Sushi!!!

[Flip2cruise]

Just an fyi

 

Definition of Sushi:

 

Sushi

In Japanese cuisine, sushi is a food made of vinegared rice combined with various toppings or fillings, which includes seafood and can also include meat, vegetables, mushroo

 

 

ms, or eggs. Sushi toppings may be raw, cooked, or marinated.Sushi as an English word has come to refer to the complete dish (rice together with toppings); this is the sense used in this article. The original term sushi (-zushi in some compounds such as makizushi) in the Japanese language refers to the rice, not the fish or other toppings.In the Western world, sushi is often misunderstood to mean only clumps of rice topped with raw fish, or to refer to other raw-seafood dishes, such as sashimi (sushi and sashimi are considered distinct in Japan).

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So "raw sushi" or "cooked sushi" is a misnomer since sushi is vinegared rice. Its actually made from a very stick rice with a syrup of ricewine vinegar, sake or mirin, and salt. That syrup gives the rice that distinct sweet/tart flavor. What it is topped with, or has rolled in it does not make it sushi. I LOVE the stuff, in any form. Weither its raw tuna or yellowtail, cucumber or pickles, cooked eel or clam, salmon roe, anything. I don't know why the misuse of the term always bothers me, but it does... I hope I didn't offend anyone!!

 

Every time "raw" sushi is brought up I always want to post this :)

 

Think Im going to have some flying fish eggs Monday!

[Lady Anna & Sir Troy]

Not sure if anyone answered you question about suishi. There was not a suishi station on the Pride of America specifically, but it was a part of the buffet most of the time. The suishi was okay to good, they had two - three different varities each night, mostly the same from night to night.

 

L.A.S.T.

[AdrenalineRush]

Not sure if anyone answered you question about suishi. There was not a suishi station on the Pride of America specifically, but it was a part of the buffet most of the time. The suishi was okay to good, they had two - three different varities each night, mostly the same from night to night.

 

L.A.S.T.

 

Pride is a Carnival ship ;)

[TCF]

I think any of us who live on the west coast of the US and Canada are probably spoiled by the quality of the sushi we get....even bad sushi here is great!!!

We were lured to the buffet on the Pincess Coral last May because they had "Sushi Day" for lunch...it turned out to be a very attractive display of maki with all manner of cooked or pickled things rolled up!!! The only raw fish anywhere to be found was under the keel of the ship!!!

On the NCL Sun last month we had access to real sushi on our Alaska cruise. That ship has a specialty Japanese restaurant with Tepanyaki and a small sushi bar. (We didin't eat there just because the ship had too many restaurants and not enough nights so I can't comment on the qulaity!) Whether it is available on all the Sun's cruises, or only when it is on the west coast and the wholesale fresh sushi grade fish is available in both Vancouver and Seattle where NCL sails from I do not know.

 

I think most of the cruise lines are very concerned about food borne illness and that would make serving sushi in, for example, the Caribbean a dicey proposition.

[KC_fn]

Pride had a portable sushi bar when we were aboard (two years ago). It was a rolling cart.

 

DD and I love sushi, so we actually skipped the dining room on two nights just to stuff ourselves with California roll and Tamago. I guess we wouldn't have ventured the raw-fish types, but then we don't do that on land either.

[MOYSHA]

We were on the Sensation a few weeks ago. they did have a sushi station a few of the nights. It was located next to the casino. we never were able to try it since it was "manned" by one slooooooow person and there was always at least 20 to 25 people on line waiting. Sorry, waiting on line for half an hour or so for a few pieces of sushi is not my thing :eek:

[NCTribeFan]

I could've sworn we had raw tuna on both the Fantasy and Elation.

 

I'm seriously considering changing to late dining simply because 5:45 dinner doesn't give me the opportunity to have sushi and a drink before dining, and who has room after dinner?

 

No, it isn't the greatest sushi I've every had, but it's a nice change from the buffet or pizza, which is the only other place to eat early evening.

 

Some octopus sunomono would be nice! OK, now I'm starving!

[skittl1321]

From what I can tell the Spirit only has a sushi cart, not a bar like the bigger ships. Does the timing of the cart being open conflict with the early dining time? Or will it be opened either before or after that.

 

I'll be so sad if we miss out on sushi.

[KC_fn]

From what I can tell the Spirit only has a sushi cart, not a bar like the bigger ships. Does the timing of the cart being open conflict with the early dining time? Or will it be opened either before or after that.

 

I'll be so sad if we miss out on sushi.

 

You could grab a plate of sushi, stow it in your cabin fridge, and your midnight snack is ready!

[MonicaDutra]

Is the sushi unlimited?

[Sandi149]

Is the sushi unlimited?

 

If you mean is it all you can eat....Yes. :D