Is it just me or does anybody else think that sushi is overrated and not as good/special as people make it out to be? Seriously what is the appeal?>inb4: you didn't have good sushiI ate sushi in Japan and I still thought It was overrated overhyped food
are you trying to convince everyone that sushi is bad, or did you make this thread for like minded people so you can all sit around and share your disgust of sushi?
>>22042507There are people that will overrate anything from japan but it is still tasty food that has a pleasant artistic bent to it. What's the problem? It tastes good and it looks good.
I like simple stuff like nigiri. I am not into rolls, anything with sauce on it or big spices. I went to school with a kid who's parents owned on of the highest rated sushi places in the entire city and he'd eat shitty grocery store california rolls and liked it. It's all personal preference.
>>22042507You're not alone OPSushi ain't my cup of tea either
>>22042507why do white people hate fish?
>>22042507>sushi is overratedit tastes bad.
>>22042507yes you are the only person on planet earth that thinks that sushi is overrated. this makes you a special unique little snowflake and are morally and philosophically superior to every other human being, living or dead. hope this helps.
>>22042507>Is it literally just me or DAE think [Japanese thing] is unironically overrated?This must be the most commonly made thread ever 2nd only to>I like anime tiddy
>>22042540The whitest people in existence love fish so much they'll eat it in ways that you'd turn your nose to.
>>22042507Sushi is great, but it is overrated the fuck by westerners who treat it as some sort of sacred art form, and the pinnacle of all cuisine, when it's just a simple casual meal for locals in Japan. And there are far better Japanese dishes out there than sushi.Every high end Michelin star sushi joint as well as those omakase places are tourist traps for greedy western pigs.
>>22042583TRVKE
>>22042583Is the 10 years making rice before you can touch fish thing just fucking with us filthy gaijin?
>>22042608gaijin are very stupid greedy pig who idolize even the simplest things
>>22042583>Every high end Michelin star sushi joint as well as those omakase places are tourist traps for greedy western pigs.every single 2 and 3 michelin star place on earth is a scam. tasty scams, maybe, but scams nonetheless. most 1 star michelin star places are also sort of scams but many of them have more reasonably priced (20-40 dollars) lunch menus so they aren't as bad. michelin bib gourmand restaurants on the other hand are the actual top tier restaurants.
>>22042507>I ate sushi once in Japan therefore I'm an expertThere's dogshit pasta in Italy too anonBut yes as evidenced by the swarm of fast food threads on /ck/ there are many other tastelets on this board that would be happy to talk to you about why they don't like sushi.Disliking sushi is one of the few preferences I judge people for. In its simplest form, it's lightly seasoned rice with some kind of fresh ingredient on top (usually high quality fish). It is straightforwardly palatable in a way few other foods are; the only reason to dislike it is if you are a child from a flyover who thinks raw fish is scary
>>22042608It's an extension of shitty japanese work culture of subservience to authority and life-long servitude to a single company/trade. Nobody actually needs such a long time to learn to perform the actions but it is to instill a sense of obligation and investment.From the westerner perspective it also hypes up the food you're about to eat if you imagine that the person making it trained diligently for 70 years so it's an easy pill to swallow if your only engagement with the culture is eating the food every once in a while.
>>22042507Sushi's alright, but so is ramen.
>>22042620it's also just a commonly misquoted exaggeration. 10 years isn't the amount of time someone needs to spend to just be a basic sushi chef, it's how long you typically have to train for if you want to open your own high-end sushi restaurant, assuming you have ZERO experience in the hospitality industry and zero cooking experience. you're spending maybe 4 years on learning the ins and outs of managing a high-end restaurant, a few years on mastering basic, cheap stuff like cooking rice, eggs and small fish, then a few more years on how to prepare more expensive fish. since you're expected to work with tons of different species, some of them more complicated to prepare than others (e.g fugu), it's a pretty reasonable number. and it's not like they just spend 10 years at a culinary school, they're actively working under a chef and are getting paid. most 'sushi chefs' don't actually train for 10 years since they generally have some experience with cooking fish before they start working with sushi.
Sushi is the one type of food that I can eat to the point of near-pain and not feel even a bit bad afterwards so I can't ever say it's overrated if you're in the mood to indulge. Had a too-large order the other day from a place I like and I still felt great after.>2x pieces Tamago nigiri>2x pieces Yellowtail nigiri>4x pieces Fresh salmon nigiri>2x pieces Salmon roe nigiri>2x pieces Wasabi Tobiko nigiri>1x eel roll(8 pieces)The nigiri were larger pieces too. Would have been better off ordering half of this on two separate occasions but it was delicious either way and I felt grand even as I knew I had way too much, so sushi is king for stuffing yourself silly. The wasabi tobiko was new and it was pretty good.
>>220425071/10, needs more cheese
>>22042507>I ate sushi in Japan and I still thought It was overrated overhyped foodThat's like having fries in Belgium and not being impressed.Or Having boeuf Bourguignon in France and being unimpressed.Or having paella in Spain and being unimpressed.Or having risotto in Italy and being unimpressed.It really is just you who assumes all sushi is the same everywhere on planet earth.
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>>22042507Sushi in Japan is a big deal because it's cheap as hell and even gas stations have decent quality fish. Sushi in America or any other western country is horrifically overpriced for shit tier fish
>>22042845it certainly won't be masterfully made sushi but you can make it at home for cheap pretty easily. all you need to do is freeze some salmon (farm-raised if you really want to be 100% safe) in a standard freezer for at least a week, then you can use it however you want.the plate in picrel cost me about 3 euros to make. I had plenty more nigiri but I ate a bunch of them before taking the picture.
It's fast food, not sure what you want us to say.Of course you'd enjoy a better piece of fish made with some care and served with a perfect accompaniment, but it's the equivalent of going to a "fancier" burger joint as opposed to McDonald's.
>is it just me or does anybody else share this extremely common opinion Shut up dumbass.
>>22042747dude, one time my brother blew over 100 bucks on sushi for himself. (Which, now thinking about it now, probably wasnt that much) Barfed it all up on the way home. lol idk i always remember that memory
>>22042507I think it’s expensive and pretty meh
>>22042747> eat to the point of near-pain and not feel even a bit bad afterwardsSame, it always feels really good on my stomach. I love seafood, and variety. Sushi’s just my jam, i don’t care if other people like or dislike it. Retards put way too much stock in other people’s opinions desu
>>22042507it takes 5 years to master the rice, then 10 years to master the tamago. you wouldn't get it gaijin
>>22042507the only sushi I eat is an american style roll dipped in spicy mayo. It's one of my favorite foods. If I was paying $200 for some pretentious bullshit that would be considered haram to dip in spicy mayo I wouldn't care for it either.
>>22042867>all you need to do is freeze some salmonThat rapes the flavor and texture.>farm-raised if you really want to be 100% safeToxic garbage. Farm raised fish are absolutely disgusting. I'd rather eat steak tartare made from factory farmed cows.
>22043365>That rapes the flavor and texture.retard
>>22043365Isn't basically all sushi previously frozen to kill parasites in current year?
>>22043396Yes, the good stuff is flash frozen on the boat, which does not wreck the texture.Re-freezing farm raised salmon to thaw for sushi will not be the same as any sushi at even mediocre places lolBut, have i done poor man sushi with farm raised salmon from the grocery store? AbsolutelyI just wouldn’t recommend it unless you really love raw salmon with some ponzu. It’s not a sushi dinner, but it can hit the spot if you’re a freak
>>22043424I've considered it because I love fresh salmon nigiri like you wouldn't believe but there are plenty of decent places close to me that I could just purchase from for a higher price and not bother with the work or lower quality of my own prep.
>>22043433I hear ya, the "poor man" qualifier is an important part of my explanation though
>>22043365>That rapes the flavor and texture.It doesn't. Like, at all. What the hell's wrong with your fish?>Farm raised fish are absolutely disgusting.You have never had farm-raised atlantic salmon. It tastes completely fine. All of the farm-raised fish I've had tastes completely fine.>>22043424>Re-freezing farm raised salmonOh right. I forgot that some people don't live near the coast. My condolences.
>>22043471Bruther, I appreciate the acknowledgement butI think you might be a tastelet. Farm raised salmon has a different taste and texture. I guess a better way to see is that it lacks flavor and has a thinner, stringier textureIf you're on the coast maybe you haven't had the displeasure of the farm raised stuff available in the Midwest?
>>22042507Need to get the right type of roll...
>>22042583Always important to use proper etiquette.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDL8yu34fz0
>>22042507>>inb4: you didn't have good sushiYou didn't have good sushi. If you went post-covid during the weak yen tourism boom, the quality of cheap sushi at chain restaurants has gone down significantly. If you ordered with a tablet you have to go again
>>22043484I live in northern France so yeah I can't really say anything about the quality of the fish available in the Midwest or the US in general. Farm raised atlantic salmon is pretty tasty and virtually indistinguishable from wild caught salmon here, besides being quite a bit cheaper.
>>22042507For me it's about the texture. The sushi rice combined with gelatinous fish is wonderful. Or just fish by itself if it's high quality. I also love the taste of soy sauce and wasabi although I wouldn't say it's a profound one. I ate a lot of sushi in Japan but most of it was merely OK. It's best when it's reasonably fresh, and that includes the rice as well as the fish.
>>22043555KEKWell that explains it. Enjoy your quality ingredients
