General Musings Articles

The Sushi Police Are Here to See you

Apparently the sushi police are on their way. With the popularity of sushi spreading worldwide, it should be no surprise that everyone and their brother wants to jump on the bandwagon. The problem is that now, it is as easy to find horrible food that is supposed to...

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Sushi Pet Peeves

I've been eating sushi for years and have always spoken to everyone I know on the topic ad naseum. Just for the heck of it I've created a list of sushi pet peeves that I've collected from what other folks say about their sushi experience as well as my own. These are...

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Sushi – The Traditional and the Non-Traditional

I have touched on this topic before, but I was looking at my spider roll (soft shell crab) the other night and thought about just how incredible it was relative to my non-sushi meals. It got me thinking, as always, that it may not be a traditional sushi offering, but...

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Befriend Your Itamae (sushi chef)

The Role of The Itamae And Why Friendship Is Valuable Generally when we go out to eat we are friendly enough with the wait-staff but we don't think too much about anything other than our food and companions. This is not a bad thing, however I feel that when you are...

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The Raw Fish Phenomenon

My birthday is coming up in a few days and my wife asked me what I wanted to serve when my family comes over to celebrate. That's easy... "Sushi." Well, my family is pretty picky when it comes to food, which I can understand in my father's case, but my mother, who ran...

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