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Where to get cheap sushi ingredients?
I'm going to try making sushi myself in order to stop wasting my blasted money at the japanese center!
But where on earth can i get cheap sushi ingredients (rice, salmon, tuna) in london?!!??!!?
Also, i don't think i can make sushi by getting a whole salmon, filleting it and then slicing it into strips right? The raw salmon needs to be... de-germed?
right?
or am i getting this completely wrong and i can actually make sushi with a filleted salmon.
But where on earth can i get cheap sushi ingredients (rice, salmon, tuna) in london?!!??!!?
Also, i don't think i can make sushi by getting a whole salmon, filleting it and then slicing it into strips right? The raw salmon needs to be... de-germed?
right?or am i getting this completely wrong and i can actually make sushi with a filleted salmon.
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There was a bit on spendaholics of a woman who ate too much sushi and was spending too much money on it so they showed her to a japenese supermarket and taught her how to make it. (not that you care about that)
try world/japenese supermarkets, perhaps you tube or google making sushi to see what that suggests about the filleted salmon.
try world/japenese supermarkets, perhaps you tube or google making sushi to see what that suggests about the filleted salmon.
Reply 2
Lol I just sprayed coffee all over my monitor... De-germed indeed.
Take raw salmon or tuna (tuna being my personal favorite) and cut it into small strips. Unless your going to be making sashimi, you shouldn't need to cut it particularly well.
What I did was buy a recipe book from my local oriental supermarket (I think it was Australian Women's Weekly - they're pretty good on sushi/fusion cookery) and get said ingredients there. You'll need sushi rice, sushi vinegar, and yaki nori (sheets of dried seaweed) as well as a mat to roll up the sushi on.
If you can't find a good book, wikihow has some really good guides to making sushi.
Good Luck
Take raw salmon or tuna (tuna being my personal favorite) and cut it into small strips. Unless your going to be making sashimi, you shouldn't need to cut it particularly well.
What I did was buy a recipe book from my local oriental supermarket (I think it was Australian Women's Weekly - they're pretty good on sushi/fusion cookery) and get said ingredients there. You'll need sushi rice, sushi vinegar, and yaki nori (sheets of dried seaweed) as well as a mat to roll up the sushi on.
If you can't find a good book, wikihow has some really good guides to making sushi.
Good Luck
Most restaurants freeze the fish to kill any potential worms living in their flesh. It shouldn't damage the fish (providing it's not shell fish!)
Sushi rice is expensive. Best bet is to try pudding rice. It has a similar end result. You could also use white wine vinegar to replace mirin. The rest of the products you should buy from a chinese/asian food shop and not a British brand (as the prices are horribly inflated and you only get a small amount) You'll also need a rice cooker to achieve the desired fluffiness of the rice.
I think you should try with crab sticks and smoked salmon/tinned mackerel first - just to get use to the preparation and seasoning, so that you don't waste expensive fish.
Also a word of warning: too much sushi isn't good for you, despite western marketing! The japanese are well aware of the high amount of heavy metals contained in fish, which cannot be processed by your body and often build up and cause health problems. Not to mention the ton of salt that's in sushi!
Sushi rice is expensive. Best bet is to try pudding rice. It has a similar end result. You could also use white wine vinegar to replace mirin. The rest of the products you should buy from a chinese/asian food shop and not a British brand (as the prices are horribly inflated and you only get a small amount) You'll also need a rice cooker to achieve the desired fluffiness of the rice.
I think you should try with crab sticks and smoked salmon/tinned mackerel first - just to get use to the preparation and seasoning, so that you don't waste expensive fish.
Also a word of warning: too much sushi isn't good for you, despite western marketing! The japanese are well aware of the high amount of heavy metals contained in fish, which cannot be processed by your body and often build up and cause health problems. Not to mention the ton of salt that's in sushi!
I've no idea about the details of preparing the raw fish, but I have heard of several cases where the person got food poisoning from homemade sushi... so be careful. 
There is a Japanese convenience store right next to West Acton station, Atari-ya, that sells raw fish suitable for sushi. There's also a outlet place that sells fresh (well, they say it is) fish, near Acton but I can't quite recall where it was.
As for rice, you *could* substitute it with other types of rice (from a Chinese store etc) but the rice from a Japanese store always tastes better.
There's a Japanese supermarket, TK Trading, near North Acton station (but you'd want to get there by a car), as well as a smaller one, Natural Natural, right by Ealing Common station. (Natural Natural also has a branch in Finchley, apparently.) There's also the small shop at the Japan Centre, which is slightly cheaper than either of those. So you could get stuff like soy sauce, mirin, wasabi etc there (although nori (seaweed) is probably cheaper in somewhere like Waitrose), as well as the equipment like that thing you use to roll with. (can't think of the name...)
I do agree with ecokid though - maybe try out with other ingredients first, like smoked salmon (tastes pretty good as sushi), crab meat, gourd strips, etc.
Hope that helps. Sorry for the excessive use of brackets
There is a Japanese convenience store right next to West Acton station, Atari-ya, that sells raw fish suitable for sushi. There's also a outlet place that sells fresh (well, they say it is) fish, near Acton but I can't quite recall where it was.
As for rice, you *could* substitute it with other types of rice (from a Chinese store etc) but the rice from a Japanese store always tastes better.
There's a Japanese supermarket, TK Trading, near North Acton station (but you'd want to get there by a car), as well as a smaller one, Natural Natural, right by Ealing Common station. (Natural Natural also has a branch in Finchley, apparently.) There's also the small shop at the Japan Centre, which is slightly cheaper than either of those. So you could get stuff like soy sauce, mirin, wasabi etc there (although nori (seaweed) is probably cheaper in somewhere like Waitrose), as well as the equipment like that thing you use to roll with. (can't think of the name...)
I do agree with ecokid though - maybe try out with other ingredients first, like smoked salmon (tastes pretty good as sushi), crab meat, gourd strips, etc.
Hope that helps. Sorry for the excessive use of brackets
Reply 5
ecokid
Most restaurants to avoid any potential worms living in the fish, freeze it first and then defrost it. It shouldn't damage the fish (providing it's not shell fish!)
Sushi rice is expensive. Best bet is to try pudding rice. It has the same end result. You could also use white wine vinegar to replace mirin. The rest of the products you should buy from a chinese/asian food shop and not a British brand (as the prices are horribly inflated and you only get a small amount)
You should try with crab sticks and smoked salmon/tinned mackerel first - just to get use to the preparation and seasoning, so that you don't waste expensive fish.
Also a word of warning: too much sushi isn't good for you, despite western marketing! The japanese are well aware of the high amount of heavy metals contained in fish, which cannot be processed by your body and often build up and cause health problems. Not to mention the ton of salt that's in sushi!
Sushi rice is expensive. Best bet is to try pudding rice. It has the same end result. You could also use white wine vinegar to replace mirin. The rest of the products you should buy from a chinese/asian food shop and not a British brand (as the prices are horribly inflated and you only get a small amount)
You should try with crab sticks and smoked salmon/tinned mackerel first - just to get use to the preparation and seasoning, so that you don't waste expensive fish.
Also a word of warning: too much sushi isn't good for you, despite western marketing! The japanese are well aware of the high amount of heavy metals contained in fish, which cannot be processed by your body and often build up and cause health problems. Not to mention the ton of salt that's in sushi!
*Scoff* wouldnt exactly be fresh then would it....
....Sushi itself is pretty expensive based on the fact that ideally you should buy fish that has been classed as worthy for sushi.
On a side note salmon, although good for you, is a fish high in fat so too much is not good.
ben_lines
*Scoff* wouldnt exactly be fresh then would it....
Well, obviously fresh fish is better. But he seems worried about "germs", so freezing is the best option to kill worms that often live in fish flesh. Most sushi restaurants that don't want to get sued do this method to ensure that their fish is wormless. Germs on the otherhand are really only a problem if the fish is contaminated or left out too long. So best bet is to buy from a good, reputable fishmonger, which is expensive.
Reply 7
ecokid
Well, obviously fresh fish is better. But he seems worried about "germs", so freezing is the best option to kill worms that often live in fish flesh. Most sushi restaurants that don't want to get sued do this method to ensure that their fish is wormless. Germs on the otherhand are really only a problem if the fish is contaminated or left out too long. So best bet is to buy from a good, reputable fishmonger, which is expensive.
Sorry, I wasnt disclaiming your statement, I just found it quite funny that some restaurants do this.
But agree with you that it is essential to buy from a reputable fishmonger...
...also people please buy from fish mongers and not supermarkets! We need to support local British producers rather than supermarket crap.
Reply 8
CwSj
Lol I just sprayed coffee all over my monitor... De-germed indeed.
Take raw salmon or tuna (tuna being my personal favorite) and cut it into small strips. Unless your going to be making sashimi, you shouldn't need to cut it particularly well.
What I did was buy a recipe book from my local oriental supermarket (I think it was Australian Women's Weekly - they're pretty good on sushi/fusion cookery) and get said ingredients there. You'll need sushi rice, sushi vinegar, and yaki nori (sheets of dried seaweed) as well as a mat to roll up the sushi on.
If you can't find a good book, wikihow has some really good guides to making sushi.
Good Luck
Take raw salmon or tuna (tuna being my personal favorite) and cut it into small strips. Unless your going to be making sashimi, you shouldn't need to cut it particularly well.
What I did was buy a recipe book from my local oriental supermarket (I think it was Australian Women's Weekly - they're pretty good on sushi/fusion cookery) and get said ingredients there. You'll need sushi rice, sushi vinegar, and yaki nori (sheets of dried seaweed) as well as a mat to roll up the sushi on.
If you can't find a good book, wikihow has some really good guides to making sushi.
Good Luck
so i can buy a whole salmon fish raw, fillet it and skin it, cut it into strips and use it just like that?
aren't there some germs that could be harmful?
Reply 9
ben_lines
Sorry, I wasnt disclaiming your statement, I just found it quite funny that some restaurants do this.
But agree with you that it is essential to buy from a reputable fishmonger...
...also people please buy from fish mongers and not supermarkets! We need to support local British producers rather than supermarket crap.
But agree with you that it is essential to buy from a reputable fishmonger...
...also people please buy from fish mongers and not supermarkets! We need to support local British producers rather than supermarket crap.
anywhere you recommend?
Reply 10
Kagutsuchi
anywhere you recommend?
I personally cant give any recommendations about buying sushi-grade fish because I have never done so. Easiest thing to do is google your local fishmongers (more than one) and then visit them and ask them questions about where their fish comes from.
Kagutsuchi
so i can buy a whole salmon fish raw, fillet it and skin it, cut it into strips and use it just like that?
aren't there some germs that could be harmful?
aren't there some germs that could be harmful?
There could be, depending on how fresh it is, there is always a small risk with raw fish. You don't need to buy a whole salmon I bought some wild Alaskan fillets from marks and spencers a few weeks ago to make into sushi and it was very good. Alternatively you could go to a fish market or mongers where the fish has been kept on ice and it should be suitible.
Reply 12
Just buy from a reputable fishmongers.
If you want it fresher, ask one of the younger (i.e. less important) fishmongers what day they get their deliveries and act accordingly.
If you want it fresher, ask one of the younger (i.e. less important) fishmongers what day they get their deliveries and act accordingly.
Reply 14
If you're in London, Japan Centre is the place to go. (: It's around the corner from Zavvi in Picadilly Circus.
Kagutsuchi
I'm going to try making sushi myself in order to stop wasting my blasted money at the japanese center!
But where on earth can i get cheap sushi ingredients (rice, salmon, tuna) in london?!!??!!?
Also, i don't think i can make sushi by getting a whole salmon, filleting it and then slicing it into strips right? The raw salmon needs to be... de-germed? right?
or am i getting this completely wrong and i can actually make sushi with a filleted salmon.
But where on earth can i get cheap sushi ingredients (rice, salmon, tuna) in london?!!??!!?
Also, i don't think i can make sushi by getting a whole salmon, filleting it and then slicing it into strips right? The raw salmon needs to be... de-germed?
right?or am i getting this completely wrong and i can actually make sushi with a filleted salmon.
As has been said, the Japan centre. They sell sashimi-grade fish as well as everything else you need to make it, and all very cheaply (compared to fishmongers). I only ever go elsewhere to get rarer ingredients, like really good hamatchi.
Kagutsuchi
so i can buy a whole salmon fish raw, fillet it and skin it, cut it into strips and use it just like that?
aren't there some germs that could be harmful?
aren't there some germs that could be harmful?
depending on freshness..me thinks, you could ask the person selling them, stating you want to use it raw
but yes, freezing it can be a good way before use, you can never be sure with parasites and all that in the fishie.. erm
I suggest fishmongers as said in above posts.. if you know them you get it cheaper
You could always get some king prawns (raw) and boil them to make prawn nigiri if you wanted to stay safe with the raw fishness... but remember to stick a bamboo skewer to straighten its back!
(unless you don't like prawns
which should be a punishment 
)Also if you go to a large Asian supermarket, there are few around and outside london, not sure if Japan centre does them,. but the Japanese rice, (sushi rice, nishiki rice blah blah) is actually good value, I got a giant sack I can't remember how many kg, for around 15£ and it's lasted for a long time, also you can make sushi and other cooked dishes too..and onigiri
Reply 18
the Thames. All sushi is, is raw fish.
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