Sushi eaters, what's your favorite sushi and why?

[Aiptasia]

Mine's Unagi.. Lightly toasted and covered in sweet sauce. And I like it because it's yummy.

[nini]

1. anything salmon or crab

though I like most types

[GRLMGC]

2. It's not real sushi but its on the same menu

I'm a wuss, I'll admit it. I like California rolls

[Aiptasia]

7. well everybody has to start somewhere

I love getting to my favorite sushi restaurant early. There's always one sushi chef just making california rolls because of the high demand. I think they pre-make like 30 each night or something. Crazy popular, that crab and yellow gourd confection.

[Lavender Brown]

3. the sweetheart roll from my neighborhood sushi place

is the best :9

[Worst Username Ever]

4. any of the battleship sushis

I'm pretty hard core. I don't like lots of sauces on my sushi other than soy and wasabi. I REALLY like salmon and tekka though. Love squid and octopus, but they are both a little tough at times.

[Aiptasia]

8. mmm flying fish roe

with the little quail's egg on top or no?

[Worst Username Ever]

17. I HAVE NEVER HAD IT.

Quail eggs are always talked about but I have never had it with my sushi, regretably.

[Aiptasia]

24. it does well to sweeten up ikura

or any other "battleship" fish roe based sushi. It usually costs a little extra but try it on one piece next visit to the sushi bar.

[American Tragedy]

5. unagi

[one_true_leroy]

6. chirashi bowl...

sashimi and lots of it!

[Aiptasia]

9. Aah chirashi donburi

Haven't had that in a while.

[NYCGirl]

10. Uni, baby!

Sea urchin rules! (Even though it's murderously expensive.)

Edited to add: It's really sensual.

[Aiptasia]

16. Bleah!

Sorry, it's the one type of sushi I don't like, except maybe whole baby octopus.

It's not that it's so bad, it's just that I have two reef tanks at home and spend a good deal of time messing with live rock, and uni both smells and tastes just like live rock. That's because sea urchins scrape algae off of live rock for food.

Everything else, i'm game. Maybe I just got some bad uni or something.

[Ian David]

30. Uni!! My favorite!!

Number two: Ikura (salmon roe) with quail's egg.

My 2 year old daughter has loved Ikura since she was a baby (but no quail's egg).

Number 3: Unagi

[NV Whino]

11. Anything but sea urchin

And unagi is indeed yummy. I had a couple of new things the other day at a new sushi place up valley from me: spicy monkey roll (mixed shredded fish rolled in rice and deep fried with a spicy sauce) and crunchy dragon roll (again wrapped in rice and deep fried so it was crunchy, can't remember exactly what was in it.)

[Longgrain]

12. I somewhat recently

Tried sushi that had fruit in it...I had never had it before and it was yummy...

I'm a big fan of sushi, but generally don't like avocados, so sweet fruit was a welcome alturnitive...

[Danmel]

13. I like almost everything

I don't like Sea Urchin and Giant Clam, but I like most other Sushi- I like bonito and fluke and salmon and tuna and white tuna and spicy tuna rolls. There is a sushi place near here that makes a tuna with cracked peppercorns that isn't traditional but is very tasty.

I also like eel which is not raw but also quite tasty,. My daughter, the gourmand, likes flying fish roe with quail egg. This is a kid who when I asked her what she'd like me make for her for her 10th birthday requested Osso Bucco!

My son, who is now 10, likes sashimi better than sushi, and can down a whole platter!

[Aiptasia]

19. Sounds like tuna tataki with ponzu sauce

mmm... tuna tataki...

[sjr5740]

14. Toro and ama-ebi

Give me some fat or raw shrimp any day. However, hard to come by sometimes and the shrimp always has to be extra fresh so I only save that for the best restaurants

I used to go to Kirala in Berkeley CA They had a wasabi chicken appetizer which was grilled chicken coated in pure wasabi. It tasted great and went great with :beer:


SJR

[Aiptasia]

21. Mmm.. toro...

love that fatty belly meat.

[phantom power]

15. Tuna. Deep red, melts in the mouth....

[soothsayer]

33. Amen! Nothing better.

the cooked eel is good, tho, too

[Dora]

18. Sniff! I miss sushi!

Can't eat it. No raw foods while I'm pregnant. Baby's due the end of January, and our anniversary is February 9 -- I bet you can guess what sort of restaurant I'll be suggesting.

Or, maybe I'll take a nice nap instead. :-)

[Danmel]

31. I had sushi the day I got home after delivering my 1st baby

My husband went out and brought home a very expensive take out order of sushi, since I hadn't had any for almost a year- I didn't eat sushi when we were trying to get pregnant just in case. It was good! Hang in there- you'll have your sishi and your baby soon! (congrats!)

[Jack_Dawson]

20. Ikura w/ Quail Egg!

(minus the egg)

[CornField]

22. Trivia: Where do you buy sushi in Iowa?

Target -- it's the only place I've found locally for sushi.

[GRLMGC]

27. Gotta love Tarzhay

haha. I wish we had one here.

[Jessica]

23. Spicy tuna rolls & crab/avocado rolls ...

I'm pretty much a stricly roll girl. And bring on the wasabi!

[Aiptasia]

25. That's it... sushi tonight...

Who'se with me?

[Worst Username Ever]

32. We've been making our own lately

We can STUFF ourselves with good sushi for literally less than half the price. Mmmm... maybe that will have to be in the works for this weekend.

[Burma Jones]

26. TORO TORO TORO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If unavailable, I do enjoy a good fatty salmon..............

[Shakespeare]

35. um, toro isn't salmon...

it's tuna.

[Jack_Dawson]

37. I don't think he said it was???

:shrug:

[Shakespeare]

39. My bad--I totally misread the post.

My apologies to the poster.

[Burma Jones]

45. Accepted........................n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. Toro seconded.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. spicy salmon and spicy tuna rolls

[distantearlywarning]

29. Yellowtail. And Unagi. n/t

[warrens]

34. Spider roll

Crunchy softshell crab. Looks disgusting, tastes GREAT.

Spicy tuna is a close second, and sea urchin roe third.

[Midlodemocrat]

44. I love spider rolls.

Mmmm, now I am hungry for some. I also like Phoenix rolls, something our restaurant here makes, not sure if it is nationwide, worldwide, but it is tuna, shrimp, eel, eel sauce, roe, and some other yummy stuff.

edit: Wrong ingredients.

[Shakespeare]

36. Toro. The most supremely amazingly great of all sushis.

Tough to find it on the menu sometimes, but oh...when it is....melt-in-your-mouth heaven!

[sir_captain]

38. Anything from Sushi of Gari in NYC

It's like eating a little piece of heaven. By far the greatest sushi I've ever had, though sadly, it's hardly cheap.

[democracy eh]

40. any sashimi, and tobiko - flying fish roe

mmmmm goes pop !



and arctic char sushi SUGOI

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

42. Ankimo (monkfish liver).

Followed by hamachi (yellowtail) sushi or sashimi.


Ankimo



Hamachi

[cmf]

43. ebi and

unagi and all rolls that don't contain mayonnaise. I also like tuna and salmon, but since I got braces, I don't eat the raw stuff. I don't like the feeling of having raw fish stuck in my braces. :puke: