The Sushi Craze

[Los Feliz Slim]

Location has everything to do with this. I assume that LA and SF have superior sushi places because we have more Japanese people. Here, going at for sushi is as common as getting a burger or mexican or whatever.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

a. did you just wake up from a 20 year coma?

b. sushi - just the food - is no more expensive than say a good steak dinner.

[Gunny Highway]

I'm not a fan of sushi either. I've had some that I've enjoyed, but none that I've preferred to say a big, juicy cheeseburger. With that said, it's been around forever so it's hardly a fad.

[Jackie Onassis]

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b. sushi - just the food - is no more expensive than say a good steak dinner.


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But with sushi you're paying $50 to fill a fourth of your stomach.

[JJGD83]

I think sushi is pretty big on the east and west coast (esp NY and LA). I didn't realize this was a "new" fad, and I don't think it's going to fade away. A good steak dinner probably costs the same as a sushi dinner except sushi, while delicious, is hardly filling.

[Gildwulf]

I love it for a lot of reasons

1) it's not all even close to that expensive. There is a restaurant in downtown MTL I go to 3 days a week that has a $15 lunch special that includes: miso soup, salad, full plate of sushi (like 18 pieces of amazing stuff), tea, and vanilla with red bean ice cream for dessert. Considering it costs $9 for a subway trio, this is pretty much a no brainer.

2) It's very healthy. If you want to go out to eat, odds are you are faced with something like fatty meats, fried foods, etc. Not that I don't love that every once and a while, but I would be a whale if I went out to eat 3x a week at those places instead of sushi.

3) It is incredibly delicious and beautiful. I don't know if it is an acquired taste, but sushi is my favorite food besides MAYBE a really nice steak. It just has everything you would want in a piece of food and the presentation is absolutely breathtaking. It really is an art.

[punkass]

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I love it for a lot of reasons

1) it's not all even close to that expensive. There is a restaurant in downtown MTL I go to 3 days a week that has a $15 lunch special that includes: miso soup, salad, full plate of sushi (like 18 pieces of amazing stuff), tea, and vanilla with red bean ice cream for dessert. Considering it costs $9 for a subway trio, this is pretty much a no brainer.

2) It's very healthy. If you want to go out to eat, odds are you are faced with something like fatty meats, fried foods, etc. Not that I don't love that every once and a while, but I would be a whale if I went out to eat 3x a week at those places instead of sushi.

3) It is incredibly delicious and beautiful. I don't know if it is an acquired taste, but sushi is my favorite food besides MAYBE a really nice steak. It just has everything you would want in a piece of food and the presentation is absolutely breathtaking. It really is an art.

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I would say it is an acquired taste. I hated sushi and didn't like the sight of it before college. When I got to college, I love this stuff (fatty tuna, salmon are faves).

There are definitely sushi bargains around if you look for them.

[samjjones]

I will not even eat cooked fish.

[Gildwulf]

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I will not even eat cooked fish.

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[eleventyone]

For me, at least, sushi has been an acquired taste. Once I got use to it though and found items that I love I haven't stopped. Like gild said it's a very healthy food. I've never felt so good after eating a meal than I have after eating sushi.