Best bets for fresh fish for sushi/sashimi?
Assuming a big city on the Easter Seaboard in the U.S. with a fresh fish market, what would you say are the best bets for sushi-grade freshness when it comes to types of fish?
What I have done before is buy a tuna steak and smell it before and also make sure it doesn't have the rainbowy sheen on the surface -- never got sick. Do you know of other types of fish that are typically fresh enough at fish markets that you could use to make sushi?
Best Answer
Depends on the fish market in question, any fish could be left lying about at the harbor before it's sold.
I know when I was in Sydney they sold sashimi grade eel, squid, octopus, mackerel and tuna.
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