Sazerac2k wrote:

> Dan Logcher wrote:
>
>>
>> Perhaps, but I am not the only one.. Lots of people are ordering it from
>> this place, and keep ordering it. So it would seem many people do not
>> have
>> a problem like you did.
>>
>
>
> Perhaps in addition to the differences in digistive ability, there is
> also a difference in what the "white tuna" actually is - escolar,
> albacore or something else.
>
> I've had bincho maguro that was slightly pinkish, did have a tunaish
> taste and was told it was albacore.
>
> I have come across "escolar" being served as sashimi and called escolar
> AFAIK
> See
> http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php...b9281 043aeef

The place I go has both bincho maguro and "super white tuna". You cannot confuse
the two. The SWT is bright white, firm, and oily. The bincho maguro is pinkish
and extremely tender.

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Dan