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Thedrunner2 t1_j6cw405 wrote

What was the total cost?

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Randomthought5678 t1_j6e06ef wrote

Something like this would probably be a large sashimi platter which would cost somewhere between 100 and 140 bucks depending where you go. Then again there's definitely some unusual items for my area items on there so it could be more.

I would share this with one of the person with a couple other nigiri pieces a la carte. Probably add some uni because it's delicious and an invasive species in California.

I've never had it come on such a utilitarian service though. Usually it comes on a fancy platter and they stage the fish with shredded daikon radish and shisho leaves. At some places it can get very ornate.

Does anybody know what the first fish on the second row is?

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E_Snap t1_j6hfgp2 wrote

Uni forager here— hate to burst your bubble but the uni that you can get in restaurants is red urchin, not purple urchin. Purple urchin is the invasive species that is destroying kelp forests and eating away the coastal rock. It is much smaller than red urchin, which is a highly-sought-after and overfished find that is exported worldwide from San Diego. Red urchin has a more briny flavor and the gonads are far larger, whereas purple urchin has a really creamy (better) flavor. Unfortunately its gonads are so small that they are an enormous pain to clean, so sushi restaurant don’t use them.

Every time I go purple urchin foraging, I wind up getting home to clean them at like 6PM and eating at like 10 or later.

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nancylafancy t1_j6hlzwq wrote

You forage it? That’s frikkin cool!!!

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E_Snap t1_j6hnn6s wrote

Lol it’s almost like an extreme sport. You’re clinging for dear life to the edge of tide pool rocks where they meet the surf, working in the time between the waves swamping you, and trying to dig the urchins out of the sockets in the rock that they’ve eaten themselves into. Highly recommended. You do need a fishing license though.

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Randomthought5678 t1_j6iddoo wrote

Have you ever heard of gooseneck barnacles? I've always wanted to go forwarding for them but it's pretty dangerous as well. Supposed to be one of the best flavors in the sea though.

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nancylafancy t1_j6ler2d wrote

That would be pretty cool to watch! You should start a YouTube channel. Seriously!

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Randomthought5678 t1_j6ibhku wrote

I'm not certain but when I get uni that comes in small little strips it's not the invasive species?

Usually uni come in pieces that are maybe an inch across but they started coming in much smaller quarter inch pieces. A serving used to be maybe one or two pieces now they come as many little ones?

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E_Snap t1_j6jpsrp wrote

If the restaurant you’re going to specifically calls it “purple urchin,” then you can be sure they are going out of their way to acquire the invasive species. But there is no commercial market for that variety and they are not considered a delicacy commercially, so it would still be surprising to find.

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Randomthought5678 t1_j6k3ytr wrote

Yup. It was a big cluster f*** of a dinner party and I don't remember what it said on the menu but I did comment on the pieces being smaller than regular uni. The waitress went into a pretty long description of why it was different while she served us an entire ecosystem.

Umi Sake House in Seattle which is the cat's meow and bougie enough to go to the extra steps.

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Exciting-Meringue-85 t1_j6gt191 wrote

>Does anybody know what the first fish on the second row is?

From the dark back, the way those lines look on the silvery sides I'm thinking its a type of eel filet that is butterflied open. That one would be something that gets cooked before consumption though.

Really hard to tell without seeing the flesh side of the fish too, or the fillet not curled on it self like that.

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Tronald_Dump69 t1_j6ha128 wrote

Looks like some sort if eel, the bones(?) resemble a snake. That's my guess at least.

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pseudocultist t1_j6d3fgg wrote

Also how many is this expected to feed? I would want to try everything but would maybe get 4-5 pieces in.

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Ffsletmesignin t1_j6erbr2 wrote

Me. I ain’t sharing with anyone, love sashimi but it is anything but filling.

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cecil021 t1_j6fybgb wrote

Yeah, I could eat all of this easily.

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farfacogin t1_j6fyhwm wrote

That’s why you order the miso with it

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sik0fewl t1_j6gcodc wrote

Like a bucket of paste?

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purpleddit t1_j6id8cs wrote

Miso soup, literally the single most common accompaniment for sushi besides ginger and wasabi.

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Exciting-Meringue-85 t1_j6gtg27 wrote

> love sashimi but it is anything but filling.

There is a point there where one eats till not hungry anymore instead of full. Being said, can get to the not hungry state within a few pieces, but can take a few dozen to get full.

kind of like with rotisserie chickens... buy one and portion it out and can make food for like 3-4 days when portion controlled right. However, can also eat the whole damn thing in a single sitting to "get full", and then some.

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Stukisha t1_j6flsks wrote

OP please answer the cost question, I’ll be drooling meanwhile.

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Captcha_Imagination t1_j6d08no wrote

The tuna belly at the bottom alone is the price of a dinner

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Otherwise-Regret-297 t1_j6efbcc wrote

Parasite’s

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round-earth-theory t1_j6evj7e wrote

This fish would be sushi quality which means it's been frozen to kill parasites.

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AsanoSokato t1_j6euxx8 wrote

True, capitalism is bad. But that's world we live in.

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