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Hamguri [nihama]
It doesn’t get better, Nihama, the ultimate in balance and texture. This is type B sushi, there are two types, A, raw and, Type B cooked. I always say, if it looks so good, it tastes so good, and this...
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Geso Squid
I am always amazed by the freshness and quality of fish in Japan. How do they do it? If you go anywhere, you cannot find this quality. The squid, named Geso (pronounced gay-so) is a squid, and that...
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“fluffy truffle taste”
This is a magical taste, you take a microplane and run a black truffle across the surface. It gives tremendous volume of fluffy truffle taste. Channels of taste beyond a single slice, the usual way to...
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“Bite Sized Sushi”
You probably eat sushi frequently, I have no idea where you live, I live in restaurants. This is pretty, and it tastes very good, a chewy “bite sized sushi”. When it comes to taste, a fish and rice...
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[needle fish]
The fish of the season, the condition is perfect, glistening white, a streak of silver up the back, a touch of Shoyu. In Japan, a high-end sushi restaurant does not encourage the use of shoyu, as we...
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Gamete Ooze
The main challenge with sea urchin is to maintain the consistency after the gonad or ovaries are removed from the test. The gonads are washed in salt water and then preserved in Alum, an aluminum...
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SABA //crème de la crème//
Saba is submerged into a vinegar bath for [2.5] hours after being rubbed with salt to rest for [3] hours. The end result is perfect Saba Sashimi crème de la crème. Filed under: Sushi n'Style Tagged:...
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Choshu Ebi
This shrimp was as good as I have tasted in a long time. It comes from Choshu western Japan, it is wild caught and it is superb. Filed under: Sushi n'Style
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“Hon Maguro” [Southern bluefin]
Each tuna varies in quality, taste varies according to size, fishing styles, species, female or male. In fact, the sex of tuna is not determined genetically, as in some other organisms. Tunas are...
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1701//Posts//Chu-Toro
I started the blog just over a year and a few months ago. I post as much content as I can, when I have time to think, write, taste and post. Today at lunch I tasted Chu-Toro, a cut of the tuna, sweeter...
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Silver/Blue Fish
The winter is passing, waters off the shores of Japan are colder than ever, fluctuating as the weather is sporadic. The fish has a distinctive colour, blue fish are in their prime right now and the...
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Cho-Toro
This is a cold day, temperatures were freezing and are still very cool with the sun washing the roads dry of snow. This is winter’s finest chu-toro, the fatty tuna isn’t something I often taste, it is...
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Awabi
I salt this fish, it is so perfectly cut, a mouth size of the very best abalone. The taste and texture of Abalone depend on species and preparation methods. Abalone from Japan possesses the highest...
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Sumi-Ika @ Nori
This variation works really well, nori and sumi-ika, a delicious fish combination. It looks longer than it really is, on purpose the seaweed hangs over the edge, it remains crunchy giving the snap-bite...
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C02 Treated Tuna
Tuna is popularly eaten raw, an important eating quality, freshness of the tuna, is indicated by the bright red colour of the raw meat. The desirable bright red colour is due to oxygenated muscle...
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Aomori ["o"] Toro
Aomori tuna, a large fish, landed promptly and shipped to Tokyo within 24 hours. Fresh not frozen, a sample of o-toro, a fatty part of the belly, but not too fatty. When you see the fatty tissue...
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Neggi @ Torigai
Too often combinations are created, or invented by chefs or non chefs that make little sense. Of course this is purely subjective, while at the same time, I believe there are certain limitations in...
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Chu/o/Toro
I post these photos not to be redundant but to show the colour gradations in each and very cut of the tuna belly. This was cut from a 3-kilo section of the tuna and over several days the colour of the...
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Aji @ Sushi
I adore this fish, small rice, perfect balance, seamless efforts combined onion and ginger. Aji is one of those winter fish that rarely disappoints any sushi lover. Look at the quality up close, the...
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O Toro @ Hon Maguro
I have written numerous post about Hon Maguro the real blue fin tuna that swims along the coast of Japan. This particular photograph illustrates what we refer to as fatty tuna which has been cut from...
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