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Veggie I cant eat fish:D

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Love me some sushi. Personally I ask the sushi artists to make whatever they like...My regular guy (Ball) makes 4 or 5 rolls of his best and I will eat they hell out of it. The advantage of it is mostly because they know what is the freshest fish they have for the day and sometimes they will try a new roll/combo they haven't made before and usually taste amazing. Not much I won't eat, pretty much all of it is dynamite :tu

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man do i love sushi, rolled or traditional it doesn't matter. i don't mind cream cheese on certain rolls. a mexican roll with cream cheese is actually pretty damn good if done properly. thank god i have a place that does both and we eat there once a week. they also serve all types of sake.

charlie is the primary chef. he is awesome and if you sit at the bar you can watch true skill being performed. he can roll a roll like no other. just a fine layer of rice perfectly wrapped. he did a special roll just for me the other night, i called it the rock and roll, had snapper, salmon, crab, shrimp and cucumber all in one and it was excellent.

they do incredible tempura also and have a ton of stuff not on the menu. the place is a hole in the wall but it's won best of tampa bay for many years!

it's called kaiko's. it's in clearwater off mcmullen booth but is by far the best in the area and charlie is just bad ass. if anyone is ever in the area i'll join you for sushi there and we can head to the bar after for a smoke and a beer.

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If you ever go to Corona Cigar in Orlando, Amura is next door and consistently voted top sushi in Orlando. In the summer, I sometimes grab it to go and eat outside Corona.

Their Atomic Bomb roll is my favorite. (weird name for something Japanese...)

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Copious amounts of Sushi was consumed last nite be my and the Sandy Eggo boys. Oh, and yes.... we had Uni :ss

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I love sushi, haven't had one i didn't love yet, altho honestly i don't like the chewy ones like octopus and surf clam as much as the melt in your mouth ones like tuna and hamachi

but still love em all! And sashimi is nice and healthy, pure protein

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Prefer the raw fish as opposed to the cooked (like shrimp), but other than that, I'm game.

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Attaboy Dustin! Have a great rest of your Cali weekend my man.

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Last night:

Miso
Salad
Plate of Tempura

2 orders Nigiri Sake
1 order Nigiri Toro
1 order Nigiri Muguro
1 order Spicy Tuna
1 order Spicy Sake
1 order Spicy Toro

Not adventurous, but dam good.

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Oh I TOTALLY did. Food, drinks, cigars and friends... it doesn't get better than that!

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Glad to see you made it back Dustin. How ya doing? I ain't recovered yet:r

T'was fun Bro.

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Awesome; well, I went & picked up some sush from Bristol Farms on Saturday (best market sushi, if you can call it that) for a quick lunch...had a tempura shrimp roll and:

-yellowtail sashimi
-tun sashimi
-albacore sashimi
-salmon sashimi

Pretty damn good, even if it came from the market

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Well I do have youth on my side, so I'm feeling fine :r LOL

Thank you so much for everything my friend, the Sushi Casserole was AWESOME!

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Details please, before I hurl.

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LOL Rick was making some home-made square sushi for the herf but the rice wouldn't hold together so he put all the ingredients in little casserole dishes. Holy hell it was GREAT!

Not baked LOL

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My favorite! I prefer sashimi to most sushi, less rice=more fish!:D

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:r:r:r awesome, thank you for the clarification and i'm glad you had such a great weekend my man - mrsreindeer & i are heading to AZ in April for a cousin's wedding; i'll keep 'ya posted (i'm sure we'll be hitting the inlaws' place in Sedona at some point!); it'd be great to herf/sushi up

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:r I did that yesterday! :r

I had tuna sashimi, salmon sashimi and a spicy tuna roll. It took care of the craving. :)

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Gotta do something to make us feel better after Saturday....sheesh. :tu

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While I haven't had any sushi today, I was able to talk a co-worker into going out for Sushi tomorrow :)

Can't wait!

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For me, it's the Tekka Don. Sashimi Tuna over a bed of white rice. MMmmmmm

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Had sushi for lunch yesterday. Mixed moki and sushi moriwase along with some edamame. It was a great lunch.:D

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I needed a sushi fix, but ended up getting conveyer belt sushi. LOL. It was okay, but at least it scratched that itch 'till I can get real sushi.

Have I mentioned how much I miss living in Los Angeles and having an awesome sushi restaraunt a block (aka stumbling) distance away? :r

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LOVE sushi. It wasnt so damn expensive I would eat it three times a day.

My fiance and I make it all the time.

Here is the plate we made last week.

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That's a very nice job, well done! I'm coming to your house for sushi!

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Man I'm getting into this thread a bit late.

It's hard to find great sushi in Oklahoma, however "good" sushi isn't out of the question. In fact my fiance and I have probably eaten sushi 2-3 times a week for the last 7 years we've spent together.

Nothing better then just your standard tuna roll! I'm not a big fan of all the fancy "new age" crap, but do eat some of it. We are mainly nigiri type people!

Good thread.

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The wife and I got our sushi fix last weekend in Little Tokyo. I’m salivating just thinking about it. It was well worth the 45 minute wait.

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Where the heck'd you go Mike?

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One of the best sushi I've ever had in Los Angeles was out at this restaurant in what I thought was nearby the Rampart District. Off the I-5, down a ways once you crest the hills by Universal Studios. Place didn't look like it (simple stucco sides, single entrance), but it was always packed when we would go there. Had three sushi bars in the building itself. They'd use *generous* cuts of fish to make their sushi, almost like getting a sushi and a piece of sashimi for the same price.

Might you remember that place?

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How long ago did you go? Universal Studios is off the 101....so if it might have been the 101 and not the 5 & over in Studio City (where Universal Studios is located), perhaps it was Katsuya? That place is tremendously popular (esp. with the celebs) and pretty good. It's in a very small stripmall, maybe 5 stores?

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We went to Oomasa. The only time there hasn't been a line when I've been was in the afternoon. Luckily we got there around 6 or we would have waited longer.

I'll have to check out Katsuya.

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Nah, definitely off the I-5 as it was further south of Universal Studios. I'd probably say if you split the distance between the 101 and the 110 along the I-5, it'd be somewhere around there. It's probably been 7 years or so since I've been there so it's definitely within the realm of being gone (or moved).

Now I wish I definitely paid more attention to where my friend was driving when we went there.

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Ooooof! Never heard of Oomasa; I'll have to add it to my list. Katsuya in Studio City, I think, is the original. There's also one now in Brentwood & Hollywood. I've been to the Studio City one once and the Hollywood one once. Hollywood was definitely a bit of a scene and the attached S Bar is pretty cool. I think the SC one was probably better (but) less trendy.

Folks really really love Katsuya though; it might be a bit too hyped but you should check it out once.

jquirit...I wish I could help...I don't know that area well at all!

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Sounds worth checking out. Thanks.

One thing to keep in mind about Oomasa is that there’s not much of a scene there. The décor is dated….red, vinyl seats, but the food makes it worth checking out. Funny thing is that I saw an online dating commercial on TV the other day that was filmed there (can’t remember the name of the site).

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Damn. You guys have me craving it bad. I've been staying away because my wife was pregnant and now that she's breastfeeding the doctor is telling her to stay away still. So it's been about a year for me and I'm dying. But I'm such a good husband that I would never go eat it without her. Nah, wouldn't do that would I.:r

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Split a big bowl of soba and then loaded up on some nigiri. Otoro, unagi, and a bunch of red, black and orange flying fish roe. A good lunch day today!

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My first experience with sushi was some really bad sea urchin. My "friends" felt that it would be amusing to see me choke some of that down. It took me years to try it again. But recently a decent lil sushi bar here in Lexington served me some "baby" sushi...i guess you call em philly rolls...i really enjoyed that. So, I think I'll try something a little more adventurous next time around. :)

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I never even knew this thread existed!!!!!! I just read the entire thing cuz sushi is my favorite....nothing compares.

Now I can't wait to go back home and eat some. There's this one place my family and I go every Friday like clockwork. It's called Kotobuki in Orange County by El Toro. The place only opens Thur-Sat 5-10 PM. And let me tell you it gets packed in there. We don't even order. We just sit down and Hiro just does what he does best and serves us.

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The owner of my favorite sushi joint died this week. 44 years old with two young children and a wife left behind.

R.I.P. Hook. You'll be missed brother.

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dude that sucks, been there before and it's good but next time you are this way on Mcmullen there is a place called kaikos and it's awesome. get to know charlie, he's cooler than most of the other owners I've met and will help you make up just about anything into a roll or try his traditional. he's just awesome and his place gets best of Tampa Bay almost every year.

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That is so sad. Thoughts and prayers sent.

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Will keep that in mind Jeremy. Thanks for the info.

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I thought I'd bump this thread back up rather than continue jacking Ian's steak tartare thread with sushi chat...

First up: unagi. Discuss. :r

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Otoro is a very fatty cut of tuna, and very tender. Chutoro is in the middle, fattier than the regular maguro or toro tuna.

I have not eaten sushi in Syracuse. You used to have to go to Albany or Binghamton to get decent sushi, but in the last couple of years, a good place opened up in Oneonta (where I live) and Delhi (where I work). :wo

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Ah! So which one do you like better, Jeff?

I'm told by our friend that Ambrosia and Tokyo Seoul are good in Syracuse...(from our friend that doesn't eat sushi but has heard good things...she says both are good & Ambrosia has a good atmosphere albeit a little trendy).

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Heading out for Sushi right this moment. Updates when I return.:fu

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Damn it! So hungry.

Enjoy!

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That's it. I've had enough. I just can't hold out any longer. I'm getting sushi for dinner tonight. :D

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:fl:c:c I'm still starving over here...

Hey Mike - I'm solo this weekend & probably hanging in Hermosa/Redondo for a time...what are you doin'?