Utah DWR: Don't Catch and Release...Just Catch
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Speaking of eating fish, Log, I remember you not being too hot on Takashi and recommending another Salt Lake sushi place.
It's my sons 13th birthday and he absolutely loves sushi. Was thinking of Takashi but would also like to try someplace new and I trust your recommendation.
It's my sons 13th birthday and he absolutely loves sushi. Was thinking of Takashi but would also like to try someplace new and I trust your recommendation.
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Sorry to say when we were there to drop off my daughter at the MTC we went to our favorite place and found out it had changed hands and now sucks. It was Sushi Yah on Fort Union. Takashi at this point is probably your best bet, but freaking expensive for a decent amount of sushi, but there are a few other AYCE places around. There is a Sushi Ya (not related) in Layton that is pretty good.
There is another decent one in Layton called Tony's Grill and Sushi Bar, and it is my son's favorite, and he is pretty picky. When we went with him everyone else loved it but I was a bit under the weather and so couldn't really judge.
Tony's Grill and Sushi Bar
22 N Main St
Layton, UT 84041
Ahh, that's too bad.
There is what I consider an above average sushi place less than a mile from my house (I give it bonus points for being so close and pretty much in the middle of nowhere as far a good restaurants go), Sakana. I think we ate there the week it opened and have been regulars since. The owner knows us pretty well (although I haven't seen her there in a long time) and they had a stretch where they were inconsistent but then she changed the head chef and it has been extremely reliable since. They also changed the ginger the week after my wife told the owner it wasn't good. It used to be pink stuff that tasted like glass cleaner, now it's natural ginger colored and is slightly sweet.
But for my sons birthday I want to make it special so we'll probably end up at Takashi.
My wife is all about the rolls but my son and I typically share a few orders of nigiri and sashimi besides chowing on the rolls.
Hook em and cook em!
As far as raw fish goes, I like Sapa Sushi on State Street and 7th. Fair prices, creative rolls, friendly service and unique atmosphere - especially if it's a nice day and you can eat outside. I don't like the inside as much - a little too trendy for me. You should check it out.
As far as raw fish goes, I like Sapa Sushi on State Street and 7th. Fair prices, creative rolls, friendly service and unique atmosphere - especially if it's a nice day and you can eat outside. I don't like the inside as much - a little too trendy for me. You should check it out.
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We have to go on Sunday (even though my wife says Sunday isn't a good day for sushi) and they are closed that day
Bummer, but if you get a chance you should try it. As I said, I can't judge, although I thought it was ok, but my daughter and son who are both pretty picky about sushi really liked it. Takashi is never a bad idea, I just wasn't impressed enough with their offering to justify the cost tbh.
Have you tried the Happy Sumo? Not sure it is even there anymore. If you go there ask for the hamachi kama, which is not on the menu. It is a whole tuna cheek kind of barbecued and you pick it off of the head. It's a little morbid but very tasty.
I want some sashimi. You feel good recommending their sashimi?
I have been to Happy Sumo and like it. My son is such a carnivore he'd probably love the hamachi kama.
To get things back on track as far as the thread topic... I drag my son fishing occasionally and he's only into it because he want's to eat fresh fish. Fishing is just a means of getting really fresh food and he has said some mildly disturbing things to our just caught fish, like how much he's going to enjoy consuming them. If I even hint at releasing fish he's pretty much done with the idea of fishing.
Yes, i think they are great all around. I would rank Takashi 1, then Sapa 2 but go to Sapa almost every time for value, quality sushi, and unique atmosphere (if you can sit outside - they have a really cool patio area with gazebos from Japan, nice landscape and a koy pond).
Sorry man, just looked and they are closed Sunday.
MFing Sunday!
It's an evening my wife and I typically have off together and we like to go out to eat so we make plans, get all excited and then realize the place we want to go is closed.
I appreciate the recommendation nonetheless.
It's an evening my wife and I typically have off together and we like to go out to eat so we make plans, get all excited and then realize the place we want to go is closed.
I appreciate the recommendation nonetheless.
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We were in Seattle and had a chance to go on a boat that would then make sushi from the fish we caught. It was pretty cool. Some guy caught a small tuna on the tail end of the spawn run, I guess, where the tuna venture a little further north or east or whatever. We also had sea bass of some kind, grouper of some kind. It was pretty cool.
Holy crap, this sounds like my son's idea of heaven. I'd enjoy the hell out of it as well.
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It was hilarious because the sushi was fantastic, some of the best I ever had, including sashimi and really parts of the fish you won't normally find in restaurants, like tuna belly meat which is totally different than the red stuff you normally get as tuna (it was like pink and speckled with fat, almost like a prime rib eye steak). However, half of the people had some motion sickness so you had some people chowing down while others were puking over the side. Then the captain calls us over because there was a group of something gathered on the side of the boat, and it turned out it was like a few barracuda or something attracted to the puke in the water because he had stopped the boat so other people could calm their stomachs enough to eat. So here was this overly large pool of vomit spreading in the water with these long lean fish nipping at it. Then other people got sick at the sight of that. Overall very bizarre. None of it phased me, as I have an iron stomach in that regard, so I just kept eating until I started to grow gills. It was a cool experience though.
Being a Navy vet and having ridden a few "liberty boats" back to the carrier, anchored off shore, in a fairly drunken state along with other sailors in a drunken state, this sounds like pure gold to me.
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I'm no fan of the game wasting laws. In a world where you have to manage resources, and stock fish like we do, what's the point of anti-wasting and tight bag limits that encourage anglers to throw back smaller fish in hopes of taking all the bigger ones?
Utah Lake has no bag limit on white bass. There are millions of them and they're pitifully small. They typically grow about 1.5 lbs (and up to 4 in the 70's), which is large enough to get some killer fillets from. Now they're all about 8 oz and nothing better than catfish bait.
I don't know what the state did to the sunfish and perch, but they're pathetic too. We used to have several lakes with large perch but there aren't any left. I blame it on walleye vulture fish but that might not be true.
Just need to come to Provo/Orem where good sushi places are open on Sunday like Shoga.
https://shogautah.com/
Mostly joking since I often go to SLC on Sundays so **** is open.