Went to a place I usually get sake nigiri from and this time they had a huge piece of fat on them. I had never seen it like this so it was putting a weird taste in my mouth and Icouldn’t decide if something was wrong.. do people prefer this?
by Successful-Drawer560
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This is the belly cut. The fat looks a bit oxidized though… which is probably what you are tasting.
I was served a cut like this for the first time a few weeks ago. Not my favorite.
Facehugger Nigiri?
That part is closest to the skin. I trim that. Pretty lazy work to keep that on salmon. On hamachi you’ll see similar red/brown corner on the nigiri. Nobody wants that
Looks like poor butchery/cleaning of the meat.
I would always trim that off unless a customer preferred it which was very rare. Some decent flavor but horrible texture in my opinion.
Maybe if they seared that part. I would think it’s kinda chewy.
Yeah it’s either oxidized fat or they didn’t cut out blood line… fine if you chopped and put in a roll but not ideal for sashimi/nigiri
You’re tasting the fatty brown stuff. It can be off putting for some that don’t have a fishy palette
na this aint right
So wrong yet nicely made….I am so confused
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I’m sorry but these look terrible. Is it normal? Yes. Is it desired in a restaurant? No!
omg ew 😭i would send that back asap
Guess I’m in the minority because I would definitely eat that. Sometimes I’m looking for textural variety so I wouldn’t mind the chewy part every so often, not all the time. I can also get down with the stronger, fishy flavor.
It’s not bad to eat but I can definitely understand this being off putting for most folks.
That’s some trash
No that is quite the yumomnom