Volcano Sushi Rolls ROCK!

[partsguy]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

I'm tempted to prepare it for you guys in Moab.


It's sooooooooo good with beer.

And what isn't good with beer????????

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by partsguy

And what isn't good with beer????????

broken glass mixed with potash

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

I just called the wife and told her we're going out for sushi tonight. Thanks!

ROFLMAO!!!!! Ahhhhhh, the power of suggestion!

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by Mrs.ssippi

What is this Shabu-Shabu you speak of?

Mmmmm .. Shabu-Shabu ... each couple (or person) gets their own little pot of broth (or water, depending) set upon a burner. You are brought a platter of the most delicate, delicious pieces of vegetables (like carrot, bok choy, sprouts, cabbage, mushrooms, any combination .. but usually sliced thin) .. and depending on what you had ordered .. could be thinly sliced Kobe beef (the most DELICIOUS Japanese beef!!), chicken (Americanized version) or fish. You actually cook your selctions yourself by taking each piece into your chop sticks and stirring it slowly into the very hot broth or boiling water. On the side are small bowls/remekins with different Japanese sauces to swirl your cooked veggie, fish or meat. Of course, the Japanese do this with the greatest elegance. Sukiyaki is also delicious. Somewhat similar technique, except that you use more of a little frying pan with a seasoned chunk of butter. We couldn't get enough Shabu-Shabu in Japan. LOL. On our returns, the hotel concierge would greet us with, "I have taken the liberty to make the necessary reservations for you during the week at (our fav Shabu restaurant)". LOL. Ask the owner of Little Tokyo to make you Shabu-Shabu! He'll probably love that you know what it is... and he'll probably enjoy preparing something out of the ordinary for his customer. If you try it, let me know what you thought!

I like shabu shabu. There's a place in Milpitas (actually owned by Chinese) that does it very well.

S.

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Steve - SanJose

There's a place in Milpitas (actually owned by Chinese) .

Bloody hell. The Chinese are taking over everything!

[Mrs.ssippi]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Bloody hell. The Chinese are taking over everything!

We have a few places around here that advertise all you can eat Chinese Buffet and Sushi. I often think someone should sell some type of food poisioning insurance right out side the door.

[GLBLWARMR]

Originally Posted by Mrs.ssippi

We have a few places around here that advertise all you can eat Chinese Buffet and Sushi. I often think someone should sell some type of food poisioning insurance right out side the door.

That just means that they have the best food. Usually when I travel to places like the philippines and thailand, the worst the places looks the better the food has been. Now I do not recommend this as a normal practice but it hasn't failed me yet. Either that or I have gotten food poisioning so many times that I have now immune to improperly cooked food.

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Mrs.ssippi

I often think someone should sell some type of food poisioning insurance right out side the door.

Reminds me of the time I walked into a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant with a buddy. Someone had a small dog chained up to the front of the building. My buddy said "Oh, look. Catch of the day". That made me laugh, a lot!

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Reminds me of the time I walked into a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant with a buddy. Someone had a small dog chained up to the front of the building. My buddy said "Oh, look. Catch of the day". That made me laugh, a lot!

Not so far from the truth .. some of the Pacific Rim countries do eat dog. It was offered when we were Macao. And, dogs roam freely in the streets there. Double !

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by Hmmm3

Not so far from the truth .. some of the Pacific Rim countries do eat dog. It was offered when we were Macao. And, dogs roam freely in the streets there. Double !

I spent six months in China and saw a lot of stranger things than dog get eaten.

I was teaching a software class to a bunch of Chinese guys that didn't speak English. At the break, they took me out for lunch and did the ordering. My first meal in China was: Cooked Duck tongues, Fish intestines, and these huge boiled beetles (served just like it sounds, a big oval plate with dead 2" water beetles on it).

[PARAGON]

If you are ever in the East and you go to a restaurant with round wooden tables with about a 8" hole in the center with some dark stain around it.....

just go somewhere else.

[Mrs.ssippi]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

I spent six months in China and saw a lot of stranger things than dog get eaten.

I was teaching a software class to a bunch of Chinese guys that didn't speak English. At the break, they took me out for lunch and did the ordering. My first meal in China was: Cooked Duck tongues, Fish intestines, and these huge boiled beetles (served just like it sounds, a big oval plate with dead 2" water beetles on it).

We went to eat sushi every friday with some friends so the guy that owns little tokyo got to know us really well. He would give us new stuff to try. I knew that I had to eat whatever he made for us or I would offend him. Many times it took everything I had to swallow some of that stuff. And I like oysters so its not like I have a problem eating slimey stuff. Its when it has eyes and it talks back to you that I have issues with.

[DennisAJC]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

If you are ever in the East and you go to a restaurant with round wooden tables with about a 8" hole in the center with some dark stain around it.....

just go somewhere else.

You've tried monkey brains? They had this place in Thailand that did that. The poor guy was alive and the patrons would mallet the monkey to death. Then viola! Monkey stomped brains.

[Hmmm2]

My worst experience was steamed octopus in Hong Kong. It was brought to the table in a lidded bamboo box. When the woman took the lid off, the tentacles began to ooze out of the box. It was still alive, though somewhat steamed. When they saw the hues of green we were turning, they offered us jellied pigeon instead. Oh, and then there was the time in Hong Kong where the table next to us had ordered 'Drunken Frog" ... it was barbaric. A whole family .. like family reunion ... had ordered many platters. One, centered on a 'lazy Susan', was a big waterless fish bowl full of live frogs. The waiter had turned up an electric grill underneath the bowl, while he poured some sort of liquor into the bowl. The liquor heated as the frogs tried to jump out .. finally cooking them. Not long later, the family all reached in to take the ones they wanted and began to eat. Ughhhhhhhh ......

[ree]

Thoughts on sea urchin, please.

I was on a trip in Japan several years ago and our hosts decided to either be really nice or have some fun at our expense and took us to a sushi restaurant. They started out with basic stuff, but just kept ordering more and more bizzare looking and tasting things, like they were trying to see how far they could push us. When the sea urchin hit my mouth, I just had to call it quits.

BTW, I don't do sushi (aka whatever) anymore.

[PARAGON]

Originally Posted by ree

Thoughts on sea urchin, please.

I was on a trip in Japan several years ago and our hosts decided to either be really nice or have some fun at our expense and took us to a sushi restaurant. They started out with basic stuff, but just kept ordering more and more bizzare looking and tasting things, like they were trying to see how far they could push us. When the sea urchin hit my mouth, I just had to call it quits.

BTW, I don't do sushi (aka whatever) anymore.

Someone tried something similar. But I don't remember anything about it one way or the other. Must not have been all that bad.... as matter of fact about the only thing I don't care much for is tuna and/or lots of wasabi.