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19972631 No.19972631 [Reply] [Original]

How good is "real" wasabi anyway? Most sushi practitioners seem quite happy to defer to the classic horseradish + mustard.

>> No.19972637

>>19972631
i can be particular about food quality but wasabi is a non issue for me, but i dont really eat sushi that often and i like the horseradish. its what im used to. same sort of thing that goes for real vanilla extract vs fake. i like the fake stuff way better

>> No.19972639

not for gaijin

>> No.19972640

>>19972631
I had it whence in a fantsy pance sushi place in Sydney.

It was delicious, more mild than the counterfeit whore's radish kind, or at least it crept up much slower than the fake stuff. Wonderful texture, and sort of juicy. Actual first-note flavour made no big impression on me although I didn't sit there taste testing it by itself.

>> No.19972643

>>19972640
So not worth it. Horseradish sauce is fine

>> No.19972645

>>19972643
I wouldn't go through pains to seek it out, not. It's neat to try just out of interest but yeah. It's a méme

>> No.19972728

>>19972645
>I wouldn't go through pains to seek it out
you are not a true samurai
shamefur dispray

>> No.19972731

>>19972728
I'm also not a god damned wheeb

>> No.19972749

>>19972631
Significantly better than imitation. If you're going all out for a great homemade sushi dinner it is absolutely worth it.

Soy sauce is the salt, and wasabi is the pepper for sushi. Think of pre ground vs. Freshly cracked and you'll sort of understand the difference.

>> No.19972758
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>>19972749
>homemade sushi dinner
who the fuck is whasting their time with this bullshit

>> No.19972767
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>>19972758
Me. :D It is significantly cheaper, and I have a lot of fun with my friends making sushi, and then pigging out on an excess of delicious sushi. I have practice, so each piece of nigiri takes me about 30 seconds or less to make.
There is an excellent fishmonger in my town, and they have awesome bluefin tuna(akami, chu and chu toro), excellent salmon, uni, scallops, fish eggs etc.

If you are just craving some raw fish and rice you can make hand rolls with essentially zero skill.
Half a sheet of seaweed, 3 fingers worth of rice, maybe .5 inch tall, sliced raw fish on top. Roll it up. Takes roughly 30 seconds to make one roll.

>> No.19972769

>>19972767
well, okay fair enough. but surely you're on a watchlist or two because of this

>> No.19972771

>>19972758
You should be banned for this post

>> No.19972776
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>>19972769
What kind of list? The Japanese sushi mafia? Cutting into their profits or something?

Look. This cost me less than 50 bucks to make. I wasn't as good at making nigiri, but they're still pretty okay.
I can make better sushi rice than 80% of all sushi places in my area, so it's a truly glorious dinner.

I forgot about chirashi bowls also. You just slice up a bunch of fish into sashimi pieces and arrange it all on top of a bowl rice.

>> No.19972837
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>>19972776
the wheeb list of course

>> No.19972842

>>19972776
>I can make better sushi rice than 80% of all sushi places in my area, so it's a truly glorious dinner.
>that pic
what ghetto place are you from, ahmed abdul? because that is grim

>> No.19972875

>>19972842
You can't see the rice. She very well could be cooking some fantastic quality rice. We didn't know. All we know is that she's absolute shit with a knife.

>> No.19972886

>>19972758
>why would anyone cook a dish that they like

>> No.19972951

>>19972771
>>19972886
This is a sloppa board.

>> No.19973368
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>>19972842
Bay area, dummy. I get excellent quality rice. It's stored in a climate controlled environment and milled the day it is shipped out. It's also new harvest rice. Better rice than most people have ever tasted. I also get top quality rice wine vinegar for the seasoning.

>>19972875
Huh? The fish is cut fine. Some pieces are a bit thick, but I doubt you can do any better, especially butterflying scallops like that!

If you're talking about the general shape then that is out if my control because the saku blocks are cut like that from the fish monger.

>>19972837
How dare you?

>> No.19973660

>>19972631
it's mid. if it was really that big of a difference it'd be more readily available. i grow it myself, it's not as hard to grow as people pretend it is, the real reason is that the imitation is already good enough and cheaper than commercially growing wasabi. most places you find real wasabi make sure to let you know it's LE REAL because it's a gimmick for weebs to feel yellower

>> No.19973683

>>19972776
how do you know which fish is safe to eat raw? i would try it but the "sushi grade" fish from specialists is very expensive.

>> No.19973703

>>19973683
Its not that expensive because you don't use much. I get good quality tuna for about $20/lb and use a quarter pound to make enough sushi for 2 people
To answer your question though, anything deep frozen is safe

>> No.19973710

>>19973660
Can you post a picture of your wasabi plants?

>> No.19973715

>>19972631
>how good is "fresh" food anyway?
:/

>> No.19973740

>>19973703
i only looked briefly but it's $75/lb equivalent here. which is just too much. maybe there's a cheaper source i can find.

>> No.19973746

>>19973740
You only need a small piece

>> No.19973754

>>19972767
>>19972776
>>19973368
not everyone is a rich fag with plenty of time to waste like you

>> No.19973770

>>19973754
You don't have like 30 bucks and 3 hours to spend with a couple friends on a saturday night? Sad.

>> No.19973775

>>19973754
seethe poorfag lmao, can't even afford fish

>> No.19975432

>>19972749
holy larp, kid

>> No.19975440

>>19975432
Are you stupid? Of course I'm larping as a sushi chef. I see nothing wrong with it either, toddler.

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>>19975440
They're simply seething because they have cuck palates and cannot stomach something as uncouth as raw fish. They consume fish in finger form only

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>>19972640
>Sydney

>> No.19975753

>>19973754
good goy

>> No.19975757

>>19973683
FDA guidelines
>"sushi grade"
literally a meme

>> No.19975758

>>19975712
what are you saying

>> No.19976447

>>19975758
Every thread with even a hint of Japan attracts a gaggle of retards that hate anything Japanese. They are far more obsessed with the country than any normal appreciator of stuff from the country.

>> No.19976538

>>19976447
nothing you said had anything to do with Sydney wtf are you on about

>> No.19976578

>>19976538
Idiot. You were pro real wasabi. That's all it takes for the Japan obsessed dweebs to come out of the woodwork, and start acting up. They're nutters.

>> No.19976590

>>19976578
well the anon who had it said it was a meme so..
i still dont see how Sydney is linked with japan obsession which you brought up out of the blue

>> No.19976705

>>19976590
You are tremendous, but not in a good way. He said it was delicious, whore. Maybe you should take some reading classes to freshen up a bit, eh?

Look >>19972640

>> No.19977503

>>19976705
Sorry you couldn't develop critical thinking in your life.