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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (5 children)

OP, what region are you from? I remember sushi being really cheap in Sydney and it was considered a go-to for students. But here in the States it's more expensive and (at least in Dallas and Denver) you don't really want to go to anything less than a sit-down restaurant for it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I live in Australia, sushi shops are everywhere in our cities. You can get a hand roll for around $3-$4.

Three hand rolls for $10 is a cheap lunch here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Midwest US it's more like $10 for a single crappy fake crab roll, $20 for a good roll. But hey, we have, uh, corn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah we ordered the "good" sushi and it came to $90. Was not worth it, but I wanted to taste the good stuff at least once. I mostly prefer the eel, salmon, and California rolls and the quality of em at a buffet I like is enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are these dollarydoos? I mean it's cheap even if USD, damn, here we can really just get it delivered, and then it's like 20/25€ per person kind of thing for run of the mill sushi. I think some of the more expensive supermarkets sometimes have small boxes but these are gross and not that much cheaper.

Still, I'll always remember checking out the sushi stand at Mexico airport and figuring out after checking my conversions that they were 7/8$ PER SUSHI! I stopped complaining about my local prices after that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was gonna say where in Mexico would they charge that much, but an airport is always the priciest place for the most mid of meals. But I like how big Chinese and Japanese food has gotten in Mexico last I visited. Got my fill of sushi and enough to take back to others for 15 USD and it was delicious. I always buy snacks or meal before getting to an airport, those prices are always robbery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah I've only been once and I was way too busy being extatic about tacos to think about eating anything else but local stuff while I was there. These sushi and that stand actually looked really nice, which is why I was checking it out, but yeah I'm not about to drop Michelin star restaurant kind of money for airport sushi.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I wish Sushi could be a go to for me. I live in Ireland and sushi tends to be expensive here and relatively hard to find outside of the city center.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I assume the coastal regions have significantly cheaper sushi than Dallas and Denver.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Up here in PNW sea food is the cheapest thing around. Hell I can throw a rock at a seafood shop from my window (literally).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

There was a sushiya or something like that in my cafeteria in Texas University so I'd get a spicy tuna roll every now and then for lunch. This was a decade ago.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Sushi must've nene invented by a poor student

"Man, I'm hungry. What do I have left? Let's see... cold rice, soy sauce, a few small chunks of fish from yesterday and there's some seaweed growing in the fish tank? There has to be a way to turn this into something!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In Japan, sushi is definitely one of the more expensive foods. You can't really use yesterday's fish as authentic sushi uses fresh fish which you can't eat the next day for obvious reasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Uhh what? Sushi is cheap as fuck in Japan (compared to north America at least .. and tastes way way better).

And nearly all sushi is caught weeks before it is served. Although it is kept frozen until then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

But it's like triple the price of ramen or Yoshinoya - and that's the cheap sushi. Real sushi isn't a leftover recipe, it's an art by real chefs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People started putting all kinds of fillings into sushi like chicken, beef, sausages, vegetables and whatnot. So... fresh fish ain't a requisite for sushi anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Isn't that kimbap? I think sushi is raw fish or sashimi when using raw meat. And the Korean kimbap uses cooked meats. I could be wrong, but I think those are the differences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I make sushi weekly.

I've had thanksgiving sushi - turkey, rice, cranberries and breenbeans

Pizza sushi - rice pepperoni, pizza sauce and cream cheese

Normal fish sushis

Burger sushi, old burg meat, tomato, lettuce and cucumbers

Also made special sushi for my dog that had rice and various scraps of meat/chicken feet etc...

It's literally endless. It's 100% my new sandwich sin e I've stopped buying all breads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Too much fish is a bad thing, keep that in mind.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Any non-zero amount is a bad thing tbf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Well no, little bits of mercury are fine. It's when you eat so much that your body can't keep it at acceptable levels that it becomes a problem.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I don't think I could ever get sick of sushi!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Anyone on here like supermarket sushi?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

oddly yeah. it's not as good as the real deal shops but if I get a random urge or if I am strapped for time for lunch/dinner, i'll go pick up one of the 15$ multi packs the place around me does

does enough for me to fulfill the craving for another few days when it pops back up again 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The supermarket near me has a few people preparing fresh sushi right there every day. That one's great, I honestly like it better than the actual sushi place a few streets over

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's fine... I mean of course it's worse than home made and from most restaurants but nothing terrible either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Personally tbh no, I barely cook.... but I know people do that's why I said it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's pretty easy if you're just doing rolls and depending on filling can be super cheap. The individual sushi I still mess up a few of em and I order the fish prepped cause I suck at it. Rarely make sushi, but rolls I make often cause it's cheap, fast, and easy and impresses people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Why is that so hard to believe? Sushi is pretty easy to make once you learn how to roll it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it hard to believe? I didn’t mean that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, sorry, I must've misunderstood

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Inari's usually OK.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

So we can be hungry again in time for supper? Lol

But seriously sushi is amazing

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Okay Mr moneybags, or should I say Mr Krabs?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Chicken snitzel sandwich on rye with lettuce jalapenos cheddar cheese and Mayo always fits the bill

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

2 McDoubles, my ol' friend

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Bless those lil arteries

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm in this meme and I don't like it lol. ive gotten sushi almost every day for class in the last year

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Sara's bagels

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