Sushi?

[Stinkerbelle]

As of last night I have a birthday trip planned compliments of my BF. :cloud9: His one request is that he gets to eat Sushi at least 1x per day while we are there. Not being a fish eater of anykind I have no idea where to get sushi other than the Japan Pavilion at Epcot. Are there any other places on property for him to get his fishy treats?

[sandar]

Congrats on your birthday trip, Stinkerbelle!

Folks who actually eat sushi :shock: will come along to give you their own reviews, but I've heard that Kimono's Sushi Bar (at the Swan) is quite good.

Sandi

[Barb D]

I havent had it there yet but I heard California Grill has great Sushi. It would make a more upscale meal too. I personally have only had California ROlls (Crab, Avacado, rice)

[Moley]

We love sushi. We've had it in all of the places mentioned above, California Grill, Japan and Kimono's. Our favorite is Kimono's, truly an excellent sushi bar. I think the price is reasonable, too. You can order just a little bit and it won't break the budget. Or you can be like us and order a lot and say Sayonara to your cash! :cool:

[Collette]

What I want to know is how does anyone convince themselves to try this??? Gives me shivers :D When I was little I used to love to eat the raw hamburger mixed with onions, salt and pepper my Mom was mixing up for hamburgers or meatballs :shock: :shock: I can't remember whatever prompted me to try it in the first place because I certainly couldn't or wouldn't eat it now.

So what does sushi taste like in terms of flavor, consistency, etc. Not certain I could do it, but I don't want to miss out on some fabulous food either!!

Collette

[Moley]

Collette, most sushi/sashimi is so fresh, it lacks any fishy flavor that would turn people off. You taste the delicate flavoring of each kind of raw fish and it is mellowed even more by being coupled with the Japanese sticky rice.

The sushi rolls are even tastier. They have very little fish in them, mostly rice surrrounded by kelp. In the case of a California roll, there are more goodies like avocado. My favorites are plum rolls, very sweet and the sashimi squid with the rice. Squid is very firm and has a sweet taste. Tuna is also wonderful, but it has a more full bodied flavoring. Part of the good taste for me is to dip sashimi or sushi in a mix of soy sauce and wasabi, a very hot horseradish.

I suggest most newbies try California rolls first. They are really Americanized sushi and more palatable to our fish adverse tastes.

[Barb D]

California rolls arent raw either. I agree with try them. I sampled it the first time at Costco and was hooked on them.

[Sheryl]

First, Congrats Stinkerbell on the upcoming trip, I'm sure you'll have a great time!

I'm with you Collette, on everything you said. Don't know if I could do it either. And as far as the raw hamburger, we did the same thing. :shock: I can't imainge that my mother (who worries about everything) actually let us do this?? Eww the thought of it now. We also used to eat clean, peeled raw potatoes, ones that she was probably going to fry.

:mickeyWalk: Sheryl :minnie:

[Rosebud]

The 3 places listed above are the only ones I know of.

Actually in Japan you can get it in all 3 sit down restaurants. Although the lounge offered more choices. When we ate at the stir-fry place (can't remember the name), we ordered one half and half roll (two halfs of two different rolls). Since we were eating the regular meal and wanted to split a roll but wanted more variety, it worked out good for us. The only thing is when you do it that way you cannot special order anything since they sell the other half to someone else. Like we used to leave off the roe, but that was our first experience trying it since we couldn't ask them to hold it.

The way we first started eating it was to try the California Roll. Then one restaurant that we frequented but ate other things besides sushi, has a "beginner sushi" platter. Only sushi that is cooked but still had weird things like eel. We actually found ourselves enjoying it. Then we got a little braver and my DD made me try things like spicy tuna and letting her know if she would like it.

BTW - my DD is weird, she likes a large variety of sushi and would prefer to eat that instead of pasta. Growing up she never ate pasta, and now it is basically something she will eat because that is what is offered, but she wouldn't go out of her way to get it no matter how good it is.

[MissBianca]

There may also be sushi on the menu at Wolfgang Puck's upstairs restaurant at Downtown Disney's West Side. It's on the menu at All Ears Net, but it's a pretty old menu.

I adore sushi, especially the raw fish types. It is invariably totally fresh here in Seattle where we have a large Japanese population. There is no scent to it at all, the texture is usually lovely (there are some things that are more challenging in this regard than others). Plus I always feel good after eating it.

Given a choice between great sushi and great pizza, I'd go for the sushi every time!

[Stinkerbelle]

Thanks for all your imput. I have printed out the menus off all the Sushi places from Deb's site and will let him pick from there. We haven't booked our room yet but with Kimonos and its close proximity to Epcot (Japan Pavillion) it looks like we may end up at the Swan instead of the Poly.