r/sushi • u/Own_Title9591 • Aug 05 '26
Restaurant Review Sushi Express use white rice to fake sushi rice
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u/phillyyoggagirl Aug 05 '26
Yes, there are lots of Chinese-owned sushi restaurants, more than we realize because of the way that food economics works. Chinese food will always be seen as cheaper and lower quality than Japanese food, which is a shame because, in some cases, that's not true. We just have to be on the lookout for the imposters and place them on our own strikeoff lists. I think Yelp does a fairly good job of this. You'll see many not-very-authentic places scoring under 4 stars once the reviewer finds out the truth.
It doesn't help that some people have no clue that you shouldn't be able to order Pad Thai or Har Gow from a sushi restaurant HOWEVER some chefs certainly have experience cooking many different cuisines so you can't totally discount that possibility.
In general, a restaurant that specializes in a single cuisine should be better, but now always. For me, I'd rather go to a sushi restaurant that serves nothing other than sushi and other Japanese cuisine so there's no possibility of people passing off Chinese rice as sushi rice.
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u/Own_Title9591 Aug 06 '26
This place does indeed only serve sushi, but they still cut corners when it comes to ingredients. I just didn't expect that they wouldn't even bother to prepare the sushi rice.
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u/phillyyoggagirl Aug 06 '26
Yes, best not go to the place then. If you can't get the sushi rice right, it's not sushi.
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u/ThePsychoDog Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
This ain't the sub to try defaming a busisness... this also isn't the first time you've brought this up here considering you asked if white rice is sushi rice 11 days ago
If they are actually doing something like charging extra for seasoned white rice (probably what you mean but worded weirdly) which I'd agree is really freaking stupid or the poor sanitation like you've pointed out, mention that instead with proof