Had some really good sashimi and nigiri. I really enjoyed it, but there was a saltiness I couldn’t quite explain – almost felt like they brined the fish (?)

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1. “Omg this is sooooooo good but….” – karen

2. They prob did a wet brine if working with frozen or a dry cure for about an hour

   If they also use sugar along with salt it really helps out the flavors

   If you mean the nigiri was salty it could be that their nikiri shoyu/tare is more soy forward

3. All I know I have been eating and working in the fish business for 30 plus years and these nigiri and sashimi platters are 10/10 presentation and freshness is spot on could be the brine didn’t wash correctly but these dishes are impressive 👊👊👊👊

4. Needs ponzu

5. Ugh 😩 I need this right now

6. Jesus that sashimi is enormous.. I prefer it at about half that thickness

7. Jeez this looks like some high quality stuff

8. Fish for some sushi are brined in soy sauce based liquids (usually mixture of soy sauce, sake, mirin and or other stuff). The type of fish is called Zuke. Tuna often get this treatment.

   Edomae sushi often come with sauce applied by the chef. Many of the sushi pieces in the photos look like this type.

   The sushi and sashimi look phenomenal.

9. They brushed the nigiri with nikiri shoyu.

10. Probably ponzu- sorry, I couldn’t resist

11. Great plating and the nigiri is properly seasoned from what I can see. It looks like they brushed the nigiri before serving. The temps and aging of the sashimi also look good from what I can see. It’s very likely that the fish was lightly brined and aged.

12. I agree with other commenters about the wet brine process but I’m more interested in where this restaurant is! Wow, everything looked amazing.

13. Where was this? I want to go!

14. Was the rice salty? Some places in Tokyo really use a lot of salt in their rice.

15. Mmm that’s beautiful and looks so tasty! How much did it cost you?

16. What did you order from their menu?

17. Bought Chirashi once. I don’t know why I feel a bit queasy if I’m having too much fish but I can eat rolls just fine.

    Edit: This looks amazing though

18. Oh man, Sushi Mon is great.

19. Most of the nigiri was brushed with soy

    Sashimi looks good , maybe some flakey salt on top ?

    That toro brushed with soy and pickle wasabi is nice $$$$$

20. It was old fish

21. that s what you call a really fresh sushi .