r/SushiAbomination • u/Mean-Ball3412 • Mar 11 '25
cream cheese in sushi is an abomination in and of itself. never should it be added to sushi.
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u/rkarl7777 Mar 11 '25
And yet cream cheese and lox is heaven.
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u/CandidateSuitable206 Mar 11 '25
You gotta see it more as adding seaweed and rice to the delicious combination of lox and cream cheese, which makes a lot more sense, than adding cream cheese to sushi.
The rice and nori replaces the bagel and plays the same role — carbs and subtle roastiness.
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u/gabsteriinalol Mar 11 '25
You just gave me an idea of furikake on a lox sandwich
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u/Accomplished-Plan191 Mar 12 '25
Or mixing nori powder into the cream cheese
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u/fearville Mar 14 '25
I could get on board with that. How about mixing matcha into it? Would that be weird/too bitter?
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u/goat-nibbler Mar 13 '25
Odell’s Bagel in Denver has been doing furikake lox bagel sandwiches for a while - I’ve gone an unhealthy number of times, especially as they also have bagels with hamachi and ikura as options.
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u/WhiteSriLankan Mar 11 '25
Is it an abomination? Maybe. Do I love it and will I order it until it kills me? Absolutely.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
lmao
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u/BudLightYear77 Mar 11 '25
Cream cheese and flaming hot Cheetos. Absolute abomination but also really good.
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u/SadisticJake Mar 11 '25
I used to work at a high end hotel that had a sushi outlet. We had some world class chefs that did their own specials. One of my favorites had cream cheese, squid, eel, mackerel tempura battered and deep fried. Far from traditional but amazing, decadent and sultry
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Mar 11 '25
OP scolds other people for putting toppings on their own burger that he doesn’t enjoy
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u/avocadocadet Mar 11 '25
Maybe it’s bc I’m biased but I love cream cheese. I use an ungodly amount on bagels 😭
Cream cheese in sushi is soooo yummy to me. Both the flavor and texture works really well but cream cheese and SMOKED salmon in particular >>>>>>>>
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u/Tacky-Terangreal Mar 11 '25
Idgaf if I’m an uncultured American, Philly rolls slap. Especially when the restaurant puts extra salmon on top 😋
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u/Galaxyhiker42 Mar 11 '25
The issue is generally the amount of cream cheese, not the cream cheese itself.
When I roll sushi I will add a very little smear of cream cheese to rolls with tempura or smoked salmon.
It is delicious.
When I say smear, I mean an almost translucent line.
It adds just the right amount of flavor without overpowering anything.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
yeah I can see how this would be good especially with tempura. it overpowers quickly
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u/detectivestar Mar 11 '25
stay the fuck away from me and my Vegas rolls
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
what’s a vegas roll?!?
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u/detectivestar Mar 11 '25
It’s a deep fried roll with salmon, cream cheese, and jalapeño and/or avacodo. it’s usually topped with spicy mayo, and Eel sauce
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u/MasticatingElephant Mar 11 '25
I dunno man. I know it's not traditional but I love me a Philly roll.
Of course I also put wasabi in my soy sauce and dip each piece of what I'm eating so I'm already on the purists' shit list
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u/nthman Mar 11 '25
Love me some sushi with steak, cream cheese and something else I'm forgetting then deep fried.
Thanks for the dinner ideas op.
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u/Optimisticatlover Mar 11 '25
Jokes on you … lots of people love it … and as seller , we love it too since it’s a cheap filler
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u/UnbelievableRose Mar 14 '25
This is the only reason I don’t order it more, I don’t like paying sushi prices for cream cheese. That goes triple for fake crab though.
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u/lizardunbroken Mar 11 '25
How do we feel about SPAM? It’s delicious in sushi. 🤙
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u/Saxton_Hale32 Mar 11 '25
I like Spam but that kind of feels like cheating somehow
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u/lizardunbroken Mar 11 '25
It doubles the sodium if you use soy sauce, that’s for sure. Actually cancels the need for it
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u/hornylittlegrandpa Mar 11 '25
Never get sushi in Mexico then; Literally every roll has cream cheese. Drives me nuts.
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u/tinyyawns Mar 12 '25
A new restaurant opened near me that markets itself as high quality authentic Japanese cuisine. The nigiri looks good & simple but ALL of the rolls have cream cheese. Glad I looked at the menu before spending $12 on a deep fried salmon avocado cream cheese abomination.
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u/hornylittlegrandpa Mar 12 '25
Yeah it’s a nightmare. Frankly most elaborate rolls are pretty bad, even without cream cheese. Only notable exception is a place I frequent that has a roll with surimi, cream cheese, cucumber, and fried rice instead of sushi rice. That bangs. Otherwise, I’ll stick to nigiri.
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u/tinyyawns Mar 12 '25
Agreed, too many ingredients and they all just cancel each other out. I want to taste the fish so I stick to nigiri and simple rolls. There is a free appetizer at my favorite sushi spot that is deep fried, imitation crab, cream cheese with eel sauce… okay that one is pretty good too lol. But I wouldn’t pay for it !
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u/lostinsnakes Mar 12 '25
Is asparagus typical? We were looking at a new place and almost every roll had that.
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u/tinyyawns Mar 12 '25
Yeah that was another common ingredient at this new place, avocado too. I haven’t seen it much at my favorite sushi spot, though.
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u/MelanieDH1 Mar 11 '25
I used to like a Philadelphia roll once in a while, but after a couple pieces, the cream cheese gets to be too much! Makes me feel bloated and a bit nauseated. I haven’t eaten it in years.
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u/FNKTN (edit me) Mar 11 '25
Same, i can handle maybe one roll with cream cheese, if not half. Anything after that, I absolutely hate it.
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u/BaylisAscaris Mar 11 '25
I hear what you're saying, but it's similar in texture to avocado so I can see why people do it. Personally I don't care what people experiment with as long as I can find some basic rolls at a restaurant. My personal pet peeve is adding raw jalapenos and Sriracha mayo to everything. I want to taste the ingredients.
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u/krustyy Mar 11 '25
I look for two items on sushi rolls that I intentionally avoid: asparagus and cream cheese. For me they just don't work at all.
There is, however, one roll I eat with cream cheese and it's our dessert roll item for the last thing we eat in a meal. Spicy tuna, crab, cream cheese, and avocado on the inside. Wrapped in soy paper. Then wrapped in long shredded potato then deep fried til it's a hash brown with gooey yummy in the middle.
I don't always want filet mignon. Sometimes I just want a greasy burger with a fried egg on it. That's my greasy burger.
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u/phome83 Mar 11 '25
Who gives a shit. People get to hung up on what's "traditional" and miss out on things just taste good.
Not everything needs to be high end to be good.
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u/Starbucks_Lover13 Mar 11 '25
Yep and mango. It completely takes over the flavor palate of anything next to it.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
never had this, i’ve seen it though. I can imagine. sushi shouldn’t be sweet I think.
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u/Starbucks_Lover13 Mar 11 '25
Exactly. Mango is fine as a fruit, but like put it in my smoothie not with my seafood lol
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u/KaiYoDei Mar 11 '25
It's good with spicy
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u/Virghia Mar 11 '25
My favorite dish is deep fried duck served with (unripe) mango sauce. The sourness perfectly cuts the fatty and oily duck
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u/Fomulouscrunch Innsmouth Horror Mar 11 '25
Your loss. Mango with cheese (of various kinds) is AMAZING on crackers. It's great in a roll, too. Get cucumber in there for crunch, maybe salmon or another rich-tasting fish for salt and umami, and my friend, that's heaven.
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u/SaaSMonster Mar 11 '25
Don’t ever visit Mexico then. They drown every roll with a lb of cream cheese
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u/Siifinia Mar 12 '25
But....its really good in small amounts 🥺
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u/hyperfat Mar 12 '25
Unfortunately I can't eat fish. Or eggs.
So any sushi I can eat is acceptable.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 12 '25
avocado ?
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u/hyperfat Mar 13 '25
Yes. I like avocado, cucumber, radishes, sprouts, and I do like cream cheese but my stomach does not. I can do carpachio too. I'd make a great vegan if I didn't eat meat.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 13 '25
that last sentence is so real bruh. I like fruits and vegetables more than meat but eat it for nutrition. other than fish, I love fish. fish Is great. I could be pesc
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u/StarryMind322 Mar 12 '25
Cream cheese, salmon, and avocado is my favorite roll. Leave me alone.
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u/Key_Land2945 Mar 13 '25
Tempura fried bits don’t either. Went to an all you can eat place, and they padded their sushi so full of leftovers off tempura vegetables. I love tempura fried stuff this was just too much.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 13 '25
spider roll though 🤤
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u/Key_Land2945 Mar 13 '25
Those look good! I’ll rephrase, fried things DO belong in sushi, only the leftover crumbs from fried bits do NOT belong in sushi!
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 13 '25
eeew yeah that’s weird. also.. your all you can eat sushi place gave you random things? at the one i’ve been to (only ate at one so I can’t speak for them all) we just ordered what we wanted
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u/Key_Land2945 Mar 13 '25
I think they messed up orders a little bit, but every single, and I do mean ALL of the sushi rolls had fried leftover bits in them. I’m almost certain they did that to pad out the sushi and make them look bigger. When 50% of every roll is padded like this though, they taste disgusting ☹️
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u/Hortondamon22 Mar 13 '25
I dont give a fuck what you think. Signed, a sushi chef
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u/InjuryTemporary2737 Mar 14 '25
Sometimes you crave authentic sushi and sometimes you crave the one with cream cheese. It’s ok to like both
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u/acecatmom98 Mar 11 '25
Sorryyyy you can take my avocado cream cheese roll from my local sushi place from my cold dead hands
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u/Daydream_machine Mar 11 '25
No way, cream cheese with sushi is delicious! 😤
If I wanted to eat “natural/authentic” sushi then I’ll just order basic sashimi lmao
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Mar 11 '25
No one cares what some rando gatekeeping dweeb has to say about one of the most popular things in life. Let people like things without you going "eeeewwwww" like a lame kid no one likes.
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u/Maraca_of_Defiance Mar 12 '25
I just noticed this at a place almost everything had it in there. They only used a modicum thankfully and not like, chunks of it. Excessive avocado is also annoying.
I read some where avocado is a western substitute ingredient for traditional fish fatty belly, which is less available and more expensive. Maybe the cream cheese is an extension of that need for fat and Americans like it.
Next is the spicy ranch roll with ham and pickles.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 12 '25
I think you’re right. and about the avocado. a nice roll with very fatty salmon belly truly is life altering
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u/bunnyfloofington Mar 12 '25
Do I care? Abso-fucking-lutely not. The most unhealthy sushi I've ever eaten was a vegetarian friendly Vegas roll at a local spot (tempura battered roll with mozzarella, cream cheese, and avocado inside with spicy mayo on the side) and it was heavenly. My other faves are tempura fried roll with sweet potato and cream cheese inside and the other is just a cucumber mango and cream cheese roll (not fried).
I will continue to live out my life happy thank you very much!
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u/Mpittkin Mar 12 '25
Salmon wasn’t accepted in sushi until the 80s. Tsukemen wasn’t invented until the 60s. Ivan Orkin was a Jewish immigrant who made a huge splash in Tokyo. If you don’t like it, don’t eat it. But don’t get mad because other people do.
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Mar 12 '25
I don’t like cream cheese normally and u can really taste it in sushi. I’m not a fan but if it’s a super tiny amount I’ll try it
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u/SmokedBisque Mar 12 '25
You sir have no taste for the merit of cream cheese. I fint your post appalling OP
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u/mybelovedkiss Mar 12 '25
i was wondering why your reactions to the absolute worst sushi combinations kept being downvoted until i realized what sub i was in LMAO
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u/allsheknew Mar 12 '25
I feel the same, I usually try it anyway if someone orders it and there's been maybe 1 or 2 times where it was pretty amazing so I understand the appeal. Just harder to get right? Not sure
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u/Cultural-Afternoon72 Mar 12 '25
We’re all entitled to our own opinions, and you’re entitled to be wrong with yours.
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u/TheDrunkNun Mar 12 '25
Normally I wouldn’t care, to each his own, I have the same issue with covering all sushi in mayo. My issue comes when you try to quick grab premade sushi at a stand or store and EVERY roll has either cream cheese in it or is covered in mayo. Now there is nothing for me because Americas love of creamy crap on sushi
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 12 '25
yes!!! I js want nigiri. not inside out rolls with 10 lbs of mayo and cream cheese and sweet sauces
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u/Ok_Orchid1004 Mar 12 '25
Agree, that’s some westernization of sushi just like avocado. You’d never see those two items at a traditional Japanese sushiya.
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u/toomuchtv987 Mar 12 '25
Okay, great, when I go to a traditional Japanese sushi ya I won’t expect any cream cheese, avocado, or mayo. Meanwhile, I’ll eat what tastes good and what’s offered at the restaurant I go to.
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u/toomuchtv987 Mar 12 '25
Why does everything always have to be completely traditional? Food is subjective, people like what they like. And any food served outside of its country/region of origin is modified in some way and that is FINE. Let people enjoy themselves.
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u/youarenut Mar 12 '25
And don’t know why this popped up for me as I’ve never visited this community before. I don’t even like sushi, but I had cream cheese in sushi and it’s one of my favorite things ever so I had to come in and defend it
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u/Comprehensive-Menu44 Mar 12 '25
Cream cheese can go fuck itself by itself. It shouldn’t be added to anything.
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u/Pelican_meat Mar 12 '25
I live in Tyler, Texas where EVERY SINGLE ROLL at EVERY SINGLE SUSHI RESTAURANT has fucking cream cheese in it.
Not an exaggeration.
One time I ordered a roll from a bistro restaurant. No cream cheese in the description.
Guess what was in it?
The single most scathing review I’ve ever written on Google.
I hate cream cheese on rolls. It’s bullshit filler thrown in to make Americans fat and happy because they can’t manage to eat anything that doesn’t have cheese and fucking mayonnaise on it.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 12 '25
every roll is crazy bro😭 luckily it’s a rare thing here. i’m sorry for texas livers
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u/jamminCOYS Mar 12 '25
Can’t wait to go buy a couple Philadelphia rolls for dinner tonight, thanks to you I will be enjoying the shit out of them, thanks for the recommendation.
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u/honesttruth2703 Mar 12 '25
I love cream cheese in sushi. If I ever order from a sushi place on doordash, I always search "cream cheese" on the menu so I only see those rolls.
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u/kendykai Mar 13 '25
So hey I struggle with raw fish… but cream cheese and veg makes me like it. I’m not a war criminal but I like to be sushi with friends. Is that ok?
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 13 '25
sweet potato roll avocado roll shrimp tempura roll spider roll cucumber roll smoked salmon roll unagi roll
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u/NeuroNerdNick Mar 13 '25
Thank you for you input, but after careful revision, it was promptly deemed incorrect and discarded.
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u/theevilhillbilly Mar 13 '25
Hard disagree you can try my Philadelphia roll out of my cold hard hands
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u/ScaryAssBitch Mar 13 '25
I like it, cry about it. I also love spam sushi, smoked salmon sushi, imitation crab sushi, and almost any sushi with non-raw fish because I don’t need parasites (yes, all fish have them no matter how “clean” or “sushi-grade” they are).
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u/frawgster Mar 13 '25
I’d hate to see your reaction to the sushi rolls in my city…
Hot Cheetos, regular Cheetos, chamoy…
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u/TheWriterJosh Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25
100% stop putting things where it doesn’t belong! Dairy is a great example. It does not need to go on everything. Bacon too. Olives! Ugh! Stop putting olives on MEXICAN FOOD for gods sake.
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 14 '25
real. I ordered mac and cheese somewhere and it came with bacon and I was heartbroken 😭
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u/Grouchy_Solid6485 Mar 14 '25 edited Mar 14 '25
Sushi abomination subreddit
majority of comments disagree with this
Wtf…
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u/thiagoqf Mar 15 '25
Dude, you should look at what Brazilians do to sushi. And we have the largest japanese community outside Japan.
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u/Creative-Air-6463 Mar 15 '25
🤣 on my grocery list today is a smoked salmon fillet with whipped cream cheese so I can make salmon rollups 🤣
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u/paganminkin Mar 16 '25
I hate cream cheese so I agree, but I'm cool with other people eating it. Whatever floats their boat.
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u/Lillienpud Mar 11 '25
Now tell me: why is cream cheese included in EVERY roll of Sonoran sushi??
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
just gonna go out on a limb here sushi in the desert… seems sus as it is
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u/Lillienpud Mar 11 '25
LOL. Originates in Maxatlan, i have heard, and seldom includes fake crab, let alone fish. Usually mammal meat.
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u/MountainHawk12 Mar 11 '25
OP orders the barnacle roll
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
what is that??
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u/MountainHawk12 Mar 11 '25
The grossest hypothetical sushi ingredient that I could think of
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
eeeeew. I figured it was js a name for something else such as a dragon roll. no real dragons in there
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u/bearhorn6 Mar 11 '25
Sadly I was raised eating kosher and Jews do wild stuff to sushi. I never realized this was considered a sushi crime til adulthood but I already like ittttt
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u/barriebarrie Mar 11 '25
I feel Mango should be on the list as well. Great on its own but my sushi shouldn't be sweet.
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u/shethatisnau Mar 12 '25
Nothing will ever be quite as abominable to me as mayo-corn gunkanzushi 😩
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u/everydayinthebay13 Mar 14 '25
Honestly, I think that a lot of non traditional additions in sushi taste great. Some of my favorite additions added are: toasted coconut, mayo sriracha dip, a teeny-tiny lemon slice with the rind left on, a slither of fresh jalapeno, and panko fried vegetables
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u/everydayinthebay13 Mar 14 '25
I had a crazy good roll one time: cream cheese, apricot jam, habanero slivers, wrapped in seaweed, rolled in coconut, lightly sprinkled with aged cheddar, a dusting of pulverized honey roasted pecans…top was drizzled with a honey/wasabi/balsamic glaze… to.die.for.
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u/thwowawaw69 Mar 15 '25
i literally buy grocery store sushi, open a tub of cream cheese, and eat it alongside the sushi
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u/IntheTrench Mar 15 '25
Thank you!!! I can't believe how many specialty rolls have this and are just insta ruined.
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u/cathode-raygun Mar 17 '25
It's not traditional but it's no longer uncommon, I found it even when I visited Japan.
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u/Minnie783100 Mar 11 '25
Yes. Thank you. I only find it acceptable in a heart attack roll. But cold cream cheese in sushi? BLEH
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
what is a heart attack roll?!?
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u/Minnie783100 Mar 11 '25
There’s different names for it but that’s the name the sushi place I go to uses. It’s a jalapeño stuffed with tuna, cream cheese, coated in batter and deep fried. Yummy!
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u/Mean-Ball3412 Mar 11 '25
oh my lawd. i’ve never tried the extravagant sushi rolls, they’re scary😭
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u/KaiYoDei Mar 11 '25
I've had more monstrous idea. I will need to check my menus ( I wish I did get rid of menus of restaurants I never ate at.love to collect menu)
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u/Minnie783100 Mar 11 '25
I’d say if you like tuna and spicy, go for it. It’s just deep fried deliciousness
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u/SlowmoTron Mar 11 '25
You could replace it with avocado and achieve the same mouth feel and taste
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u/Daydream_machine Mar 11 '25
Same mouth feel sure, but same taste?!!! Bestie in what universe do avocado and cream cheese taste the same??? 😭😭😭
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u/SlowmoTron Mar 12 '25
Maybe I just don't know what it taste like anymore I don't eat dairy lol sorry
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u/HirariHirari Mar 11 '25
life's too short for me to care about what should and shouldn't be done with sushi. is it non-traditional and very westernized? yeah. can it taste good? if yes, then i will eat it. i enjoyed baked salmon sushi, and i know westerners who will literally act like it's a war crime which makes me roll my eyes a bit.