Steak Tartare

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by kayaker

Other recipes I have seen use the raw egg topper as well. I wonder what spices they used in the meat. I'll have to look that one up.

Ususally a quail egg as it's just the yoke and you don't want a big yoke on there.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Ususally a quail egg as it's just the yoke and you don't want a big yoke on there.

Yeah, the quail yolk is also popular on uni (sea urchin) sushi.

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

Had it, horse sashimi....not bad! But was a little disturbing to eat. I kept picturing Mr. Ed.

It was interesting, a lot leaner than beef, similar to venison. A friend of mine (who raises horses) turned it down, saying he couldn't look his horses in the eye if he tried it.

Originally Posted by Kreth

Yeah, the quail yolk is also popular on uni (sea urchin) sushi.

Kill me...I'm starving...yum. Love 'em both. There's a sushi joint near us that does a 'Kamikaze Shooter'...I think that's what they call it anyway....oyster, uni, quail egg & sake. I haven't had it yet but I will. I just love uni plain for the most part but if I'm feeling like grossing out the other patrons, I'll slap that quail egg on top.

Originally Posted by Kreth

It was interesting, a lot leaner than beef, similar to venison. A friend of mine (who raises horses) turned it down, saying he couldn't look his horses in the eye if he tried it.

Yeah, I likened it to eating cooked beef for some reason...I was 11 so what did I know but I remember it tasted (to me) like cooked steak. I'm not sure why it tasted cooked when it wasn't. Maybe because of the lean thing; makes sense it'd be more like venison, not that I had had that yet at 11 but I love it now.

Sorry to run over 'ya Ian...

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

Kill me...I'm starving...yum. Love 'em both. There's a sushi joint near us that does a 'Kamikaze Shooter'...I think that's what they call it anyway....oyster, uni, quail egg & sake. I haven't had it yet but I will. I just love uni plain for the most part but if I'm feeling like grossing out the other patrons, I'll slap that quail egg on top.

The biggest thing I miss about sushi here is finding a place that does real otoro. The closest I've had is a place in Boston (Ginza, IIRC), but their otoro was really chutoro. Plus, in Japan you can try stuff like whale and flying fish that's impossible to get here.

Oops, sorry for the thread jack.

Originally Posted by Kreth

Oops, sorry for the thread jack.

You're talking about food, so it's good by me.

Now you've got me craving sushi.

I really need to get back to Vancouver. There's a great, all you can eat, place there.

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by kayaker

You're talking about food, so it's good by me.

I actually bumped the old sushi thread to avoid thread-jacking, but I'm going to subscribe to this one. Now I just have to talk the wife into trying that recipe you posted.

Originally Posted by Kreth

Now I just have to talk the wife into trying that recipe you posted.

You could always do the blindfold taste test.

Originally Posted by Kreth

The biggest thing I miss about sushi here is finding a place that does real otoro. The closest I've had is a place in Boston (Ginza, IIRC), but their otoro was really chutoro. Plus, in Japan you can try stuff like whale and flying fish that's impossible to get here.

Oops, sorry for the thread jack.

WHALE?

Hey, what's the diff betweeen otoro & chutoro?

Oh, and hey, Jeff, you're close to Syracuse...you get out there ever? I've got a good friend from there so I'm asking her if she knows any good sushi joints.