Who likes sashimi

by Roaddog

Posted: 13 years ago 19 replies

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I know here in this forum we have people from all over the world....
from all over the US...just wondering what your preferences are for raw fish.

I'm about to bust out some fresh Ahi, soy and wasabi.

Part of the reason I ask is I can never sit down and eat sashimi, without thinking of my friend Nick.
When I was in the military stationed out of Japan, I had a good friend from Arkansas...or as I always called it (to him) R Kansas...Now Nick was a good man..huge ..literally saved my life in a bar in Taegu ROK, story for another time. I won't digress that far.

Anyway I spent my teenage years in LA and never blinked an eye at eating sashimi, kim chee (love that stuff) etc..
Nick and I were on a subway in Japan, had a few and were pretending to be a lot drunker than we were, about to throw up on anyone that wanted to crowd in on us. Most people were disgusted and moved away, but two drunk Japanese business men thought this was the funniest thing they had ever seen... ended up taking us out to sushi bars.(we didn't speak Japanese nor they English...just that strange drinking language that we all forget the next day)...

The bills were in the hundreds....even without Nick eating sashimi...he just kept staring at me saying JIM YOUR EATING RAW FISH..."What? you guy's don't eat raw fish in R Kansas?" NO JIMMMMA WE PREFER COOKING IT.

Like I was a freakin martian or something...I honestly don't know who was more freaked out from the difference in reaction...me or him... lol.

Now if memory serves, you guy's from the South eat some pretty strange stuff...(Okra comes to mind, the first time I ever saw that was boot camp).... and most I have met, freak on raw fish.

Maybe an opinion from all over would be interesting.

Yay..Bored and I'm home alone..lets see... go to in laws with wifey and kid...stay home drink beer and have peace, play on computer...

I'm gonna have to think on this one

Ahi anyone?

Jim

ThomM

13 years ago

Jim you do realize that raw fish is just blue crab and crawdad bait right?

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Roaddog 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Jim you do realize that raw fish is just blue crab and crawdad bait right?

Ahh ha ha...another heathen that doesn't know the succulence of bluefin or yellow fin tuna drenched in soy and wasabi.

Cool, more for me...
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Roaddog

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

Jim you do realize that raw fish is just blue crab and crawdad bait right?

I almost thought you were serious Thom till I remembered you went to culinary school.

Even giving the Labrador some. he loves it, course he eats his own...
so probably not a good argument for it, there.

The mighty yellowfin.

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ThomM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

I was serious Jim, raw fish is bait

Actually I'm not a fan of cooked fish either, but I do love my crustaceans.

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domainarama 13 years ago

I live with a woman from the Kansai area of Japan. They don't eat sashimi (raw fish). Sashimi's a Tokyo thing, not a Japanese thing.

The wasabi you get in the US in green tubes is horseradish, not real wasabi.

Do you know your saki (it's called nihonshu in Japan)?

Damn, I'm hungry (and thirsty).
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derekwong28

13 years ago

Right now, all the rage is on live Sashimi where they take out a live fish and slice pieces of meat off it in front of you.

I once had live lobster sashimi. It would be served with the lobster's head still moving on a plate so it can see you eating it.

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Originally Posted by derekwong28

Right now, all the rage is on live Sashimi where they take out a live fish and slice pieces of meat off it in front of you.

I once had live lobster sashimi. It would be served with the lobster's head still moving on a plate so it can see you eating it.

Derek my man, hardcore...have to try that.

The only thing in the world I will never try again is Vegemite, and balut in that order.

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by derekwong28

Right now, all the rage is on live Sashimi where they take out a live fish and slice pieces of meat off it in front of you.

They were serving it that way when I lived in Japan 21 years ago...

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Roaddog

13 years ago

Ahi

A little seared..a little raw -10.00

a little kim chee - 3.00

and Colorado's finest - 6.00

Peace and quiet - priceless

@Bill Farnham

I don't remember running into the live stuff over there...course we really didn't stay there that much, because of logistics, even though stationed out of Atsugi and Yokosuka.
Which was in a way a relief, that place could break a rich man.

I was going to put a you tube vid on the live stuff...but thought after seeing it.....discretion the better part of valor in this case...lol

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Bill Farnham

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Roaddog

Jim,

For the sake of clarity, the way they would serve it in some high end restaurants is you go over to the live fish tank and choose a fish. Then the chef takes the fish, fillets it and slices the fillets into smaller pieces and lays those pieces back in place on the fish where they used to be.

It happens very fast and when you are served the fish is still twitching its' head and tail. But boy does it taste good.

(I lived in Kyobashi just outside of Osaka, fwiw)

Btw, I lived on a sport fishing boat for the better part of a decade. I built a large livewell to hold the fish we caught because I was just tired of cleaning fish that had been dead in a bucket for 8-12 hours. When we got back to the dock I would take the still live fish and fillet them as I pulled them from the tank.

Of course every now and then I would treat myself to a little fresh taste of the critters, if you get my drift...

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Roaddog 13 years ago

Well I don't know if you have ever been in California, but it's pretty big here.

And we get real imports from around the world, what makes you think I get Wasabi out of a green tube? Plenty of real stuff here.

I don't know about Kansai, but I never had any trouble getting it whether Tokyo, Yokohama or whatever.

As for Saki don't even get me started...because I won't be able to answer till I get bailed out...love that stuff, a little too much
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alcymart 13 years ago

Well the most exotic food I ate apart from Sushi was Octopus, mind you, it wasn't RAWand I dare anyone to taste Raw Octopus...LOL

Would love to try that Raw Sashimi...
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Patrician 13 years ago

I absolutely love sashimi - it is my favorite sushi by far - my faves are octopus, tuna and salmon - loaded with wasabi of course.

HOWEVER (and I know flash freezing will kill worms and that is what you trust has been done to your sashimi fish)

... after watching docudramas about 'monsters inside you' or something like that - I am just too permanently freaked to take the chance ever again of having weird things growing inside that you don't know are there.

(and I know there could be other sources besides raw fish) but just to take less risks I will pass on any more raw anything.)

I will take the wuss 'california roll' - seaweed wrapped around rice, avacado, cooked crab, etc..

Derek - that is too fricking gross = it sounds as bad as the ancient Romans - and I thought it was cruel that people boil shell fish alive - who would ever guess someone would enjoy watching a living being tortured.

I am ashamed for you.
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- Roaddog 13 years ago
  
  Patrician,
  
  I love that California roll too, didn't think I would like that salmon, but I had someone who really knew what they were doing, prepare it, really good.
  
  Still have to try the octopus.
  
  With all the respect due you, and I mean it..
  
  the Romans also invented
  
  sanitation, mining, dams, bridges, aqueducts, roads, machines and etc...
  
  roughly a third of the creatures on earth would eat you and not even give it a thought.
  
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Patrician 13 years ago

"roughly a third of the creatures on earth would eat you and not even give it a thought"

Yeah, but I bet they are animals and not human (at least for the most part).

I think that was my point that with our so called superior mentality that humans should have some compassion on other living beings.

It's okay to eat - we all gotta - but why be cruel and eat them alive, excuse me? I know I know Mountain Lions can't differentiate... but we can - supposedly.

The Romans were far out in a lot of the things, you are right. However they were pervs on a lot of levels as well - and that's what I think of laughing while you eat somebody alive.

Sorry to highjack your sashimi thread though.

perennially off topic....

and back to yummy yummy yummy.
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derekwong28 13 years ago

This is what live lobster sashima looks like

and this is how it is prepared

Lobster: Basic Sashimi Preparation « SHIZUOKA GOURMET

The main reason why they put the lobster head there is to proof that the lobster was alive before it was prepared. Of course it is very disturbing when you see it, but it has probably been dead for more than half an hour.

Live seafood is preferred in these parts of the world. The difference between live, chilled or frozen is so great that anybody can taste the difference. That is especially if you just boil or steam it. You just don't know what goes on inside the kitchen.
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derekwong28 13 years ago

This is Japanese and Korean for you!

YouTube - Eating Live Shrimps in Korea

YouTube - Eating a live baby octopus

YouTube - Eating a Live Frog Heart

Apparently some idiots on Youtube commented that the Tsunami for divine retribution against Japan for cruelty against animals.
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LawFanatic 13 years ago

I personally love sashimi, but don't eat it all too often. I'd take king crab legs and/or lobster over sashimi any day. Then again, one could opt for lobster or crab sashimi.
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