Sushi!!!!

[sabro]

There seems to be an explosion of Sushi restaurants in Southern California these days. A place called Niko Niko in Redlands is my usual spot, but there is Sush Mac in Highland, Sachi, Sayaka and a few others. Most is very California- the California roll with the rice on the outside, avocado and fake crab meat... and lots of "fusion" rolls with everything from cream cheese to jalapenos...

I like the the California fusion stuff, but also just plain tekka maki and kappa maki and nigiri. I also like nigiri with ume and oshinko...

What is the "typical" or traditional sushi in Japan?

[Gentleman10]

Hmmm typical? Well 'non-fusion' I guess :)

[sabro]

How's the sushi in Austin? I'll be going through there in August...

Worried about my rainbow roll fix.

[miki78]

Actully i have always wanted to try Sushi but i'm a devoted vegetarion i heard there was a vegetarion version is that true i wonder?

[chrisk21]

I have tried various types of vegeterian sushi with omelete, avocado/cucumber, tofu, zucchini/pepper etc Highly recomended!

[miki78]

^^ yea that souds tasty hey could you anser a questio for me please

What is Tofu?

[sabro]

Tofu is a soy product. No taste or texture, it takes the flavor of things around it.

You could eat sushi for days without hitting a piece of meat... cucumber, avacado, carrot, pickled radish or cukes, ginger,

[miki78]

it all sounds really tasty ^^

is there any good cook books for vegetarion sushi coz my mom would go mad for one^^

And um what is a cuke please? ^^;;

[Nicky]

Tofu is a soy product. No taste

I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?

I haven't had decent sushi in almost a year. I tried buying a "bento" from the supermarket over here and it was horrible. The sushi rolls were sitting in about a centimeter of very brown excess vinegar. :(

[sabro]

ALL vegetarians need to discover Soy, Tofu, Edamame, even the water loose curd stuff and the stinky pickled brown stuff. ... and Nori (seaweed) and red bean products.

also Also Japan has an incredible variety of mushrooms that shouldn't be missed.

I have a few Sushi cookbooks that I will see if any are vegetarian.

[undrentide]

I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?


You are right, Nicky, tofu has very nice flavour of soy beans. :cool:

[MrWabu]

Maybe you've seen this: What to do at a sushi restaurant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCpbBVthD7o
If you have, I'm sure you won't mind seeing it again ;)

I can taste tofu, it's very subtle but I enjoy it.
Being a veggie too, I tended to gorge myself on "inari" and those omelette ones.

[Mycernius]

The first time I tried sushi was in San Francisco. I didn't know what wasabi was and ate a lump of it. I found out quite quickly what wasabi was, DAMN HOT! I treat it with a little bit more respect nowadays.
@miki78: I have found a few sushi recipe books Waterstones recently. Although not totally vegetarian they do include vegetarian dishes

[Gentleman10]

How's the sushi in Austin? I'll be going through there in August...
Worried about my rainbow roll fix.

You should come on down and try it, I haven't been to a sushi restaurant here seeing how I just started my semester at Texas University here. heh, I'm a 1st year college student, so unfortunately I think my sushi days are going to become extremely limited.... what a shame :(

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

The Japanese government introduces a certification system to overseas Japanese foods restaurant from 2007.
Because there is much bogus Japanese food.
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/keizai/20061101AT3S3102R01112006.html
I hear that there is a crazy restaurant giving kimchi at a sushi bar.

[epigene]

I swear it has its own flavour but no one seems to agree with me. Maybe there is something wrong with my taste buds?
I haven't had decent sushi in almost a year. I tried buying a "bento" from the supermarket over here and it was horrible. The sushi rolls were sitting in about a centimeter of very brown excess vinegar. :(

If you're looking for good sushi takeaway, I recommend Whole Foods Market at Symphony.

They had pretty good stuff when I was there the early part of this year! :cool:

[Nicky]

I'll check them out then. The supermarket near Fenway used to have great sushi but then the people making the sushi sold their company to new people. And the new people are not very good. =/

[sabro]

A lot of the Sushi restaurants in Southern California seem to be owned by Koreans. Bulgolgi on the menu is a dead giveaway, as is the presence of kimchee. Others are Chinese or Thai owned, and chains and franchises are popping up that anyone can own. My usual restaurant, Niko Niko in Redlands is Korean owned and definitely pan-asian staffed, but the food is good and prices are great. Tuan, the owner keeps it as authentic as American tastes will allow. He also has a Korean restaurant which I have to try.

[Dutch Baka]

I love Sushi with Chicken Teriyaki in it :D

I dislike the sushi with Ikura... but heyz that's not sushi is it, but Nigiri?

[miki78]

^^thanks Mycernius we have a Waterstones near us so i will check it out ^^

Um is there vinigar in all Sushi? if there is, is it malt vinigar or can you use spirit vinigar

Coz i'm allergic to malt and olive oil ;_;

[undrentide]

miki, vinegar is used to season sushi rice. In Japan we normally use vinegar made of rice but I'm not sure what kind of vinegar is used abroad...
Surely not malt vinegar as it is too dark in colour. I think most vinegar will do as far as it is not dark in colour (so no malt vinegar, no aceto balsamico, no wine vinegar made from red wine...) and without strong flavour (I mean besides ordinary vinegar flavour.)
:-)

[Mycernius]

I'm not sure what sort they use in restaurants, but you can buy sushi vinegar from specialist shops if you make your own. I use Japanese Kitchen UK, an online shop that delivers fairly quickly, if you are interested in finding ingredients for yourself.

[miki78]

That shop is great Mycernius ^^ thankyou

[leonmarino]

The Japanese government introduces a certification system to overseas Japanese foods restaurant from 2007.
Because there is much bogus Japanese food.True!! Some restaurants here are very bad indeed.. But I have to say some "new" kinds of sushi are very good. I mean, I'm pretty sure the California Maki was close to herecy when it was first introduced, but it's available in every sushi-ya isn't it? Rules shouldn't be too strict, as new inventions can lead to delightful sushi!!
Maybe I should make some sushi again sometime and try some "Dutch" ingredients.. Haring for instance!! I think that would be pretty good. :blush: