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Just got back from a local racing themed brewpub in my neck of the woods. Not my scene in terms of atmosphere, but their brews were decent and the food was surprisingly good. I had some sushi nachos that I was not expecting to be as great as they were.

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Sushi nachos, what the hell? 

Tonight I had pizza by the slice after being unable to eat my family meal (lamb etc) due to an out of control 4 year old that ruined my appetite. I hit the pizza before reaching the metal pub. Alright it was too. Proper pizza is so much better than the Dominos we usually get. Funny that...

On 10/03/2018 at 10:03 PM, MattCantina said:

I ate pizza as well last night, can't really complain about food here in Italy, it's amazing overall. 

I just want to say that I love your country and your food. Keep it up! ;)

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Yes, sushi nachos. We did a double take too, and ordered them out of intrigue more than anything else. The chips were wontons, and were covered in the regular sushi sauces and trimmings instead of cheese and peppers, and finished with crab and tuna. They were wonderful.

 

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Dammit, that sounds fantastic. We went out for sushi for my son's birthday (his choice), which was really good as usual. It's easier to find good seafood and Asian food here than it was in NYC, so there's a plus.

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Dammit, that sounds fantastic. We went out for sushi for my son's birthday (his choice), which was really good as usual. It's easier to find good seafood and Asian food here than it was in NYC, so there's a plus.
I shouldn't be surprised, with Massachusetts being known for their seafood. Do they use a lot of Atlantic fish that are outside the norm from the mostly pacific selection traditionally used? My kids are crazy about sushi too, so they'll often request it as well. There are only a couple of places that will fly it in fresh daily here, but those are the ones that I go back to. You can definitely tell the difference. Being in food shipping, it bothers me more than a little that trucks will bring pallets of sushi to our dock for redelivery, because one driver has a hard time delivering to 20+ locations. That part is understandable, but when the customer tells me that none of these stores want to receive their sushi for over a week, and it just spent how many days coming to us from a cold storage facility in Minnesota (WTF?), and who knows how long it sat there before getting put on the truck?

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I shouldn't be surprised, with Massachusetts being known for their seafood. Do they use a lot of Atlantic fish that are outside the norm from the mostly pacific selection traditionally used? My kids are crazy about sushi too, so they'll often request it as well. There are only a couple of places that will fly it in fresh daily here, but those are the ones that I go back to. You can definitely tell the difference. Being in food shipping, it bothers me more than a little that trucks will bring pallets of sushi to our dock for redelivery, because one driver has a hard time delivering to 20+ locations. That part is understandable, but when the customer tells me that none of these stores want to receive their sushi for over a week, and it just spent how many days coming to us from a cold storage facility in Minnesota (WTF?), and who knows how long it sat there before getting put on the truck?

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I actually don't know the provenance of the fish. I've never eaten sushi anywhere but the East coast, though, so I suppose I don't know what to look for. They offer a good few raw options I haven't tried there yet - mackerel, black marlin, striped bass, fluke, surf clam, and scallop - in addition to the usual yellowtail, salmon, and tuna. We usually wind up getting rolls because that's what my wife and son are into, but the next time we can afford to go I hope to get some sashimi for myself. I've been impressed with everything so far. Food service and my contact with food shipping certainly woke me up to what goes on behind the scenes, and I'd imagine that's even more of an issue with coastal seafood delivery to the middle of the continent. Watching raw fish thaw on the dock sounds fucking gross!

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I actually don't know the provenance of the fish. I've never eaten sushi anywhere but the East coast, though, so I suppose I don't know what to look for. They offer a good few raw options I haven't tried there yet - mackerel, black marlin, striped bass, fluke, surf clam, and scallop - in addition to the usual yellowtail, salmon, and tuna. We usually wind up getting rolls because that's what my wife and son are into, but the next time we can afford to go I hope to get some sashimi for myself. I've been impressed with everything so far. Food service and my contact with food shipping certainly woke me up to what goes on behind the scenes, and I'd imagine that's even more of an issue with coastal seafood delivery to the middle of the continent. Watching raw fish thaw on the dock sounds fucking gross!


I've tried mackeral, but never black marlin, striped bass, or fluke, those might be the more regional ones. I'm up for trying whatever though, I like when a new fish comes up on the menu that I haven't tasted before, especially in sashimi form.

As far as the shipping portion goes, all of our trailers are new and have good, dependable reefer units, so the fish definitely isn't thawing in our care. That said though, for the kind of food that maybe marketed and charged for most due to "freshness", it seems weird to store it in Minnesota (from who knows where before that) and then distribute it out and have people ask your hold it for s week before you accept it. I'm sure the safety of the product isn't compromised, but I don't see how the flavor couldn't be diminished.

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Lebanese. Very thick. My wife occasionally makes it, her family is from Lebanon.
Must be pretty similar, looks just like the Turkish variety, and I believe they're neighboring countries. If it is the same, it's fucking delicious, so good on you. I'm being sad that all of mine is gone, and that I no longer have a connection to that side of the world anymore...

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Must be pretty similar, looks just like the Turkish variety, and I believe they're neighboring countries. If it is the same, it's fucking delicious, so good on you. I'm being sad that all of mine is gone, and that I no longer have a connection to that side of the world anymore...

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I once received a free coffee in Turkey. True story - my wife and I went into a restaurant, for some reason had a coffee first, changed our minds about the food and as we were leaving the guy said no charge. Sweet memories of Istanbul. 

FYI, I've also had one of True Belief's coffees and I can verify their deliciousness. 

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I once received a free coffee in Turkey. True story - my wife and I went into a restaurant, for some reason had a coffee first, changed our minds about the food and as we were leaving the guy said no charge. Sweet memories of Istanbul. 
FYI, I've also had one of True Belief's coffees and I can verify their deliciousness. 
I'm jealous. It might sound weird, but there's not another place on earth I would like to visit more than Istanbul.

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Just had a $5 Dominoes pepperoni pizza and now I have significant indigestion. I'm sure it will clear when I eat a huge pack of crisps (that's chips for you Americans) and a chocolate chip cupcake later. 

With the house to myself I'm hardly going to cook up some vegetables....

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Just had a $5 Dominoes pepperoni pizza and now I have significant indigestion. I'm sure it will clear when I eat a huge pack of crisps (that's chips for you Americans) and a chocolate chip cupcake later. 
With the house to myself I'm hardly going to cook up some vegetables....
Damn, that would make me sick to my stomach.

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