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Where was the testing? After living in Japan I stopped eating sushi in the US. It's always painful when someone asks me to recommend a "good sushi place" here,

Where was the testing? After living in Japan I stopped eating sushi in the US. It's always painful when someone asks me to recommend a "good sushi place" here, I'm not sure what to say.

Axsuul 7y ago
Just say Los Angeles
- defterGoose 7y ago
  Yep, never been to Japan but I can confidently say there are plenty of excellent sushi restaurants here in LA.
  - paulsutter 7y ago
    If you would like to try sushi you should spend time in Japan
    - beatgammit 7y ago
      That's kind of a long trip for a meal.
    - defterGoose 7y ago
      I mean, I have. Pretty sure the Japanese dudes serving me omakase knew what they were doing. Would love to go to Japan eventually.
    - Axsuul 7y ago
      I have tried lots of sushi in Japan and it's just as good in LA.
- yellowapple 7y ago
  Or Reno. Seriously, the sushi places here are on average at least on par with (if not better than) what you'd get from most coastal cities (LA and SF included), and certainly better than what you can find in other "inland" cities, and are almost always all-you-can-eat at a much lower price point than what most coastal cities offer (my favorite here, Tokyo Sushi, even throws in all-you-can-drink sake Monday through Thursday; it ain't great sake, but it does the job). My hypothesis is that the casinos have built up a strong supply chain for fresh fish (in order to supply their restaurants, including sushi bars) and a talent pool for chefs skilled with handling/preparing fish (including sushi chefs), and independent sushi bars are thus able to piggyback on both. I'm suddenly curious if Vegas has a similar dynamic (I haven't been there enough to know). Yeah, the rolls and stuff are definitely pretty thoroughly "Americanized", but the nigiri's almost always top-notch wherever I go.
softwarejosh 7y ago
personally I prefer US sushi places, local salmon in particular is an insanely buttery and delectable slice of raw fish, Ive never understood the japanese obsession with rice, it’s fine but salmon is better imo
- pfranz 7y ago
  It could be because salmon hasn't traditionally been a fish used for sushi in Japan. https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-invention-9189d9cd78b7 https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-in...
- beatgammit 7y ago
  What do you mean "Japanese obsession with rice"? That's literally what sushi is (rice with vinegar and sugar). Sushi doesn't have to have fish on it to be sushi, it can have vegetables or fruit or whatever else you want. If your sushi place doesn't make good rice, it's literally a bad sushi place (though it could be a good sashimi place if it has good fish).

Where was the testing? After living in Japan I stopped eating sushi in the US. It's always painful when someone asks me to recommend a "good sushi place" here, I'm not sure what to say.

Axsuul 7y ago

Just say Los Angeles

defterGoose 7y ago
Yep, never been to Japan but I can confidently say there are plenty of excellent sushi restaurants here in LA.
- paulsutter 7y ago
  If you would like to try sushi you should spend time in Japan
  - beatgammit 7y ago
    That's kind of a long trip for a meal.
  - defterGoose 7y ago
    I mean, I have. Pretty sure the Japanese dudes serving me omakase knew what they were doing. Would love to go to Japan eventually.
  - Axsuul 7y ago
    I have tried lots of sushi in Japan and it's just as good in LA.
yellowapple 7y ago
Or Reno. Seriously, the sushi places here are on average at least on par with (if not better than) what you'd get from most coastal cities (LA and SF included), and certainly better than what you can find in other "inland" cities, and are almost always all-you-can-eat at a much lower price point than what most coastal cities offer (my favorite here, Tokyo Sushi, even throws in all-you-can-drink sake Monday through Thursday; it ain't great sake, but it does the job). My hypothesis is that the casinos have built up a strong supply chain for fresh fish (in order to supply their restaurants, including sushi bars) and a talent pool for chefs skilled with handling/preparing fish (including sushi chefs), and independent sushi bars are thus able to piggyback on both. I'm suddenly curious if Vegas has a similar dynamic (I haven't been there enough to know). Yeah, the rolls and stuff are definitely pretty thoroughly "Americanized", but the nigiri's almost always top-notch wherever I go.

softwarejosh 7y ago

personally I prefer US sushi places, local salmon in particular is an insanely buttery and delectable slice of raw fish, Ive never understood the japanese obsession with rice, it’s fine but salmon is better imo

pfranz 7y ago
It could be because salmon hasn't traditionally been a fish used for sushi in Japan. https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-invention-9189d9cd78b7 https://medium.com/torodex/salmon-sushi-is-not-a-japanese-in...
beatgammit 7y ago
What do you mean "Japanese obsession with rice"? That's literally what sushi is (rice with vinegar and sugar). Sushi doesn't have to have fish on it to be sushi, it can have vegetables or fruit or whatever else you want. If your sushi place doesn't make good rice, it's literally a bad sushi place (though it could be a good sashimi place if it has good fish).