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Vanquish / Staghelm » Topic: SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade? http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ A World of Warcraft Raiding Guild en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:32:13 +0000 Khii on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43112 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:08:46 +0000 Khii 43112@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/  I made sushi last night!!!!!!!!!! Though I made half veggie sushi and half tuna sushi... it was awesome!!! Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43040 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:11:39 +0000 Norgulzar 43040@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ I believe I've said something to this effect before, that as someone with a strong sense of empathy I pick up on other peoples' attitudes when chatting with them; in other words, I subconsciously have a tendency to try and please my audience. In regards to the occasional innuendo, <blockquote> <cite>Lotte said »</cite> <blockquote> Special thanks to Lotte </blockquote> No prob </blockquote> I guess that means you're enough of a perv to get me talking like one, even if it is with my typical polite demeanor :p. Lotte on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43039 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:04:41 +0000 Lotte 43039@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ :| Now that I re-read Norg's last 2 posts... what a perv. mer. on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43038 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:26:49 +0000 mer. 43038@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ Cunning linguist lol I get it. Because of oral sex. Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43037 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:10:49 +0000 Norgulzar 43037@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ I miss you too. You're a worthy adversary, even if I am a more cunning linguist. Lotte on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43036 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:05:34 +0000 Lotte 43036@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ Norg. I miss you. Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-43034 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:50:12 +0000 Norgulzar 43034@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ You seem oddly fixated on my hands. Perhaps it was that fine motor control required to make sushi and a lifetime of honed video game reflexes? I can introduce you if you're that interested. Lotte on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-42998 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:12:33 +0000 Lotte 42998@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <blockquote> Special thanks to Lotte </blockquote> No prob Lotte on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-42997 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:11:39 +0000 Lotte 42997@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ No picture of your feminine hand this time? Amorais on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-42988 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:11:39 +0000 Amorais 42988@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ I will now have to head to the sushi bar tomorrow afternoon after seeing this post. Food looks amazing Norg. Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-42987 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:45 +0000 Norgulzar 42987@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ Long time no post, sorry! (mostly for not eating it for a while) <blockquote> Ninth Dinner: </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/9-1.jpg[/img] Sushi: Shrimp Hand Rolls: 1) Spicy Tuna, Avocado, Crab stick inside; 2) Spicy Tuna, Avocado, 2x Shrimp inside *Local specialty: Spicy Tuna Bowl (Spicy Tuna, Avocado on a bed of rice in this case, or on shredded daikon radish) This was more of a quick dinner than the others (three of those plate pairs, but still). A one-pound brick of frozen, ground, sashimi-grade tuna (the parts that aren't shapely enough for sashimi slicing, only $8 a pound), another pack of 30 shrimp, three crab sticks, an avocado, three sheets of seaweed cut in half, some spicy mayo and a few cups of rice, which came to about $24. Sweet deal to have sushi for three.     Have any of you tried your hand at it yet? :p arrith on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41441 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:55:13 +0000 arrith 41441@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ looks good fishknuckles on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41389 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:45:32 +0000 fishknuckles 41389@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ i've made my own sushi before.  it... wasn't so good.  yours looks much better. Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41382 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:54:55 +0000 Norgulzar 41382@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ Oh, don't forget a bamboo sushi rolling mat. iban on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41380 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:24:48 +0000 iban 41380@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ yeah sounds much cheaper already than goign out for it.  I love sushi but the prices are outrageous.  Thanks I'll try it Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41377 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:00:31 +0000 Norgulzar 41377@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <blockquote> <cite>Norgulzar said »</cite> The most recent one only took 3 cups of rice (before cooked), one avocado, half the pack of shrimp, a pound of salmon and half a pound of tuna. It definitely gets filling, but getting full at a restaurant is a bank breaker, so it's nice for a change. </blockquote> The price varies a lot by the ingredients. Avocados, mayo, spicy sauce, red pepper sauce, fake crab, seaweed and good rice are all pretty reasonable. You need a decent rice cooker, or a very good eye for cooking it on the stove. Prices here are somewhere in this vicinity (sashimi grade prices are higher than reg!) Shrimp: $10 for 30 White Tuna: $12/lb Tuna: $15/lb Salmon: $14/lb Red Snapper: $9/lb   Basically, that most recent dinner was around 40 bucks for 3 people, and it could have fed four. Cheap for sushi.   If you do try your own, remember that unlike in a restaurant, you can't just reach into the cooler for another slab of fish; you need to plan out what goes where, measure the length against a piece of seaweed (which you can't get wet before making a roll), and be sure to cut on a diagonal for the best pieces. It takes a little bit of engineering. iban on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41376 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:09:15 +0000 iban 41376@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ thanks for making me super hungry.  on a side note, how much was it roughly because id liek to try my own   Gardorian on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41374 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:59:35 +0000 Gardorian 41374@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ thank you sir, i very much apriciate it, i admit I didn't read all of it, so maybe i should have, but i'll check out the site, i've been wanting to do it myself for a long time   Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41372 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:57:11 +0000 Norgulzar 41372@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ It's in the post, Lotte•Assi Plaza. That said, you have better sources in California. I found the one I saw a while back, which seems good to me. They're centered in San Diego and they ship; for that short distance, it might be a reasonable price. <a href="http://www.catalinaop.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.catalinaop.com/</a>   I like to think that I can do reasonably well at whatever I want to, but I outright suck at basketball ;p Gardorian on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41370 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:53:16 +0000 Gardorian 41370@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/  So first off Are you fucking NOT good at anything? </fanboy> where do you get your sushi grade fish from? I've looked locally, but can't find it, I've not looked into san francisco much, but at the point I can also order it flash-frozen, tho i'd prefer fresh cultured salmon so it doesn't have to go through freeze procress   Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41366 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:07:36 +0000 Norgulzar 41366@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ It's actually surprising how far the fish goes. The most recent one only took 3 cups of rice (before cooked), one avocado, half the pack of shrimp, a pound of salmon and half a pound of tuna. It definitely gets filling, but getting full at a restaurant is a bank breaker, so it's nice for a change. Amerence on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41365 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:58:36 +0000 Amerence 41365@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/  HOLYY MOLLY! LOL thats a lot of sushi for one night, sounds good! Yourstruly on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41363 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:56:17 +0000 Yourstruly 41363@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ Holy crap norg, you have too much time on your hands.  You should come back and raid imo. Looks very yummy though! Norgulzar on "SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI ... homemade?" http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9596#post-41360 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:30:52 +0000 Norgulzar 41360@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ So, while I was preparing a sushi dinner for the first time, my sister thought it would be fun to take a picture of it; since then, I've come to like the idea and have kept a record of the dishes I've made. I've also found a few guildies to be sushi fans, including one who makes it at home with fish he catches fresh from the ocean, and as such, in a similar fashion to Tetsu's thread, I'm starting one for homemade sushi! It's a lot of fun to prepare, and it can make for a great dinner at a fraction of the restaurant price, but it does take a LOT of work, and I for one don't do it more than once every few weeks. Special thanks to Lotte•Assi Plaza for carrying the sashimi grade fish, as well as many imported goods from Japan. http://www.lotteplaza.com/ WARNING: Do not attempt to prepare sushi without sashimi-grade fish, proper tools, knowledge of how to prepare raw food safely, high quality rice cooked fresh for each use, and plenty of time on your hands. It really takes a lot longer than it would at a restaurant, where they have everything sliced already, a clean cooking space, the rice ready to go, and a lot more experience!   <blockquote> First attempt:  </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1-4.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel Rolls: 1) Tuna, Salmon inside w/ Salmon on top; 2) Salmon, Crab inside w/ Tuna on top; 3) Salmon, Tuna, Crab & Avocado inside w/ Salmon, Tuna & Avocado on top This was my first attempt at making a sushi dinner, and although I didn't get fancy with rice on both inside and outside of the rolls, and wasn't terribly skilled at getting avocado to hold together on top, it was delicious! And yes, that knife is REALLY. FREAKING. SHARP.   Second attempt: I hadn't gotten into the habit of taking pictures yet :( <blockquote> Third Dinner:  </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3-2.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Tuna, White Tuna(half w/ spicy mayo) Sushi: Salmon, Tuna Rolls: 1) Salmon, Crab & Avocado inside w/ Crab Salad on top; 2) Tuna, Crab & Avocado inside w/ Salmon on top *Local specialty: Rose Petals (Salmon & Tuna) By this point, I had gotten better at slicing fish properly and keeping rolls solid. The store had a particularly good selection of fish as you can probably tell from the pictures, and I made my first attempt at replicating a favorite from one of our local restaurants. Rose Petals are made with a ball of rice at their center with a long, thin slice of fish (sometimes two) wrapped around the rice with a strip of spicy mayo to keep it together. Add a dab of spicy mayo on top and a few drops of RED PEPPER SAUCE (I know, sounds awful) and you have what may be the most enjoyable bite of food you'll ever taste. You might not want to share them, given the chance to eat some. *Spicy mayo = orange spicy sauce mixed with mayonnaise to ease the intensity   <blockquote> Fourth Dinner: The store ran out of sashimi-grade tuna which wasn't frozen. QQ </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4-2.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Salmon, White Tuna(half w/ spicy mayo) Sushi: Salmon Rolls: 1) Salmon, Crab inside w/ Avocado on top; 2) Spicy Crab Salad inside w/ Salmon on top Rose Petals: Salmon They might have been out of Tuna, but that's okay, since salmon is still the best overall fish. Those rose petals were especially good.   <blockquote> Fifth Dinner: </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/5-1.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel Rolls: 1) Tuna, Crab & Avocado inside w/ Salmon on top; 2) Spicy Tuna, Spicy Salmon inside w/ Tuna on top (not pictured) Rose Petals: Salmon, Tuna Because of the difficulty of slicing the fish just the right size to use two pieces on each rose petal, I started using a single longer piece, which doesn't stick together quite as well, but allows almost twice the pieces. The reason the other roll is not in the picture is because one of our cats managed to get on the counter and knocked the dish into the rice basin, so it didn't look pretty, but still tasted fine. On that note, one of our cats is a Tuna addict.   <blockquote> Sixth Dinner: </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/6-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/6-3.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Salmon, Tuna, Red Snapper Rolls: 1) Crab, Spicy Crab Salad inside w/ Avocado on top; 2) Tuna, Avocado inside w/ Salmon on top *Local specialty: Spicy Sandwich (Salmon & Tuna) This was probably the most filling sushi meal I ever had, but that's no reason to complain. The spicy sandwich is basically two sheets of seaweed with rice on both sides, surrounding a layer of spicy fish, cut into several pieces. It is called a sandwich because you can literally pick it up with your hands and eat it as such (and it won't fall apart as easily that way). The restaurant does make them better than I can, and with a wider selection of fish. The Yellowtail and Eel/Avocado variants are amazing.   <blockquote> Seventh Dinner:  </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/7-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/7-2.jpg[/img] [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/7-3.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Salmon, Tuna Sushi: Shrimp Rolls: 1) Crab, Tamago inside w/ Tuna on top; 2) Spicy Tuna, Avocado inside w/ Salmon on top Rose Petals: Salmon, Tuna I found something at the store which was rather surprising: perfectly split, de-veined, cooked, flash-frozen shrimp of varying length, which are in the same condition as the restaurants receive them, for half the price you'd get at a grocery store (30 shrimp for $10). These taste far better than the grocery store variety which accumulate ice and bleach the flavor. The rating I use for sushi is "5L". I also tried my hand at making Tamago, which is essentially an extremely thin egg omelet folded on itself several times, with a few added ingredients to sweeten it and add flavor (mirin, soy sauce, sugar). You really need a non-stick rectangular pan and a large heated surface that can hold the entire pan for it to come out just right.   <blockquote> Eighth Dinner: </blockquote> [img]http://vanquish-guild.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/8-1.jpg[/img] Sashimi: Tuna Rolls: 1) Crab, Egg, Shrimp inside; 2) Salmon, Tuna inside w/ Avocado on top Rose Petals: Salmon, Tuna *Local specialty: Osaka Box Roll (Spicy Shrimp inside w/ Spicy Salmon & Avocado on top) That Osaka Box roll actually is as enormous as it looks. It's more or less the same as the spicy sandwich, but I omitted the layer of rice on the bottom and added the topping. It's usually done with two thin sheets of fish, but I made it more complicated, and it took a while. The pieces may have been too big to comfortably eat in a single bite, but the flavor was worth it.     Hopefully more to come (and more to eat, nom nom nom)