On 2007-09-02 10:34:06 -0700, "James Silverton"
said:

I wouldn't go out of my way for the cooked stuff alone.

When the "cooked stuff" includes the myriad izakaya items, steamed
foods, grilled foods, skewered foods, soups, and so forth, I have to
admit: I go out of myway for the cooked stuff alone. That's because
almost everybody has quality sushi. Not everybody, but MOST everybody.
Then the masters are the ones that have lots of fresh fish, and do lots
of interesting cooked foods.

My drill for many years now has been to start with sashimi of various
kinds, then go to cooked foods. If the itamae has some really great
fish he wants to give me nigirizushi though, I never turn it down.
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