Sushi... made at home?

[evilcougar]

I did a sushi making course with about 10 other people at sakana grill downtown. It was awesome. They teach you how roll it all etc...you end up making a giant platter and you get to take it home. It was like $50 or something per person, but, you get to keep your mat and the giant platter of sushi.

Also, some safeway stores have sushi grade salmon at their meat counter. I've bought it there quite a few times and just cut it up and eat it just like that. I'm also obsessed with raw salmon....

[llama64]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

BTW, on an unrelated sushi note....


It's perfectly fine to eat nigiri sushi with your fingers. I see people fumbling with chopsticks trying to eat it sometimes... just use you fingers.

Damn straight! Sushi (nigiri) was DESIGNED to be eaten as finger food. But then, white people love using chopsticks to feel ethnic

[DOK]

The expertise in making sushi comes from the final look of the product. The perfectly circluar roll, the percise layout of the ingredients inside the roll, etc. That's what takes forever and a day to perfect, in fact, it takes a long time to get something that looks even close to a professional roll.

BUT, that being said, at home, focus on the rice. You need to use sticky rice, just go to a grocery store and buy rice for sushi, it's pretty easy to find. Cooking rice in general is a fine art. It needs to be rinsed, cooked, and timed perfectly. That way the stickiness is jsut right, not too sticky and glumpy, and not the kind that falls apart. Also the vinegar will give the right taste. After figuring that out, buy the rest of the ingredients and slap it together as you please. Use plastic wrap on the counter, put a layer of rice, flatten it, throw in some ingredients, and roll it up the best you can, squeeze it to firm it up and chuck it in the fridge to let it set up.

The kits are fun, but just add more complication to the process, enjoy figuring it out, as long as the rice is cooked properly, no matter what it looks like, it'll taste like sushi! Don't get freaked about how hard it is to make, because like I said at the beginning, it's only the physical appearance that is the hard part to achieve. It's not like cooking a steak, where it's more important to cook it right and less important to have it look right, know what I mean? (you mess up the cooking part of a steak and no matter what it looks like, it'll always be over / under done, sushi is opposite, crap look, still mighty tasty).

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by Cain

It is funny, but most of my recent posts on a hockey forum come up when there is a sushi thread. I'm an addict.

In my opinion, I'd stay away from the all you can eat venues (ichiban, korean bbq inn, sushi tokyo) as I think the quality of sushi there is really very poor. I recently went and tried it again for old times sake and did not enjoy a single piece that they brought out. For whatever reason though, these always seem to be packed...I have no idea how they do it.

My current recommendations for sushi would be Wa's and Misato. Both are very, very good. The important thing to note is that all you can eat sushi is not really a good deal anyway. You will walk away more than satisfied if you spend the same amount of money at a higher quality sushi restaurant. You really do not save any money by doing all you can eat.

I'd love to try making it myself though, sounds fun. And you can just be lazy too, I mean who doesn't love sashimi?

This is spot on as far as the Calgary sushi scene goes. I'll throw in a recommendation for Sushi Bar Zipang in Bridgeland, also.

[IgiTang]

Thanks for all the insight guys. Most appreciated.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame

You, good sir, are insane. You need to try some good Vancouver sushi. I hate van as much as the next man, but the cheapest, best tasting sushi in Canada. It costs way more in Calgary, and the fish isn't anywhere near as good in Calgary. I used to get rolls for around $1 at my local joint.

yeah, sushi in Van is unbelievably cheep and great. I've considered trying to make it myself, but considering how cheep and good it is 1 block from my house, there's just no point.

My favorite $8 meal
-edemame (sp?)
-seaweed salad
-cali roll
-dynamite roll
-avocado roll
-prawn udon
-green tea
-Pockey sticks to go

[LChoy]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

yeah, sushi in Van is unbelievably cheep and great. I've considered trying to make it myself, but considering how cheep and good it is 1 block from my house, there's just no point.

My favorite $8 meal
-edemame (sp?)
-seaweed salad
-cali roll
-dynamite roll
-avocado roll
-prawn udon
-green tea
-Pockey sticks to go

All that for $8
I got to go to Vancouver more often...

[ShaolinFlame]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

yeah, sushi in Van is unbelievably cheep and great. I've considered trying to make it myself, but considering how cheep and good it is 1 block from my house, there's just no point.

My favorite $8 meal
-edemame (sp?)
-seaweed salad
-cali roll
-dynamite roll
-avocado roll
-prawn udon
-green tea
-Pockey sticks to go

Kishu Star? Cheapest sushi in Kits after 7:00.... (1 block W of Burrard on the N side of 4th)

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame

Kishu Star? Cheapest sushi in Kits after 7:00.... (1 block W of Burrard on the N side of 4th)

No, Kishu star is very cheep too with their 50% off after 7PM but I don't really like their sushi too much.
The place I go is Hitoe Sushi further West on 4th.

[CRXguy]

Originally Posted by ShaolinFlame

You, good sir, are insane. You need to try some good Vancouver sushi. I hate van as much as the next man, but the cheapest, best tasting sushi in Canada. It costs way more in Calgary, and the fish isn't anywhere near as good in Calgary. I used to get rolls for around $1 at my local joint.

This man speaks the truth.

For decent sushi here, it would cost about $75 for two. My wife and I had sushi in Vancouver for $55 including tip, and we were beyond full.