Hey sushi resturant, you makin' fun of me?
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Originally Posted by constellation
Alright guys, I took my mom to a pretty decent sushi resturant, at least a decent one for roseville, and we were cracking up about the size of the rolls they gave us. Like seriously, bigmac sized slices of a roll. It was really really good, said my western-trained tastebuds - but they were so big that you could absolutley not eat them without a mess. I saw somewhere that its a custom to eat sushi in one entire bite, but these guys made it impossible to do so.
So what I'm wondering is, behind the counter the little japanese guys just have to be laughing at us stupid fat hick americans trying to eat these enormous rolls. Is it some subconcious stab at our tendency to over-consume? Or am i other-thinking something that i should be stoked about? Has anyone else noticed this? I never really get it down here in the city, but up there i was watching the chefs just to make sure they were'nt cracking up.
So what I'm wondering is, behind the counter the little japanese guys just have to be laughing at us stupid fat hick americans trying to eat these enormous rolls. Is it some subconcious stab at our tendency to over-consume? Or am i other-thinking something that i should be stoked about? Has anyone else noticed this? I never really get it down here in the city, but up there i was watching the chefs just to make sure they were'nt cracking up.
I think I have been to that one before. Do you remember the name?? All I remember was there enormous sushi pieces.
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well sushi of that nature doesn't exist in japan. The large rolls with all the random fish in it and tempura and the like is an invention geared toward tastes in America. I think it's just a matter of giving the customers what they want.
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pleue is 100% correct. Nobody in Japan would think of mixing fish together, let alone frying that whole sonuvabeotch up. I think the chef was doing either one of two things, or possibly both: 1.) Giving customers what they wanted (you know us 'Mericans like things BIG), and/or 2.) Being lazy as hell and not even using any skill whatsoever to make the roll. It takes a certain amount of skill to make a maki (sushi roll), particularly small ones, and in such a way that they won't fall apart of have a disproportionate amount of any particular ingredient. There's a good chance that the chef didn't give a shiet and just piled a heap together for undiscriminating customers 
Just my guess.
Just my guess.
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There's a good chance that the chef didn't give a shiet and just piled a heap together for undiscriminating customers Just my guess.
Hahaha, yeah, nobody gave a shat, and i should be ashamed of myself for trying to act like i know anything about sushi - im sure if i was wearing a monicle when the gave me my order it would have fallen into my martini.....assuming i had a martini. Oh well, i'm a white dude from the sticks, might as well give me a spare tire sized roll, you can save all that "heritage" and "tradition" **** for someone else - living down in the city has given me the false impression that it actually means somthing, and i do NOT want to be that dude who moves away from a small down dirty, and comes back with a glass of wine and a turtleneck talking about amazing installation peices i've been to..
I want rolls the size of records.
BRING IT ON, AND DEEP FRY IT A FEW MORE TIMES FOR ME THERE, MR. JAPISAN! YEEHAW!
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Originally Posted by mexicanpizza
"a decent one for roseville" lol
There isn't a decent anything there...let alone a sushi place.
<-----has been to a really crazy buffet sushi/mongolianBBQ/chinese/grill place where you just pay an entry fee and then pig out. nothing is really super good, but it does the job. I think it was called "VIP Buffet" or something up near placerville/coloma ??
There isn't a decent anything there...let alone a sushi place.
<-----has been to a really crazy buffet sushi/mongolianBBQ/chinese/grill place where you just pay an entry fee and then pig out. nothing is really super good, but it does the job. I think it was called "VIP Buffet" or something up near placerville/coloma ??
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Are you talking about the one in Cameron Park? The VIP Buffet off of Cameron Park Blvd. The food was alright, could use a renovation though.
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Originally Posted by constellation
Nah, its called akebono, and its on auburn folsom. It's super super americanized, but for americanized sushi it rivals mikunis, sorta. I'm down for it, but the portions are totally out of control.
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That is nowhere near Placerville/Coloma, the only VIP buffet up there I know of is Cameron Park.
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Akebono eh? Its a buffet or just a regular sushi joint? Auburn and Folsom. The service at Ichi Maki rocks, and thier spicy tuna roll is the bomb, so it the house Ichi Maki roll.
damnit, now i'm craving sushi.
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Originally Posted by platypus
anyplace named for Akebono had better be dishin' out mad amounts of food.
For those who don't know, Akebono is a retired Hawaiian sumo wrestler. He was the first foreign-born yokozuna, and the 64th of 68 yokozuna (grand champion, highest sumo rank) in sumo's 2000-something year history. At his competition peak, he was about 6'7" and about 500lbs. Truly a remarkable sumo rikishi (wrestler), he now gets his *** kicked on a regular basis in the K-1 Fighting League. A saddening career shift if you ask me
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Originally Posted by Choku Dori
LOL, the name DOES explain a lot
For those who don't know, Akebono is a retired Hawaiian sumo wrestler. He was the first foreign-born yokozuna, and the 64th of 68 yokozuna (grand champion, highest sumo rank) in sumo's 2000-something year history. At his competition peak, he was about 6'7" and about 500lbs. Truly a remarkable sumo rikishi (wrestler), he now gets his *** kicked on a regular basis in the K-1 Fighting League. A saddening career shift if you ask me
For those who don't know, Akebono is a retired Hawaiian sumo wrestler. He was the first foreign-born yokozuna, and the 64th of 68 yokozuna (grand champion, highest sumo rank) in sumo's 2000-something year history. At his competition peak, he was about 6'7" and about 500lbs. Truly a remarkable sumo rikishi (wrestler), he now gets his *** kicked on a regular basis in the K-1 Fighting League. A saddening career shift if you ask me
