Thoughts on multi-fish nigiri? (Controversial)

20 comments

1. No thank you. I prefer to really savor the one specific flavor and texture at a time. I almost would rather not the rice for the same reason usually. I love lots of flavors and textures co-mingling in other dishes. Just not this. Just my preference.

2. It looks really pretty and I’m sure it tastes amazing. Some sushi perfectionist may not like to though because it isn’t traditional.

   Personally I love it.

3. Have never try two fish nigiri yet and I really don’t know which two could be a great combo. But I want to try one of any restaurant could make it.

4. Why haven’t I seen this before….?

5. Not a fan. It looks pretty, but the different flavors and textures of the fish do not mesh for me. I tried this once, and I didn’t care for it at all.

6. Ironically enough so many places with these fancy rolls have multiple types of fish in them and personally sometimes two can work but let’s be honest, shoving four types of fish in a roll just makes it bad. (Rainbow roll is kinda exception if it’s made with the fish across each piece not like all shoved together.) Generally you’re wanting to try each fish individually and things like cucumber and avocado can compliment them but other fish? Clash.

7. would you mix pepsi and coca cola ?

8. I’m game.

9. Wrong.

10. That’s what rolls are for

11. Not against it, not gonna order it either.

12. I would. I usually starve anyway. Food is food.

13. I’m not down. The way nigiri is it’s kind of meant to be a single bite/single complex flavor. Just my take. It’s kind of the same reason I’ve never loved a blended scotch

14. Looks pretty but I think it gets too busy and may distract from the fish

15. I think if the combination brings about a better experience than consuming both or either fish individually and separately, then go for it. If you’re just combining different fish where one clearly overpowers the other, it may just be a waste of ingredients.

    There are already kaisendon and barachirashi don out there where multiple cubes or slices of different fish/seafood are together with the rice and it would take someone super OCD to deliberately separate each fish into each bite. Textural heterogeneity like combining fish/uni/ikura makes each bite unique and engaging. Yeah it’s not nigiri but the ingredients and concept are close enough.

    Another thing that already exists is certain fish served as nigiri with their liver as a topping like kawahagi, which is one of my favourites.

16. I personally don’t like it. For me the whole point of paying $100+ for a meal is to be able to appreciate the texture and flavor of each fish. If I want to mix fish together Poke or Kaisendon is more like $15-$30 and that’s great in its own way

17. I’d rather enjoy the fish separately. Together, it’s like trying to make sense of two people talking at the same time.

18. Is it much different than eating something like a rainbow roll where it could have two different pieces of fish that made it on to one piece though?

19. Haven’t ever seen this in Japan.

20. I’d eat it…