So, I had my first restaurant sushi experience in Japan last night. Up until then, the only sushi I've had has been supermarket or conbini bento-box sushi. Last night, my advisor took me to a kaiten-zushi place, which sort of means rotary sushi. Think Sushi Boat! The sushi comes around on little plates, rotating around as customers sit at the bar. Well, in Japan, kaitenzushi is very cheap, and the quality of the sushi definitely shows! I'm not sure that it was an improvement over conbini/supermarket sushi. Even the hamachi was kind of tough, and the maguro was only so-so. Disappointed...
I've discovered that the Japanese value maguro (tuna) much more than salmon, I think. Whereas most Americans I know would go for salmon, it's tougher to find salmon sashimi here. And the maguro is generally very tasty here, tastier than I've had in the US.
Today was gorgeous weather. Not a cloud in sight. Some of the internationals were surprised that despite it imminently about to become November, we could still wear t-shirts. It reminds me of home...in fact, Matsuyama is approximately the same latitude as Los Angeles. Amazing! I love this place.
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2 comments:
How is the supermarket sushi? Comparable to supermarket sushi here?
Salmon is less popular on account of being partly freshwater, so at a higher risk for parasites and contaminants.
Have you had kampachi or ishi tai recently? I haven't found a sushi place here that serves them.
Supermarket sushi here is better than supermarket sushi in the US.
I don't know what kampachi is, so I don't think I've had it. I haven't had much sushi, actually. I've had tai, but not in sashimi form. It was really good. But I think yellowtail is still my favorite, cooked or not :-)
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