Cucumber salad at Samurai Sushi

CouldCareLess

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From recipes online, it looks like the base is sesame oil, rice vinegar, salt and sugar. Heat it up with dried red pepper or pepper flakes.

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I don't see any pepper flakes in the salad that is why I was thinking wasabi.

May that is it. It does have a reddish orange color but I though that was from the roe. I will pick one up tonight and take pics. Thanks.

Thanks. I found out it is just ponzu sauce. However, I think they mix some wasabi in there because it is not always consistent in spice. That salad is so good. We order pickup from there at least twice a week. His sashimi roll is on point.

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togarashi

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Do what now?

It's a seasoning. You can order it online very cheaply or pay more at an Asian market. Just do a Google

I'm not saying it's what they use but when sushi places are spicing up ponzu sauce, they generally use togarashi.

And yes they're great together. You can get a big bag on Amazon for cheap


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The Asian grocery store by Baskin Robbins on Johnston may sell that product. I buy seaweed salad, soy paper, eel sauce, tobiko, etc.. from that store

Can also be purchased at that same store

My favorite salad at a sushi restaurant is the seaweed salad. I was getting it regularly at Costco and they sold a container that could easily make about 4 servings like you'd get at a restaurant for under $5.

Unfortunately, they've not carried it for a few months now and that is one of the quirks I don't particularly like about Costco.

There have been several other items that they quit carrying over the years. My wife loves the "Cousins Creole Salad Dressing" and they sold it in 2 packs for just a shade more than supermarkets sold a single jar, but they quit carrying that too.