why do people say sushi rolls arent sushi?
 

i mean, isnt the other stuff sushimi?

i love spider rolls, but people keep telling me im not eating sushi.

I don't eat sushi... but is that the kind that's cooked not raw? I dunno. :upsidedow

I have sushi at least once a week. I always order some type of sushi roll. Sushi does not mean "fish" in Japanese but rather signifies any vinegared rice dish. The fish is sashimi. Wrap the two together in portions and sell it as sushi, and the name still refers to the rice, not the fish.

Nigiri sushi - pieces of fish, shellfish, or fish roe over vinegared rice balls.
Sashimi - raw fish served chilled, sliced, and arranged without rice.
Maki sushi - vinegared rice with insertions, rolled up in Japanese seaweed.

:)

so it is sushi?

Can you post a pic?

I love sushi especially the Kalifornia roll. Mhhhh

I haven't seen it since, but in North Carolina there was one Sushi chef at a restaurant that made something called a Deep Sea Roll. I don't recall what was in it, but it was a very large roll that was tempura battered and then flash fried.

Tempura is very good too.

I think this is the Kalifornia roll. It looks just like it, with alvacado in it.

Brand0n,

Allow me to take it from here. Many Americans think that when they eat out at a foreign-ethnicity restaurant, that they suddenly become more culturally sophisticated. Problem is, eating at a Chinese establishment does not mean that you understand how chinese people eat, what they eat or even how they interact.

The Japanese more often don't use chopsticks. Try explaining this to someone that eats out at "all you can eat" sushi tuesdays.

Americans complicate things in an attempt to sound more sophisticated than others.

Cory that still dont awnser my question.

I mean im gettin what you are putting down, but are sushi rolls sushi?

They say it to sound elitist.
Certain rolls that originated in places like california are not seen as "real" sushi by them. Despite they were also created by sushi chefs. The sheer idea that a chef would incorperate local ingrediants into their cuisine is absurd and thus makes it not "real".

Brand0n, I would say that they are. Sushi is a general term. Now, you could say "sushimi" if you want to be specific about eating sushi. I do that as I like certain fish without the rice.

But it is still sushi. My point was that people try to complicate things.

Sashimi, nigiri, maki... all sushi, just different presentations.

Who has a copy of that funny ass video that gives "sushi eating" lessons to "stupid Americans"? Last time I saw it, Tanker had it, but I haven't seen him pop back in from his honeymoon yet --

Exactly.

these same people probably think sashimi is just another name for sushi

I know a guy that works for a Japanese company in LA. They eat sushi all the time. He constantly tells me about Japanese culture and how to eat sushi.

I tell him to get a passporte :)

He is so naive.

LOL, sashimi is a fish without rice presentation, commonly found in sushi restaurants ;)

Your absolutely right, sushi is actually finger food and supposed to be eaten with your fingers. I learned this from a little old japanese women and her husband who ran this great sushi place in Perth Australia. I spend 6 months there and ate at their place about 40-50 times, they taught me all the ways sushi should be eaten, prepared and they even taught me the right way to pick and cut the fish. Also the pickled ginger servered with sushi isnt suposed to be put on the sushi, like alot of people do, it is actually suposed to be eaten between pcs of sushi/sashimi to cleanse the pallete for the next piece.

ok, I missed lunch and you guys are making me hungry. :321GFY

I love how when I took my friend to Asia, he asked for General Tso's everywhere he went and expected a fortune cookie at the end of each meal. :1orglaugh

they just want to pretend like they're sushi experts.

I'm thinking of grabbing some sushi for lunch now......

True, but seriously fuck em. Eat it how you like to. If you want to place layers of ginger on your ebi and use chop sticks to pick it up, great. As long as you enjoy it.

I always each my sushi with my fingers. It's because the pieces are too big for me to eat whole and when I take a bite out of them they fall out of the chopsticks. Now I find out I've been doing it the right way all along :)

What they are saying is true...but its being pretty nitpicky...


In Japan real sushi is all sashimi with some nigiri.......they dont have rolls like we do...thats americanized sushi.....I like a touch of each :thumbsup

In japan sushi is the vinegared rice.

Seriously, this thread has got me craving for sushi.

I had a Cuban sandwich for dinner and I STILL want sushi after this thread :(

you dont have to remind me....

i was just commenting that they are different :winkwink:

Sushi is an area where you will find the largest amount of snobs in regards to food. EVERYONE wants to claim that EVERYONE else is eating it wrong, eating the wrong thing, not knowledgable enough.

Actually, Japanese people often use hashi (chopsticks) to eat sushi. Especially if it is served on a dish shared by others. To avoid touching any sushi with the eating end of the hashi, it also common practice to turn your hashi around (holding the hashi roughly in the middle) and pick up the sushi from the end you are not eating from, deposit the sushi on your plate, reverse the hashi and then eat it (after dipping it in your soy sauce and wasabi mixture).

There is nothing wrong with using your fingers to eat sushi, however again, if the sushi is coming from a shared plate, it is considered good etiquette to use hashi to transfer the sushi to your individual plate, before consuming it.

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it is still sushi to me.

Mmm...just got back from having Sushi at Anzu in San Francisco. Yummy! Hamachi to die for. :thumbsup

http://www.thetubes.com/disco/sushi.jpg

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Hell yea it is my favorite is the volcano roll:thumbsup

All I know about sushi that it's supposed to be served in odd numbers.
3 pieces, 5 pieces etc..
lol.

Nigiri sushi is usually served with two pieces a la carte.

http://www16.big.or.jp/~sushi135/Top_JPEG/hamachi_s.jpg

Now that you mentioned it, I seem to recall that often when I order Dim Sum (Chinese food), there are three items on a plate.

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Seeing somepics from this thread makes me really hungry..