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Would I ask for ketchup for my escargot? Is it OK to put tarter sauce over a traditional Italian pizza? No, of course not. So why do we think it is OK to rewrite history and insult the precise and delicious sushi culture, flavors derived over many hundreds of years?

What you do in your home is your business, but it is rude to go into a restaurant, order a handmade meal, and then eat it in such a way. It is insulting.

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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 784356)

I am not the one that started the thread. If you don't like the answers then don't ask the questions.

I never asked what you thought of my Japanese manners, only if anyone else ate odd things with sushi.

Anyways, I'm going to disregard any other drama if any on the thread unless somebody really wants me to reply. I'll just present the sauce in question:

Sriracha sauce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by TalnSG (Post 784566)

I don't think its oddball, so much as a sign you may be beginning to lose your sense of taste. I am serious, not being snide. As the tastebuds fade (for many different reasons) people tend to gravitate toward stronger and stronger sensations. Sometimes the loss is temporary, like when numbed by too much alcohol. But it can also be the result of chronic allergies, or the drugs used to treat them. Of course its common with aging, repeated overstimulation, or injury too.

With the excessive pepper and sake, how can you even taste the fish to know whether it is any good? The flavor of most high quality fish would be seriously overpowered by this habit.

Ok let me reply to this. The thing is, I am indeed a capsaicin addict. I know this. My sense of taste is fine, though. The heat itself isn't a flavor anyways, it's just nerve stimulation. Like I said, I still love plain sushi as I always did. But lately I've been going out to sushi so much that I have to get the hotness somewhere. And it's just a phase I'll soon leave behind. Thai is definitely the way to go for hot Asian food. But about the sake, it actually does cleanse the pallet between different kinds of sushi on a variety plate or sushi bar. This is what I've been used to doing since I drank sake, which I only do at sushi places.

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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 784661)

You know...
This is kinda rediculous. I caught myself doing this and laughed.

We're having a heated debate...

About sushi! lol!!

That's funny! I mean, really I understand where you're coming from, and I think we're from two different parts of the world, but the place I go to...they don't mind it! So, to each his own I guess, but I just thought it was really funny that we're having a debate about sushi...lol

~HonoraryJapaneseGirl~

Right. Let's get back to arguing which J-rocker is hotter.

Wow...

How stero-typically cold.

Got past that stage a long time ago, MMM...

Time you should too...XD

~HonoraryJapaneseGirl~

Oh!! Hahaha...sorry...I wasn't sure, but by the overwhelming day today, I thought the worst...

Sorry, MMM...I take back any offense that was intended. I really am sorry...*sweat drop*

~HonoraryJapaneseGirl~

Don't worry about it.

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Originally Posted by burkhartdesu (Post 784589)

I didn't claim him to be an innovator like you make it out to be, you seem pretty pretentious with your "review" of his menu.

His food is delicious, you haven't tried it. Is it sushi? Not all of it, no. But like I said, he also has traditional sushi.

I live in Alaska -- we're renown for our King Crab and our superb fish quality.

And use spellcheck once in a while.

meh, suppose i am quite pretentious >.>
i'm not saying that it isn't good...
but from my personal experiences.... the menu just seems bland.
it's not like none of that hasn't really been done before.
the only thing that would impress me is if his rice is good, and if the rest of his ingredients are top quality. and none of that can be known through a menu

and like that other guy said.... kinda worried if the bacon and everything overpowers the crab... >.>''
seafood in general have a very delicate taste, and is very easily over powered.

buut bleh =P

and.... you try typing w/ just 9 fingers =.='''
and reading on a 49" screen... >.<''
at 4 in the morning.... =.=
it's not exactly easy to be precise about my spelling, lolz
typos happen =P

oh and... alaska is fucking beautiful
although, i, as a tourist, only visited juno, ketchikan and skagway >.>''
i loved what i saw.
also had some seriously awesome sock-eye salmon at a sushi-ya ^_^
rice was a meh~ but the salmon rocked =P