Favorite Sushi?

[Sheepathon]

TORO. TORO. TORO.

Oh my god. Toro is buttery. Toro is a blast of flavor unparalleled by other kinds of sushi. Salmon is my 2nd fav, but Toro is ridiculously good. It's an explosion in your mouth of everything you could ever want in sushi.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: werk

I have no price range, just always on the lookout for new restaurants. I live on the UES and typically go to sushi places around here. Sushi of Gari is right across the street, and his omakase is just about the best meal I've ever eaten. I also like Poke, it's tiny (3 or 4 tables and 3 or 4 seats at the sushi bar...1 sushi chef, 1 waitress, 1 busboy), but cheap and absolutely delicious. Of course, when I feel like binging, there's always Yuka. I've always said I'll never eat at a sushi buffet, but this is all you can eat for $18 and they prepare it fresh for you until you're full. Not the best, but like I said, if you've got a craving for massive amounts of basic sushi for next to nothing, it's quite the deal.

Thanks for the Kiara recommendation, I'll have to check them out some time. Also, that sushinyc site is great! I'll give it to my gf, she'll surely be emailing me every day at work with new places to go for dinner for the next couple months!

Kirara is right across the street, and IMO, 10x better than Yama... I hate the big, Americanized pieces they serve at Yama.

Two places that I really wanna try - Masa, located in the Time Warner building, prix-fixe only and the cheapest starts at $300

Another place I've heard rave reviews about is Ise.. http://www.iserestaurant.com
Someone on the sushinyc forums recommended it saying: "ISE is by far the choice for NYC... it seems to be the best kept secret downtown. I would say only true sushi lovers are aware of ISE.. but you cant be afraid to spend $$$ and try the chefs specials. You can either order your own or tell the chef what fish you like best and he prepare you his best."

I'm thinking about going to Ise sometime in the next few weeks

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: yukichigai
Anyway, the point is that because of this there are a number of good, nay outstanding All-you-can-eat Sushi restaurants in the Reno/Carson City area. (The best one in Carson is within walking distance of my apartment. Woo-hoo, Sake Bombs!) It's pretty much impossible to find a Sushi restaurant in the area that doesn't have all-you-can-eat, and roughly half the Chinese restaurants in the area have turned into combination Chinese-sushi restaurants. (The aforementioned best Sushi joint in Carson was the first to do that)

Cool, My favorite place when I go to Tahoe is Water Wheel (I believe they also have one in Carson). I go during lunch because that's like Dinner for people from east coast. There are actually more all-you-can-eat sushi place there compare to here.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: werk

I have no price range, just always on the lookout for new restaurants. I live on the UES and typically go to sushi places around here. Sushi of Gari is right across the street, and his omakase is just about the best meal I've ever eaten. I also like Poke, it's tiny (3 or 4 tables and 3 or 4 seats at the sushi bar...1 sushi chef, 1 waitress, 1 busboy), but cheap and absolutely delicious. Of course, when I feel like binging, there's always Yuka. I've always said I'll never eat at a sushi buffet, but this is all you can eat for $18 and they prepare it fresh for you until you're full. Not the best, but like I said, if you've got a craving for massive amounts of basic sushi for next to nothing, it's quite the deal.

Thanks for the Kiara recommendation, I'll have to check them out some time. Also, that sushinyc site is great! I'll give it to my gf, she'll surely be emailing me every day at work with new places to go for dinner for the next couple months!

Kirara is right across the street, and IMO, 10x better than Yama... I hate the big, Americanized pieces they serve at Yama.

Two places that I really wanna try - Masa, located in the Time Warner building, prix-fixe only and the cheapest starts at $300

Another place I've heard rave reviews about is Ise.. http://www.iserestaurant.com
Someone on the sushinyc forums recommended it saying: "ISE is by far the choice for NYC... it seems to be the best kept secret downtown. I would say only true sushi lovers are aware of ISE.. but you cant be afraid to spend $$$ and try the chefs specials. You can either order your own or tell the chef what fish you like best and he prepare you his best."

I'm thinking about going to Ise sometime in the next few weeks

Sorry, I meant to say Yuka, not Yama.
Masa is the restaurant that caught on fire its first week open, right? The most expensive restaurant in NYC?

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: werk

Sorry, I meant to say Yuka, not Yama.
Masa is the restaurant that caught on fire its first week open, right? The most expensive restaurant in NYC?

Oh ok. Kirara is right across the street from Yama.
Yep, Masa... how I'd love to go there. Not that I can't afford it, I just would rather spend that money on multiple meals than one meal....
There's another restaurant next door called Masa Bar (similar to the Nobu next door idea) but its cheaper and has a normal menu

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Not really sushi I suppose since it's not raw fish, but I love the combination of shrimp, finely shredded carrots and cucumber, avacado,

 

[brawd]

toro is good but albacore is like butter. mmmmmmm.......

 

[JulesMaximus]

Albacore, salmon, uni...rolls of various kinds. It's all good. Uni is something I really enjoy though.

 

[wayliff]

UNI with a quail egg on top!

Sashimi! (Salmon, Toro, Tuna, Octopus) as long as everything is fresh. The Uni has to be fresh too.

 

[V00DOO]

Toro Toro. My friend who works as a sushi chef at a sushi bar in Beverly Hills gave us the $90 per pound toro and it was the best sushi I have eaten. He must given us around $500 worth of Toro. BTW, the check came out to $90 plus tips.

 

[Rudee]

The Softshell Crab roll at Oceanworld Sushi in Carmel, IN is incredible. I've also had great sushi in Bend, OR and in Huntington Beach, CA.

 

[joecool]

ame ebi - raw sweet shrimp. yummy. and then have 'em fry up the heads for you - yummy and great gross out value w/your wife/kids/etc!

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: Shelly21
Cool, My favorite place when I go to Tahoe is Water Wheel (I believe they also have one in Carson). I go during lunch because that's like Dinner for people from east coast. There are actually more all-you-can-eat sushi place there compare to here.

Yep, Water Wheel is the one I was talking about. Widely regarded as the best sushi in Carson, or at least it was for a time. Before Water Wheel there was hardly anything in the way of good Sushi in Carson City, at least after Yamacho closed.

 

[heat23]

the longhorn roll at Kyoto in austin is the greatest creation EVER! all you austin folk need to go there... happy hour M-F 6-7pm everything half price

 

[chrissyo4]

Originally posted by: heat23
the longhorn roll at Kyoto in austin is the greatest creation EVER! all you austin folk need to go there... happy hour M-F 6-7pm everything half price

Agreed. Spider roll is awesome too.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: chrissyo4

Originally posted by: heat23
the longhorn roll at Kyoto in austin is the greatest creation EVER! all you austin folk need to go there... happy hour M-F 6-7pm everything half price

Agreed. Spider roll is awesome too.

Spider roll is technically "authentic" sushi I think. It's definitely one of my favs, though it's rare that I can get it.

 

[LongCoolMother]

salmon sashimi is my favorite.

 

[bobbybe01]

My basic favorite is the California roll, but I like the Hollywood or Dynamie roll if I'm in the spicy mood.

 

[Dacalo]

Rolls are NOT sushi.

Rolls are butchered americanized carnation.

I like chirashi and all types of nigiri and sashimi.

EDIT: Handrolls are exception

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
Rolls are NOT sushi.

Rolls are butchered americanized carnation.

I like chirashi and all types of nigiri and sashimi.

EDIT: Handrolls are exception

I'll have to disagree with that. Tekka Maki (Fire Roll? ie. Tuna Roll) has been around for very long.

 

[Vic]

Spicy tuna roll with avocado. The bomb. I don't care if it's "americanized". Sushi isn't really "authentic" Japanese food anyway.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

SASHIMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
Rolls are NOT sushi.

Rolls are butchered americanized carnation.

I like chirashi and all types of nigiri and sashimi.

EDIT: Handrolls are exception

Rolls are authentic sushi.

Futomaki, kappamaki, tekkamaki. Those are all sushi. California roll is not though it has caught on in Japan.

On another note, has anyone ever had ikizukuri? Its freaky but awesome. It will put PETA people into a huge fit!

 

[Ninjja]

i like the salmon skin roll. hehehehe

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Vic
Spicy tuna roll with avocado. The bomb. I don't care if it's "americanized". Sushi isn't really "authentic" Japanese food anyway.

What are you talking about?

Sushi has been around for hundreds of years in Japan. That should qualify it as "authentic" Japanese food.