Food review: Shiro maguro sashimi (albacore tuna)
Restaurant: Sushi Time (San Francisco)
Food description: Raw slices of white albacore tuna sashimi
Food rating: 6.5 out of 10
Times ordered: 1
Wow, this dish was really tough to rate, so if I order it again, I'll have to revisit the rating. Eating this dish nearly turned me bipolar: one bite had me fantasizing about having it 24/7, and the next bite had me squishing my face up in anguish. Here's what was going on: if you look at the photo, you'll notice that the left half of each piece is slightly discolored. Guess which part that is? The part you don't want to eat. It has hit the air too long and tasted fishy and old. It's really a shame because the other half was exquisite, some of the best shiro maguro I've had. The texture was soooo smooth you didn't even need to chew, it just melted away. It was really impressive up until the point where the fishy aftertaste part kicked in. It was dark, so I couldn't figure out what was going on, otherwise I would have just eaten the fresh part. Overall I'd say the dish was more manic than depressive, so I've tried to balance the rating accordingly. It's tough because normally, if you know the fish isn't fresh, it's risky to even eat it at all. I guess since the rest of it was so good, it was a risk worth taking. But if it's like that again, I'll be forced to put it in the food poisoning category.
1 comment:
Wow what a reveiw.You give a product a negitive rating because the restaurant did not handle the fish properly.What rating would you give a choice filet migon that had been left out on the counter for a couple of days and then served to you ? Albacore tuna local caught is one of the best most forgiven fish products there is
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