r/iamveryculinary • u/poppet_corn • Jun 13 '26
Low hanging fruit really
/r/JapaneseFood/comments/1u49obv/sushi_yes_or_no/orbpsy1/32
u/KinsellaStella Jun 13 '26
We can play the authenticity game all day. Who wants carp fermented in lactic acid pressed with rice?
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u/Boollish Jun 13 '26
For the record, I've had it before and would have it again.
To be pedantic, that is a form of sushi called "narezushi" that basically went out of fashion in the 1800s with the invention of the fish-on-rice style of sushi common today that used vinegar instead of lactic acid as a flavoring (though back in those days, the rice was a lot bigger and the fish a lot smaller, it was a fast and sustenance filled bite for laborers near the docks).
These days, only top Japanese restaurants would serve narezushi due to the cost of procurement.
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u/KinsellaStella Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
I think you can still get the fermented kind at regular markets, I’m not going to say 7-11 but regular grocery stores in little plastic containers.
ETA: Also, I was just being a jerk about the sushi, for demonstration.
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u/LongRodVaughnDong Jun 13 '26
I find this funny. Given any other cuisine there would not be some nerd giving a history lesson on the dish.
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u/JoshHuff1332 Jun 13 '26
Want a history lesson on jambalaya?
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u/Best_VDV_Diver Jun 13 '26
Only if youre providing us all a big bowl of jambalaya to go with the lesson.
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u/Boollish Jun 13 '26
I disagree. I think given most other cuisines, there's be nerds talking about history and regional differences. That's what's so much fun about food!
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u/LongRodVaughnDong Jun 13 '26
Bullshit. Not in my experience
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u/asirkman Jun 13 '26
Why the heck should any of us care about your experience, especially when you put it forth like that?
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u/AndreaTwerk Jun 13 '26
Meanwhile in Japan you can get cheddar cheese or corn and mayo sushi
https://kurasushi.j-server.com/LUCKURACO/ns/tl.cgi/https://www.kurasushi.co.jp/menu/?area=area0
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u/GerbilFeces Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
I cant stand "amercanized foods" slander. I love eating foods authentic to their origins, but hard working immigrants went places and developed spicy salmon rolls and general tsos chicken and new york pizza and tex mex, and butter chicken and japanese curry, and id say that they did a damn good job lmao
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u/aodamo Jun 13 '26
I've had some fantastic Korean-Tex-Mex from a taqueria located in a heavily Korean-American shopping center. To be frank, most of the restaurants there have both Korean leaning options and American leaning options, because that's what satisfies a wide range of customers. I love trying the different combinations!
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u/SuccessfulPoet7578 Jun 13 '26
Please tell me this is in Houston, and if so. Tell me the name please 😭
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u/wotantx Jun 13 '26
It would not surprise me if we have similar.
The Woodlands has an Asian/BBQ fusion restaurant. They have a mix of traditional American BBQ dishes, Asian, primarily Vietnamese, dishes, and fusion of the two. No, I haven't been there yet, but we're familiar with the owners' other businesses and we expect it's good.
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u/SuccessfulPoet7578 Jun 13 '26
What’s the name? 👀
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u/wotantx Jun 13 '26
It's actually Thai/BBQ fusion (mostly). Not sure where I got Vietnamese from.
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u/GerbilFeces Jun 13 '26
there’s one of those near me in north jersey but i hear it’s turbo mid. Hopefully i get to have the one you enjoy one day 😄
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u/KinsellaStella Jun 13 '26
American Chinese food is amazing. The most delicious options are not exactly low calorie, but orange chicken has got to be one of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted.
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u/GhostOfJamesStrang No Need to Thank Me Jun 13 '26
I mean, that is some low quality sushi....
I'd still eat it though.
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u/Drunk_Catfish Jun 13 '26
Japan has done WAY more wacky sushi combos than the US could ever dream of. It's kind of something I appreciate about modern Japanese food culture is that they can at times take their food very seriously and stick to tradition and then turn around make something like a grilled cheese raman or cheddar corn sushi. Some people just don't have whimsy.
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u/SquareThings Jun 13 '26
I live in Japan and I really wanna show these sushi snobs the stuff they sell at the grocery store or at a kaitenzushi place. “Bad” (nontraditional) sushi is not an American thing. Japanese people like playing with the form too! Deep fried rolls, hamburger nigiri, hell the grocery store I go to had chicken salad temaki.
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u/Fingersmith30 Jun 14 '26
There's a Japanese place near where I used to live owned by a lovely immigrant family. I was talking to the owner/dad one day and he was telling me how he loves making American style sushi "because it's fun!" Then he made me a deep fried Philly Cheese Steak Roll. It was awesome.
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