Why don't I like sushi?

[Violent Rainbow]

I want to like sushi so bad but I just don't, I went to a sushi place today with a friend and even just the smell of the place made me sick. I want to be a sushi person so bad, how can I make myself like it?

[Le fishe au chocolat]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Violent Rainbow:

I want to like sushi so bad but I just don't, I went to a sushi place today with a friend and even just the smell of the place made me sick. I want to be a sushi person so bad, how can I make myself like it?

As a Japanese, I don't recommend trying sushi if you wanted to live healthy.

Sushi uses raw fillets which may cause food poisoning easier than cooked foods. There are also a lot of dangerous bacterium in seafood which would cause rare diseases, meaning the victims have higher chance of fatal situation.

Not only sushi, every raw foods which are serving in Japan, aren't safe to eat. Because of that, always eat well-cooked foods for your healthy.

[JacquesPatat]

there are various places what makes and serves sushi. You can start off simple as i know you get your sushi what doesnt have any fish/meat in. names i can think of sushi meshi/sushi gohan, Avocado Roll, Vegetable Roll, Tamago roll to name a few. not sure tempura sushi is consider sushi but that is usually fried sushi roll

[Siluva]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Violent Rainbow:

even just the smell of the place made me sick.

If the sushis smells there might be a problem tho'....

[Tonepoet]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Violent Rainbow:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Midori:

There are many many types of sushi though? You might like egg sushi.. it's popular with children lol

The had chicken sushi, but like cooked chicken. I feel like it's not the same though, and I would be offensive to the owners of the restaurant if I bought that and not the actual sushi. They were Japanese, I don't want to offend them by ordering chicken!

"We are deeply offended you ordered something we put in the effort to learn to make and decided to put on the menu. We would rather you not pay our restaurant for your patronage and have you go to K.F.C. instead, thank you very much! Thank you for understanding that traditional Japanese cuisine consists of only one dish! What about Chicken Yakitori[www.allrecipes.com]? What is that? I've never even heard of it!"

>_>

[Kobs]

Quote " I want to be a sushi person so bad,

Why do you want to fit in so bad is the question you should ask yourself, be who you are, the person who is disgusted about eating raw fish... you're not the only one

[Karumati]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Hirenaga:

I'm gonna order sushi tonight. why is wakame maki more expensive than the other type of maki?

Make sushi yourself.
It’s quite easy

[Tristin]

It can be an acquired taste. Try to eat with soy sauce, wasabi, and/or gari. It's a better way to get used to it.

As for the smell, it really depends on the place. If they slice the fish right front of you or massively at the back, it could emit fish smell. If not, I'd go other place; It's not normal.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Tristin:

It can be an acquired taste. Try to eat with soy sauce, wasabi, and/or gari. It's a better way to get used to it.

As for the smell, it really depends on the place. If they slice the fish right front of you or massively at the back, it could emit fish smell. If not, I'd go other place; It's not normal.

my sushi place does smell to the meat they grill.. and the soysauce and garlic and ginger they use a lot in frying things..

those you will smell..
fish? not.
fresh fish hardly has any smell at all.

[BlackBloodGhost]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Midori:

There are many many types of sushi though? You might like egg sushi.. it's popular with children lol

Just casually comparing the OP to a child

[Hooch]

Ursprungligen skrivet av 240p Enjoyer:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Aionion:

Start slow. Start with something "safe" like a California Roll. There's no actual fish in it. It's just rice, cooked crab (usually imitation), avocado, and cucumber wrapped in thin seaweed paper and sliced into small, bite-sized rolls. Get used to the idea of the general tastes and smells of seaweed paper first this way. Make sure you dip the bottom half in soy sauce. If something like this repulses you, then just walk away from sushi, it's not your thing and it's ok. If you enjoy the California Roll, slowly introduce cooked new types of sushi when you go out.

Next step might be a Philadelphia roll (an easy mode sushi roll), look it up for details. Then try a tempura dish (battered, cooked, typically has a sweet sauce). If all that is enjoyable, then you are ready to dive in with actual fish. Mild fish like Yellow Tail roll is a great introduction.

NEVER go balls to the wall with crazy shushi recipes if you are new to it as a cuisine. It's not about being brave or daring, it's about the experience. It should be enjoyable. I love sushi. My dad was the bravado sort and introduced me to some nasty stuff my first time. Years later a gf reintroduced me to sushi like described above. I love all sorts of actual sushi now, and have for years.

imitation crab is fish

It's processed whitefish that doesn't taste or smell like fish, which is the point.

[Ulfrinn]

my question is, why do you WANT to like it?

[mario43]

sushi is fish right ?

[MinionJoe]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Violent Rainbow:

I went to a sushi place today with a friend and even just the smell of the place made me sick.

You may want to try a different place. Sushi restaurants shouldn't stink.

And I'd recommend starting with, perhaps, a cooked roll or California roll. Graduate to salmon. Maybe tuna.

Personally, I can't do halibut. It's SUPER fishy.

[Ice Robertson]

This thread is making me hungry.

I can agree with the smell of fish like when you go to a fish market and the place usually stinks, But I've never had a problem with sushi.

Maybe get someone to buy some for you and skip the smell of the place, things like that will take away your appetite.

[Ulfrinn]

I'm still wondering what drives someone to want to like sushi so bad that they'll force themselves to eat it, some times several times in hopes they'll eventually like it. I don't understand this behavior. If you don't like it, big deal, you don't like it. I don't like it, but I'm okay with that.

My only guess is it has been so romanticized in media that people think eating it will make them "fit in" more with or understand the culture better. I know people from Japan though, they don't even eat sushi. They tell me it's mostly foreigners at those restaurants because it's the food that is the most exotic to westerners. It's like a Kardashian, it's famous for being famous.