Of late though I’d begun to feel that I should try out at least a couple of the local big names-if they were at least on par with better neighbourhood places in LA at similar prices they might be worth the occasional visit, or so I reasoned. And so we were content to not eat marginal sushi in Minnesota, and feed our cravings on our regular trips to LA. Now, I have nothing against the occasional roll but it seems highly unlikely that good and interesting fish is going to be available at places that seem to specialize in rolls and cater largely to people who want them and it’s hard to take seriously glowing reviews that are themselves roll-heavy (and in at least one case seems to have futomaki and temaki confused-see the fourth para in the linked article). My prejudice stemmed from the fact that the websites of all the top places in the Twin Cities list far more rolls than they do nigiri most of the reviews from the major local food outlets also have a lot of coverage of rolls (be it Heavy Table or MSPMag). But I didn’t think this was likely either. To be clear, I wouldn’t under any circumstances expect there to be sushi bars here on par with the top or second-tier places in Los Angeles but theoretically, at least, one might expect there to be places on par with the better neighbourhood establishments in LA. Which is not to say that it wouldn’t be nice to get live Santa Barbara uni and spot prawns as you can in the better places in LA (for example, at Kiyokawa) but there’s plenty of other good fish that should be theoretically available. Given how much fish flies around the world and how much of what shows up in most sushi places in the US is previously frozen anyway that’s not the problem. No, I didn’t think this because we’re in the middle of the country. It just seemed highly unlikely to me that sushi at any of these places would be any good. For years I’ve been down on sushi in Minnesota, all the while harbouring a guilty secret: I hadn’t actually eaten at any of the better reviewed places.

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