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re: Sushi Do's and Don'ts in Pictures
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:28 pm to Stadium Rat
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:28 pm to Stadium Rat
who in the hell puts the pickled ginger on the piece of sushi?
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:30 pm to TigahRag
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Sushi is ridiculously overpriced ..
Yep. I love the way it tastes, but rarely get it because of the price.
If you like to have sushi often, hit it up for lunch. Most places offer nigiri and sashimi lunch plates for $10-$12 total.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:30 pm to REG861
I admit that I've even come to like some of those rolls that the fatties love. Like rainbow rolls. Yes there is snow crab in it, but it still tastes good. I've been working on leaving my snobbery behind.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:30 pm to Stadium Rat
Sushi: for people who enjoy paying 60 bucks for approximately 38 cents worth of food
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:38 pm to EmperorGout
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Sushi: for people who enjoy paying 60 bucks for approximately 38 cents worth of food
I find way more value in sushi than most high end restaurants where the portions are miniscule and the taste is often only slightly better than average. But I love sushi. My wife and I can eat at our favorite place, one of the top places in Dallas, for under $100 with tip and including a beer for each of us. Typically get 2 sashimi choices, 1 sushi, 2 rolls, miso rice ball, grilled veggies and seaweed salad. If we are really hungry I'll either get a third roll or a third sashimi.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:42 pm to Zappas Stache
I'm compelled to get sushi on occasion but I'm invariably pissed at dropping a c note on uncooked fish, cold rice, and seaweed, no matter how good it is
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:49 pm to TigahRag
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Sushi is ridiculously overpriced ..
Agreed.
I do get sushi though at this local spot because it's premade and good for on-the-go lunch. 4 sashimi with salmon and 8 little sushi roll pieces with diced salmon, avocado, and cucumber.
It's $12.
About 1/3 pound of salmon (~$4). I'd estimate less than a cup total of rice (~$.50). Maybe 1/4 of an avocado (~$.25). Throw in two or three cucumber slices, a few slices of pickled ginger and a drop of horseradish.
Nice mark up for the guy.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:51 pm to Deactived
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who in the hell puts the pickled ginger on the piece of sushi?
Some people just don't know. I'm not from Japan. I had to learn somewhere.
I remember taking my wife (then girlfriend) to get sushi for the first time. She poured the soy sauce all over the plate and ate each bite with a piece of ginger.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:52 pm to StringedInstruments
I think you're paying for the preparation when you get sushi. Overpriced foods that are easy to make it home include eggs hamburgers, potatoes, pasta, chicken, and a few others.
If you've ever tried making sushi at home you find that its not very cheap and it is very difficult.
Supply and demand.
Now why people gladly fork over $12 for a 3 egg omlet and some hash browns is a better question. So easy to make at home.
If you've ever tried making sushi at home you find that its not very cheap and it is very difficult.
Supply and demand.
Now why people gladly fork over $12 for a 3 egg omlet and some hash browns is a better question. So easy to make at home.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:53 pm to Zappas Stache
Sushi seems like a better deal when you eat it with someone else. I don't mind spending $60 on a sit down dinner with another person. On a random weeknight, though, I am not ordering sushi by myself. Can easily be $25+ for just me and I have a small appetite.
Wahada has a great deal:
They allow you to do double sushi or double sashimi if you want, too!
Wahada has a great deal:
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Combination Dinners
(Served with miso soup, house salad, gyoza, California roll, steamed rice & fresh fruits.)
Choose two of the following items: $14.95
Teriyaki (Choice of beef, chicken or salmon.)
Vegetable Tempura
Shrimp Tempura
Sushi (4 pieces of nigiri sushi.)
Chicken Katsu
Sashimi (5 pieces assorted.)
They allow you to do double sushi or double sashimi if you want, too!
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 9:15 pm to StringedInstruments
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Nice mark up for the guy.
Because he has no rent/lease, utilities, insurance, taxes or labor. And most decent sushi chefs go to the fish supplier themselves to select the tuna, salmon, etc. Often times the fish at the supplier has already been selected by a specially trained fish monger for sushi consumption....that is not free.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:27 pm to Stadium Rat
I never realized sushi had become such an affront to the true foodies out there.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:32 pm to DanglingFury
Because the masses like it and it is accessible to them, food snobs have the urge to criticize it.
I love me some dragon roll even with the fake snow crab stuffing.
I love me some dragon roll even with the fake snow crab stuffing.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:40 pm to TulaneLSU
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Because the masses like it and it is accessible to them, food snobs have the urge to criticize it.
In this day and age when even places like Davenport, Iowa or some other Anytown, USA have modern restaurants featuring "fresh" "local" "organic" "fair trade" et al food, I think the argument that food snobs turn on things when the masses get a hold of them is bunk. When almost every trend is so ubiquitous, based on that argument it would be impossible for a food snob to ever like any food because it's bound to have been embraced by common folk rather quickly.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:41 pm to TulaneLSU
I mean, nigiri/sashimi is just as accessible to people as the rolls are.. So I'm not sure what your point is.
I love some of the specialty rolls at Yama. They do an amazing job of letting the fish shine.
I don't like the heavy mayo rolls not out of some snob thing--but because I have a hard time with rich mayo-based sauces in any setting.
I also hate Canes sauce.
I love some of the specialty rolls at Yama. They do an amazing job of letting the fish shine.
I don't like the heavy mayo rolls not out of some snob thing--but because I have a hard time with rich mayo-based sauces in any setting.
I also hate Canes sauce.
This post was edited on 4/12/15 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:41 pm to Rohan2Reed
But have you ever eaten good sushi? Good to see you Rohan.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:45 pm to TulaneLSU
Hi old friend. No sure how to define "good sushi." I rarely eat it so probably by your standards I have not. I do rather enjoy raw fish preparations a la Peche or other similarly presented crudos. But the sushi restaurant scene just isn't my thing.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:47 pm to Rohan2Reed
I had sushi literally off the boat in Hawaii, and have had nothing even close to that experience anywhere else. Was a magical, and extremely inexpensive afternoon oddly enough.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:50 pm to Rohan2Reed
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But the sushi restaurant scene just isn't my thing.
What does this mean? Don't like cute Asian girls....or boys....?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 10:52 pm to StringedInstruments
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It's $12.
About 1/3 pound of salmon (~$4). I'd estimate less than a cup total of rice (~$.50). Maybe 1/4 of an avocado (~$.25). Throw in two or three cucumber slices, a few slices of pickled ginger and a drop of horseradish.
Nice mark up for the guy.
So about 50% of that $12 was the cost of the food to the guy running the place. What do you think the mark up should be?
Friend of mine who had a place like Canes and another fast food place and said the cost of food for them was 1/3 the price of what you pay for your meal. Another 1/3 was for overhead. The other 1/3 was profit. After searching around google, this seems to be about the same for most restaurants.
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