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Restaurant: Sushi Time (San Francisco)
Food description: Raw slices of yellowtail/hamachi sashimi
Food rating: 7.5 out of 10
Times ordered: 1

I'm going to give a big bravo to the hamachi sashimi at Sushi Time. It was the best out of the trio and was unbelievably fresh, compared to the on-its-way-out shiro maguro counterpart. The color of the fish was perfect and was so fresh, the juice was literally oozing out of it-- something I can't say I've seen before. The texture was firm yet smooth, and cut from the edge of the fish to include some of that nice darker meat. The resulting flavor was creamy and rich and lasted long after you swallowed it. One downside of the hamachi was the presence of a thick piece skin lining the edge that is slimy and tougher to chew than the rest of the fish. It doesn't taste that good and kinda grosses me out thinking of where the outside of that fish has been. I assume the chef has included the skin for a reason, but I'm just not at the point where I can appreciate it, so I'd rather have it removed. Other than that minor nuisance, the hamachi had a mouthwatering effect on me, and exceeded the salmon and maguro by quite a bit. If only I'd known this beforehand, I would've said "screw the other sashimi!" and just eaten a triple serving of hamachi.