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Restaurant: Zushi Puzzle (San Francisco)
Food description: Raw slices of yellowtail hamachi sashimi
Food rating: 6.5 out of 10
Times ordered: 1

It's really hard to go wrong with hamachi. This was my second favorite sashimi after the butterfish. I didn't like the chunky blocks that they cut the fish into, but it didn't affect the flavor, so I won't dock it. The cut was actually more fatty than other hamachi that I've had (notice the color), which made the flavor extra rich and buttery. The texture was semi-firm and smooth. Unlike the hamachi at Sushi Time, they removed all the skin, thankfully. Unfortunately, like the butterfish, I tasted traces of onion on the fish, probably due to being cut with an oniony knife. It is these little things that make me question whether I'm going to come back to this place. Although it didn't change the flavor drastically, it's not what I was expecting (plus sushi chefs are supposed to be more conscientious than that). It's a real shame too, because the hamachi was actually pretty good aside from that.