James Silverton wrote:

> Dan Logcher wrote:
>
>>
>> Next time I'm at Sushi Island, I will order both and take a picture.
>> And some sawara if they have it.. and iwashi and saba.. oh man, I'm
>> drooling already.
>
> The chirashi that provoked my original post (and the unfortunate
> situation three hours later) was absolutely pure white. I'm not in the
> habit of using words from languages that I don't speak so I will
> continue to refer to it as "white tuna" which indeed was what the head
> sushi chef called it when I asked him about it. Foreign words may
> contribute to precision but a non-speaker cannot always tell if they are
> being used correctly. The restaurant had the usual beer company placards
> with Japanese names and translations but there was no mention of white
> tuna.


I've seen some menu that list white tuna for albacore and super white tuna
for escolar. So I can see how some people may get confused by the naming.
I cannot get a straight answer from the chefs about the Japanese name of
SWT.


> "Escolar" and its known unfortunate effects on at least some people came
> up when I started to investigate the subject on the web. There are
> several government notices about it, two of which I have quoted.

Yes, I've seen the government notices way back when SWT first started to
come around. So I started making note when I ate it to see if I had any
sort of distress. Some chefs won't serve it because of the warning, and
maybe they had issues too..

--
Dan