accompanied a meal (nigiri or sashimi) but was never the main dish. Lots of soups, lots of mushrooms, unagi...

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A lot of high end places like that, will season the fish with whatever the sushi chef feels is appropriate for that fish (be it soy, wasabi, etc.). I'd imagine most of what he offers is not simply raw and completely undadulturated.

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This is my guess too.

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If you want to try anything raw I recommend starting out with the Tuna. It's the best and easiest to like IMO.

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agreed 100%. Tuna is excellent!

Hayden roll from Waka House is probably a great beginner roll. Has fried prawn (huge shrimp) avocado on the inside with imitation snow crab on top with tempura and eel sauce. VERY GOOD.