Oh Sickest TL

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maj are you ?

TacoBello

You guys are making me super hungry. Hnnnnng... all this good sounding food. I'm pretty adventurous with my taste buds... I like eating strong flavored foods. Wifey is always like "how can you stand the smell or taste of that?" While I'm on the other side of table, drooling

UlsterBoy13

nom nom

Oh Sickest TL

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i like jerk chicken straight from jamaica

cu2wagon

Jamaican me jerk my chicken.

Ammirite?

cu2wagon

Ok. I'm going now. Bye.

cu2wagon

Taco's dumb.

Okay, now bye!

UlsterBoy13

i love street food! in mexico, tacos for like 25 cents and whatever, i dont care what you say about where meat etc comes from, its delicious, even when it gave me ridiculously bad food poisoning to the point i was delirious and wife called the dr to give me shots which i remember none of, the first thing i wanted when i woke up feeling better was more street food!

Majofo

When in NYC tho.. Shanghai Joes... not related to Fuck Joe in Houston.

Majofo

Ok Bye too

TacoBello

I really don't know how to explain it... it's generally not "omg this is the best tasting food ever". But it certainly is unique food and those who like it, like it a lot. The making of sushi itself is an art forms. It takes skill to make it right.

Some people love it. Some people hate it.

No need to scare you. If you're willing to eat a bloody steak, eating raw fish is no different. You can't just grab any piece out of the freezer and make sushi out of it, either. Unless you like being sick. But any worthwhile sushi place will have its shit together, so you shouldn't worry. Hell, I've eaten sushi in land locked alberta countless times and ive never been sick.

UlsterBoy13

Ok bye bye now.....

oh i love this little korean spot in Jacksonville, right on the water down town, Koja....awesome to sit there on the balcony with the sun and river,,,,,damn i want to go now.....

Ok bye.....

cu2wagon

Maj, your boy Post Malone is at Emo's in on the 20th of September.

UlsterBoy13

Jefe....dont listen to Taco, not all sushi is raw fish...

TacoBello

I'd love to hit up Austin or Houston for food. I picture some super delicious restaurants in Texas. Mmmmm

UlsterBoy13

Houston is a good Foodie town, i never spent a lot of time in Austin so i wont comment, and DFW has some decent spots.

TacoBello

California rolls are not sushi, mother fucker.

But yeah... if it lives under water, it tastes good on rice or wrapped in seaweed, or just the fleshy goodness all on its own. Yum.

Majofo

Austin is overrun by great places to eat. Houston is very good, but sprawled out.

Yumcha

Saba is arguably not raw. Tako is not raw.

Of course, there is the non-fish sushi like tamago, shiitake, natto, and etc.

Yumcha

Fixed.


There are a few places there you want to steer clear of. Or...somebody's stomach is gonna get a hurt real bad.

Yumcha

Sushi faux pas: AYCE. If it's an AYCE sushi joint...back up the car and keep backing it up until you're on the road and high-tailing it to someplace that's legit.

Yumcha

Anyways. Taking my wife to a Tokyo-style izakaya to celebrate our anniversary on Friday evening. Looking forward to it.

TacoBello

Yes, but when Jeff was mentioning never having tried sushi, I have a sneaking suspicion he was referring to never having tried raw seafood before

TacoBello

Dafuq is AYCE?

cu2wagon

All You Can Yard Of The Month

TacoBello

You're so snobby

Yumcha

With access to all that seafood, I would wager Jeff has HAD to have at least tried ahi tuna steaks...? If yes, he's pretty close to raw fish.

TacoBello

Oh god... ahi tuna

Yumcha

I don't mind buffets...and some are truly amazing. But, AYCE sushi just does not work...on principle and just the logic behind it. You have to wonder if the place is literally buying a giant slab of salmon from say, Costco, and using that to feed you on sashimi? What about the rice? What sort of white grain are they using? The seaweed...?

Yeah, just too many questions. Unless say, the buffet was like $120 per person, I just don't see how a restaurant could make money and NOT take shortcuts that will ultimately cost you, the customer.

Majofo

Vegas you puto cucks!!

Majofo

Ha.. someone post this in RLX

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TacoBello

There's two ways to look at it. I'm not sure which is correct. There's the way you mentioned, but then again, I have a hard time believing those places that sell me $120 worth of sushi have to charge that much. If anything, I'm eating $15 worth of seafood and $15 worth the workers time making the sushi. The remaining $90 goes straight into the owners pocket.

I do hear what you're saying though. It does make a guy wonder with regards to what you're eating. On CBC radio this morning, they were talking with some author about his latest book about food. He mentioned sushi and when you order tuna, often you're getting something that looks similar but it WAY cheaper (he called it a garbage fish lol). Same with red snapper being substituted for escarole, because it's cheaper. 99.8% of people would never know the difference and don't know they're eating shit

TacoBello

It actually was already posted there in the past, by one of their own. It turned into a thanking fest and everyone licking the RLXs butthole about how great it is and everyone else is just stupid

Yumcha

You are paying for the mastery of the sushi chef...As well, if the restaurant is a LEGIT sushi place, the chef would have some very reputable suppliers that provide him great quality fish. A truly great nigiri is NOT just the fish but also the rice itself. Has it been made with sushi-grade rice? Is the mirin mixture the right amount? In some nigiri sushi's case, it comes with the sauce already drizzled...what is that like? What is the plating like? Some awful chefs OVER garnish the plate and you now have something that is not an artistic arrangement but a puke-like excess of too many sliced/shaved carrots, cucumbers, shiso leaves, and etc. etc.

The typical tuna you are getting there is albacore tuna. That is the lowest of the low and IMO, only consumable in one place: canned tuna to make your sammich.

Albacore tuna has a pale pinkish color. At a minimum, a reputable sushi joint will NOT serve albacore tuna but rather, red tuna...it's a very deep red/crimson color. Of course, the king of tuna is the bluefin which can be had if you go to the right place. But, it's not cheap. From those tuna, you have otoro, chu-toro, and toro. Various types of tuna meat from different parts of the fish itself. Also amazing in itself...One of the best meals I've EVER had was a multiple-course tuna sushi meal...divine does not begin to describe it.


Red snapper you usually get in places is tilapia and escarole...this is actually called izumi dai but sold as "tai". LIES!

It is much more rubbery than say, madai or true tai. If you are ever in Vancouver, before you go, message me and I'll send you a list of fish. What you want to do to judge a Japanese establishment is to read their nigiri sushi list. If the place is FULL of rolls, then...like the AYCE thing, back away quickly and run. Cuz, your money is wasted.

Yumcha

I don't pretend to be a "foodie" because I can't stand them. BUT, when it comes to my whiskeys and Japanese food, like robots, I would consider myself pretty expert.

TacoBello

It still boils down to 15 dollars worth of seafood. Hate to break it to you, lol.

thoiboi

Fuck Din Tai Fung... Overpriced and not really that great XLB... I'll take a hole in the wall we have around here for half the price and less of a wait over DTF any day.

TacoBello

I do agree with what you're saying though.

cu2wagon

Send pics of your sushi pls.

thoiboi

On board with you Yumster, hate buffets with a passion.... Quality > Quantity.


Real quality > fake quantity