I finally had what was termed oh toro at Okada, the Japanese
restaurant at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. It was, in a
word--magnificient!

Sysyphus' Sister

On 2008-12-27 11:33:44 -0800, Sysyphus' Sister
> said:

> I finally had what was termed oh toro at Okada, the Japanese
> restaurant at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. It was, in a
> word--magnificient!
>
> Sysyphus' Sister

The "oh" is the honorific: Toro is the high-fat belly flesh of Maguro
(tuna). Adding an "o" makes it honorific: o-toro. Like o-sake
(honorable sake) or o-cha (honorable tea), etc.
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Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.

"Gerry" > wrote in message
news:2008122718450243658-somewhere@sunnycalif...
> On 2008-12-27 11:33:44 -0800, Sysyphus' Sister
> > said:
>
>> I finally had what was termed oh toro at Okada, the Japanese
>> restaurant at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. It was, in a
>> word--magnificient!
>>
>> Sysyphus' Sister
>
> The "oh" is the honorific: Toro is the high-fat belly flesh of Maguro
> (tuna). Adding an "o" makes it honorific: o-toro. Like o-sake (honorable
> sake) or o-cha (honorable tea), etc.
> --
> Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.
>

Gerry,

The "O" (or "Oh")in O-Toro is not the honorific short "O".
It is the extended "Oo" as in Ookii (?)meaning big, great, large?
The belly section above the O-toro is he Chu-toro (???)
meaning medium, center, toro.
Unfortunately when written in English both the short O and long Oo
are often just written as "O".

Musashi

On 2008-12-28 11:28:55 -0800, "Musashi" > said:

> The "O" (or "Oh")in O-Toro is not the honorific short "O".
> It is the extended "Oo" as in Ookii (?)meaning big, great, large?
> The belly section above the O-toro is he Chu-toro (???)
> meaning medium, center, toro.
> Unfortunately when written in English both the short O and long Oo
> are often just written as "O".

Thanks for the added info.
--
Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.