re: Ever Gotten Sick From Raw Sushi?

Got sick once in 35 years of eating sushi. I had a spicy seafood salad (raw tuna, salmon, and yellowtail) at Shogun in Metairie. Had a bellyache for 3 days. around 1998?

If the raw fish smells or tastes fishy, DO NOT EAT IT. Smell it before you put it in your mouth. Spit it out if necessary, and tell the chef right away. The exception is mackerel, which is supposed to taste fishy and oily, either cured or raw. I like it, most don't. "Cat food!"


I would never eat raw fish sushi from Rouse's or Albertson's. A matter of quality and taste more than safety.

I have eaten California rolls and some raw sushi rolls at Chinese buffets. Usually not very good. Japanese sushi buffets are okay.

If we want raw sushi, we go to a quality Japanese sushi bar, sit at the bar if we can, and chat with the chef as to what is the best and freshest fish today. Most chefs like to do an "omakase" - chef's choice. I've had our favorite chef at Sushi Yama do omakase for The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Lammo and me for years. We never need a menu. Sometimes we will suggest something, and he will quietly shake his head because what we asked for, while available, is not his very, very best and freshest raw fish and other items.

You probably should start with a simple raw tuna roll. The tuna should not be fishy at all, but rather have a light, delicate flavor and a medium soft texture.

Nope

Worried about hosting a few little worms?

I never ate raw sushi. Drank a little too much saki and ended up a bowl of raw salmon with fish roe at Sushiyama. Sushiyama can make this roll-raw salmon with mango and cream cheese on the inside and seared pepper tuna with strawberries on top.

No, I try to go to reputable places

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Some is cooked. The broiled eel. Tamago, which is a kinda omelet, shrimp is cooked. Very well marinated fish is ok. But, I'd really have to know the head chef.

In Sandy Utah, the Sushi Express is excellent. The owner/chef is a Japanese guy who bought fish in San Francisco for export to the Tokyo market for 20 years. Zero atmosphere, and the owner is not quite rude, but very close. But the sushi is fresh and top grade. I'd eat raw sushi there, but rarely anywhere else. And the pricing is very reasonable.

You can smell bad fish before you eat it. If you're eating sushi, you shouldn't smell a strong fish odor.