God I love japanese cuisine. I've never seen it being so diverse unforfortunately as I've never been to Japan. This makes me want to go even more :/

paintfive

785 Posts

January 01 2012 20:04 GMT

#47

On January 01 2012 17:48 Shymon wrote:
Incredible photos man, as a professional french chef, i always have a small part of me that wants to run away and learn to make sushi from some old japanese zen master. There is something completely pure and untainted by a simple presentation of really awesome nagiri. So much technique wraped in such a minamalist presentation. Also that o-toro is massive, so envious. Was the differnce in the o-toros that one was cut with the grain and the other cut aginst it (at least that's what it looks like in the photo)?

all in all excellent writeup.

The first one is more like chu-toro which is more toro and the other one is oo-toro or most toro. toro meaning fatty. there is also just "toro" which is the least fatty tuna.

oh and oo-toro costs significantly way more than chu-toro.

great pictures and write up man.

dudeman001

United States2412 Posts

January 01 2012 20:32 GMT

#48

I just had sushi buffet 2 days ago and you're making me want more. D: It all looks so beautiful, thank you for sharing this place with us.

infinity21

Canada6683 Posts

January 01 2012 20:36 GMT

#49

oh man not the best blog to be reading when I'm trying to cut. Looks delicious!

Nagisama

Canada4481 Posts

January 01 2012 21:11 GMT

#50

mmm sushi looks great! wish I got to try that place when I visited Tsukiji, but the line was so long.

AimlessAmoeba

Canada704 Posts

January 01 2012 21:27 GMT

#51

This thread makes me incredibly sad that I'm allergic to fish

GenesisX

Canada4267 Posts

January 01 2012 22:02 GMT

#52

I love this blog. <3 sushi

polishedturd

United States505 Posts

January 01 2012 22:50 GMT

#53

On January 01 2012 23:01 Belial88 wrote:
If you saw the video of the octopus that dances around 'live octopus', or the video of tasteless eating moving octopus, it was actually long dead, but the soy sauce causes it to spaz out.

fyi this is sannakjji, it is actually is served live (san = living, nakji = octopus)

also, this blog is fucking awesome. OP was the kawahagi unpleasantly chewy or did you enjoy it? I've always wanted to try kawahagi nigiri, especially with the liver on top :D

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

January 02 2012 01:38 GMT

#54

Fantastic blog.

I've only had sushi in my city, which is as far as you can get from the ocean, so I'm sure fresh fish is much better. That thought boggles my mind because I find my "inferior" sushi to be delicious.

NeverGG

United Kingdom5399 Posts

January 02 2012 01:42 GMT

#55

I'm not a fan of seafood myself, but my Mum would love a meal like this. I definitely appreciate the charm of how sushi (and a lot of Japanese cuisine in general) looks though ^_^.