I love sushi. But it has to be good sushi. I have yet to find a good “all-you-can-eat” sushi joint here in Vancouver, and I’m pretty sure they don’t exist. Good sushi is not mass-produced, ’nuff said.
Not everybody knows this, but sushi does not mean raw fish. The term actually refers to the vinegared rice which is the basis of nigiri (hand-formed), maki (rolled) and chirashi (in a bowl, with stuff on top) sushi. Yes, you can have sushi without fish, such as the kappa (cucumber) maki and tamago (egg) nigiri. Or the fish might be cooked, as in ebi (prawn) or tako (octopus). Raw fish alone, served on a plate, is called sashimi.
See my post on uni (sea urchin) here
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