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What is your favorite sushi?

Doctor Q said:
Ika (squid sushi) is my test of a sushi restaurant. Only the best sushi places have good ika. Many restaurants passed the test in Japan. Only a minority can pass the test in Los Angeles.
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Have you ever been to Hirosuke? If you're in that part of the valley, it's a really nice one. Very understated place but the food and service is great and priced pretty reasonably.

I dream of their Oh My God and the Spicy Tuna roll. The Albacore too. *drool*
 
My faves among the "classics" are maguro (tuna) and unagi (eel) nigiri, spicy tuna (both maki rolls and temaki/hand rolls) and inari (rice in fried tofu pockets). I also like tuna tataki: a slab of tuna, gently "seared" on the outside, then sliced sashimi style and served with ponzu sauce.

As recipes vary for "gourmet" rolls with certain names, I will describe two of my faves in detail...
Dragon Roll: shrimp tempura inside, rice outside, alternating strips of unagi and avocado with eel sauce drizzled on top.
Red Dragon Roll from my fave local Japanese steakhouse: crab stick and fried asparagus inside, tuna outside, square pressed instead of rolled (i.e. no nori), drenched in a fiery thin red Korean-style sauce that resembles gochujang in flavor-- a real sinus-clearer, that one.
 
1. Spicy, crunchy shring roll
2. Spicy tuna
3. Salmon and avocado
4. California roll

There is a fantastic and inexpensive place in Brooklyn, Kiku--that I love.
 
renewed said:
Sushi is actually the rice itself. Not all ingredients have to be raw.
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Nice thread resurrection ;) But I agree with this. I know a lot of people who go "Sushi? Raw fish! Eerrugh!" But I eat sushi with a group of friends almost on a biweekly basis, and none of them even like fish, let alone raw fish. "All You Can Eat" sushi places are popular here, and there's just so much other stuff to order that they all manage to stuff themselves anyway. Tempura, edamame, teriyaki chicken and beef, dumplings, even onion rings, shrimp, rice bowls, noodle bowls... Along with non-fish sushi like california rolls, mango rolls, cucumber rolls, "crispy" rolls, egg (tamago) rolls...

My favourites are the spicy tuna rolls, and mackerel sushi/sashimi.

Someone earlier in the thread said they couldn't stomach the idea of raw salmon, but that they loved smoked salmon. I used to feel the exact same way. Then one day I decided to man up and try it. To my great surprise, I liked it! Just imagine smoked salmon, minus the smoky taste. That's the only practical difference! The rest is all in your head.
 
Only tried it once... and that was enough for me :(

Therefore, my favorite sushi would be the same as skunk indicated back in 2007 when this thread started

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Macky-Mac said:
shabu shabu !

hmmm, there's a pretty good place near Hide....near the YMCA on Sawtelle, right on the corner (east side of sawtelle, newish building), near Giant Robot, LaGrange and Sawtelle if I remember, check it out....and there's also a very nice skewers type place in the same building that I've eaten at.....mmmmmm! bacon and asparagus skewers!!!
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I'll look for the place you're talking about next time I'm there.

Giant Robot is awesome! :cool:

I know the skewers place, I've heard good things about it. You're not the first person to recommend it.

I also really like the little Japanese market that's next to Hide. That's where I buy my loose-leaf green tea with roasted rice.


And to stay more on-topic, I've also had really good Toro at Hide (BTW, for people who haven't been there, it's pronounced "Hee-Day")
 
iBlue said:
Have you ever been to Hirosuke? If you're in that part of the valley, it's a really nice one. Very understated place but the food and service is great and priced pretty reasonably.

I dream of their Oh My God and the Spicy Tuna roll. The Albacore too. *drool*
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I've tried sushi places in the valley -- some were good (as they say it out there, totally tubular) and some not as good (like, grody to the max, like yeah no duh). But I haven't been to Hirosuke so I've added it to my list. Thanks!

Note: I didn't say "gag me with a spoon" because you don't need a spoon for sushi.
 
Nato. Oh wait it's disgusting (IMO). Other than I love it all. If I could afford it and wasn't worried about the mercury levels I'd eat it every day. Except Blue Fin, which I won't eat for ethical reasons.
 
I'm a big fan of Alaskan-style roll. Basically rice, seaweed, salmon and avocado. I also like Philadelphia and California rolls along with Maguro sushi. Altogether a big fan of fish, especially tuna and salmon but others too. No eel for me though.
 
I like unagi (freshwater eel) sushi better than anago (saltwater eel) sushi.

The funny thing is that I'd turn up my nose if somebody tried to serve me cooked eel, say at a seafood restaurant. Ewww - eels are weird-looking fish!
 
Doctor Q said:
I like unagi (freshwater eel) sushi better than anago (saltwater eel) sushi.

The funny thing is that I'd turn up my nose if somebody tried to serve me cooked eel, say at a seafood restaurant. Ewww - eels are weird-looking fish!
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+1! Unagi sushi can't be beaten!
 
This thread is making me so hungry!


Doctor Q said:
I've tried sushi places in the valley -- some were good (as they say it out there, totally tubular) and some not as good (like, grody to the max, like yeah no duh). But I haven't been to Hirosuke so I've added it to my list. Thanks!

Note: I didn't say "gag me with a spoon" because you don't need a spoon for sushi.
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:D Well I hope you like totally go and like totally enjoy it, dude!
 
Doctor Q said:
The funny thing is that I'd turn up my nose if somebody tried to serve me cooked eel, say at a seafood restaurant. Ewww - eels are weird-looking fish!
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I have heard unsubstantiated rumors that some unscrupulous sushi bars will use grilled halibut rather than eel for their unagi, taking advantage of the similarities in texture.

Regardless, I love unagi as well, and I must admit that Techhie's illustration is indeed a nice interpretation of the Dragon Roll.

Squid are "strange-looking" creatures as well, but I can definitely tuck into a plate of ojingeo bokkeum (Korean spicy squid). But then again, I've always been relatively open-minded about food. And that discussion is best left for another thread. :)
 
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