Favorite sushi items?

[SacredCow]

I had a craving so I went to have sushi last night (unfortunately, my s/o won't eat it so I couldn't order a lot of things to have the variety).

I had escolar and yellowfin nigiri and one roll (snowcrab, tempura shrimp, avocado, and soy wrap) at Kamado's: http://www.jckamados.com/index.html

[HopeHoops]

1. I make ours vegetarian. Favorite: pickled diakon, scallions, portabello and avacado

[SacredCow]

2. Interesting....

I like some of the vegetarian rolls, but I always have to get a couple of yellowfin and escolar- usually when I'm craving sushi, it's those that I'm wanting. The rolls are lagniappe...

[HopeHoops]

3. Oh, you can make a wide variety of rolls without fish or seafood...

Pickled daikon
Cucumber
Avacado
Scallions
Portabello
Enoki mushrooms
Shitake mushrooms
thinly sliced carrot sticks
egg (mix with milk like for scrambled, cook on griddle without stirring, slice into strips)
cheese
zucchini
Tomato
Peppers (any variety)
Spinach
Asparagus (thin spears)
Radish (shaved works best)

Mix and match - but remember to keep the color variety interesting!

And if you make your own a lot, be sure to get the wasabi powder. It is way cheaper than the pre-mixed stuff and has a much better flavor. You can also mix it to whatever consistency you like.

An important tip: keep a bowl of water near your slicing knife and dip it before every few slices. That keeps the rice from sticking to the knife.

[SacredCow]

8. I'd try to make that myself....

I really don't think I'd try to mess with the fish at home.

[HopeHoops]

10. My kids love it - they have since they were little.

It takes a little practice, but after a while you can whip together rolls in no time.

[arbusto_baboso]

4. Unagi (smoked eel) and anything with scallops in it.

But honestly, I'll eat just about any sushi.

I think I was Japanese in a past life or something.

[SacredCow]

5. I'm not terribly fond of the eel...

it's a texture thing (as are most of my food dislikes). But I LOVE me some scallops- in ANY kind of food! :9

[arbusto_baboso]

6. Eel's really not a problem in sushi. The texture is nice, actually.

I think the smoking process takes some of the "snakiness" out of it.

[SacredCow]

7. I've had the smoked eel in sushi....

I can't put my finger on *why* the texture bothers me, but it does. It's not absolutely disgusting to me (like brussels sprouts)- I have and will eat it, but I generally won't order it for myself.

[arbusto_baboso]

11. Huh. Well, different opinions make for a horserace...

I have found that a nice, fresh lean tuna is something that even the neophyte sushi fan can appreciate, thiough.

[SacredCow]

13. Not my significant other... He won't touch it.

He'll eat a seared tuna steak, but won't touch it if it's called "sushi."

The last time I went deep sea fishing, we caught a smallish yellowfin and the boat captain cleaned it and sliced off paper-thin strips for us to eat for lunch. Can't get it any fresher than that, and it was some kind of good!

[blm]

9. the accompanying Sake

;)

[JBoy]

12. Local specialty here in Vancouver - "BC Roll"

BBQ Salmon skin, usually topped with a drizzle of sweet eel sauce.

[Fleshdancer]

14. yellow tail, tuna, salmon, spicy scallop...

but I judge the restaurant by their saba. Great saba is a wonderful thing.

[Callalily]

15. Unagi Sushi (bbq eel)

My absolute favorite. And although I live in the Midwest, there's a place here that makes the most fabulous unagi sushi.

And as a disclaimer . . . I'll eat any well made sushi.

[TommyO]

16. Funny you should ask, I just got done with a few rolls for lunch

I go to Wang Sushi (a small Asian Fusion restaurant) in Toms River, NJ (www.wangsushi.com).

For lunch, I had a Rt 37 roll (Spicy Tuna, spicy salmon & tempura flake top tuna & salmon) and a cucumber roll.

When I go for dinner, all bets are off. Nigiri, maki, handrolls, I'll eat almost anything but mackerel.