I see no rolls
They are not rolls they are pouches of Inarizushi.
Japanese boffins have unveiled their latest engineering masterpiece, a six speed sushi-making robot that can churn out 2,500 pieces of the stuff in just an hour. Sushi is big business in Japan and around the world, but the art of handmade rolls is sadly dying as the delicacy becomes ever more commoditised. Ensuring that …
Blech. That's narsty, consumer-grade, corner-store crap. Yes, I've been there.
On the rare instance that I go out for sushi here in Sonoma, I go to Shiso. I go fishing on a regular basis and can make similar myself. It's good, but not "perfect". Fortunately, Morimoto Masaharu has opened a restaurant less than half an hour away in Napa ... Now THAT is good eats!
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In my mind this kind of thing is selling to yuppies who don't know what food is.
1) Proper sushi isn't "batch food". Old fish stinks, has bad mouth-feel, and tastes worse.
2) Proper sushi doesn't cater to the lunchtime crowd.
Gut feeling is that it'll have an option to go up to 11, eventually ...
Don't be such a snob.
There is no reason why sushi made in a machine can't use fresh fish. Not that this type even has any fish in it, of course. Not that there is any conceivable reason why this particular type of sushi would taste any different or look any better if hand-made.
Not been to Japan have you ?
Sushi is primarilly cheap junk food. Sure it should be hand made (though still cheap) but there's plenty of '7/11' type stores over there selling trays of robot made stuff that fuel cheap gatherings and drunken salaryman.
Still (from you furtehr posts) your drive to produce top notch sushi is admirable.
Back in 60s, Dappman, we gaijin jūdoka would frequently repair to Shinjuku for a spot of jūenzushi (十円寿司) - the Japanese yen was still pegged (thank you, Douglas MacArthur !) at 360 to the USD, so a little money went a long way. OK, the sushi was more shari than fish, but we were hungry lads in those days, so the extra rice was welcome. When we were really hungry we went to Suidobashi to eat chankonabe (ちゃんこ鍋) with the rikishi。Junkfood ? No, no, the nectar of the gods....
Henri
"Not been to Japan have you ?"
Many times.
"Sushi is primarilly cheap junk food."
McDonalds is cheap junk food, too. Doesn't make it worth eating. I had a Japanese Aunt ... She taught me how to prepare proper sushi and sashimi with the fish my Uncle & I caught in the Pacific, out of Noyo Harbo(u)r. Someday, I may learn to get it right. The Wife likes my cooking, that's really all I care about ... but I still work on improving it :-)
Problem is, over here, far from the sea, the best you get is deep-frozen fish. Apart maybe from a very exclusive fish restaurant which had its fish flown in daily from the French Atlantic coast. If the plane was delayed, the guests had to wait.
(jake, someone in here seems to dislike you)
Several people don't like jake. He comes across as arrogant, holier-than-thou, and doesn't seem to listen or comprehend a lot of the replies to him.
It also doesn't help that he's frequently correct on unpopular stances. And he's unashamedly American.
Not arrogant, nor holier than thou. Rather, self assured. Hard to convey in ASCII ... we're not all the Bard of Avon, you know :-)
I don't listen to posts, I read them ... And perhaps the comprehension is on the other end of the link.
Being frequently correct on unpopular stances would be a problem ... if, and only if, I gave a rats ass about thumbs down (or up, for that matter).
BTW, AC (if I may call you that), aren't you unashamedly ::insert your nationality here::? If not, why not? And why are you posting AC?
Thawed deep frozen fish isn't sushi, no matter how hard you squint at it. Grill it, instead. The heat will drive off some of the excess moisture that the ice-crystals bursting cell walls allows to escape. Not optimal, in my mind ... but passable, in a pinch, if the dude/tte running the freezing process knows what they are doing. (Kinda like IQF shrimp.) The cook needs to have a clue, too, of course.
Yes, I collect two or three "thumbs down" with most posts these days. It would seem I have a couple fanbois. I find it funny, in a sad kind of way.