Food review blog from San Francisco.

Restaurant: Zushi Puzzle (San Francisco)
Food description: Raw slices of white albacore tuna sashimi
Food rating: 5 out of 10
Times ordered: 1

The only other time I was at Zushi Puzzle was with a bunch of people who wanted mostly rolls, so this time I wanted to put the real stuff to the test. I realize y'all are probably sick of my same ole reviews of red tuna, white tuna, hamachi, and salmon sashimi, but it's my standard benchmark, a litmus test, if you will. I know what those things should taste like, so if they can't get something as simple as this right, I don't need to come back.

So first up, the albacore tuna sashimi: This fish had potential, but it was old. This is the second time in a row I've been subjected to old albacore tuna. It really pisses me off when sushi places don't throw out their leftover fish daily, especially for the prices they're charging. So, from now on, I'm establishing a new rule: if I get served old fish, I'm simply sending it back, and never ordering it again. No second chances, especially when they're putting my health at risk. Even though it wasn't old enough to start discoloring, the albacore tuna still tasted fishy, and had that granular texture indicative of old fish. What's worse is that we'd already ordered the albacore tuna toro, which I assumed would be cut from this same fish, and equally as old. You can read if my hunches were correct.