The Sushi Thread

[Chimp]

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This is good to know, thanks. Gonna get me a block of shiro maguro next trip to Mitsuwa / fish market.

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Al,

Next time you are headed to this mythical place where I can buy sashimi-quality fish to prepare at home, please call me. Do they allow a big whitey like me to shop there? I will also need some lessons on preparing sushi at home (although you said you prefer sashimi, which is pretty easy). I've always been slightly frightened by the idea of preparing raw fish at home, but if the quality is high this could be an exciting turn in the cooking life of me.

LFS

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LFS,

Mitsuwa market downtown (3d and Alameda) has phenomenal fish. I bought a box of uni and some chu-toro for my fiance's birthday meal last weekend...it was as good as any I've had at SushiGo55 or Echigo. Really fresh stuff. The key there is that the store has such a high turnover in their fish dept that it's easy to find great quality stuff.

As for preparing sushi at home...make the rice, make the vinegar, slice the fish. It's easy, man! Let me know if you need some recipes for the rice and vinegar....