Negitoro Handroll

5 comments

1. That looks so good, Did you just have one?

2. I feel like negitoro is so underrated. One of my fav orders.

3. That looks great. Excellent proportions of rice to fish, nice and crispy nori, and expertly folded temaki

4. This is one of my guilty pleasures.

   Negitoro is often considered a ‘cheap’ cut of sushi because nowadays it is mass produced (even comes in tubes!) And it’s just blended scraps of tuna.

   Originally it is scraped meat from the gaps in the spine and ribs that couldn’t be cut with a knife. You get very little of it proportionally, but it is rich and deep in flavor because of its close proximity to the bones. It is by nature “scrapped” meat so while it wasn’t held in high regard like actual Toro cuts, it also wasn’t as readily available because one tuna could only produce so much negitoro bits.

   But man the flavor! I love it. I always get as much of it as I can wherever I can.

5. Negitoro is my fave!