Aside from Osaka in town (hechsher still chasam sofer p"t?) opposite Coffee Bean and Sushi Yuro(?) that delivers, are there any places that have a great teudah that sell a variety of sushi (tzimchoni is helpful)?

tia

Why does it have to be mehadrin? I don't see why raw fish over rice with vinegar needs to be mehadrin... Not even shmitta since there is no Japonica rice grown in EY so it's either imported from the US or Japan. (Same with the rice vinegar, wasabi and pickled ginger)
The only place that has real sushi in Yerushalayim, and in the entire EY, is Sakura on Rechov Yafo. I think it has rabbanut stam supervision. Japanese executives on business trips to EY are often taken from Tel Aviv to J'm to eat there...

1) Bec. I've seen rice (imported) that has hechsherim I don't trust.
2) I said tzimchoni for a reason. I don't eat fish (though that's another reason I'd want mehadrin; there's someone making sure it's kosher fish. The list is endless).
Quite honestly, I couldn't care less if it's 'authentic'. I just want good sushi. I'd make but can't find good rice.

Why would rice even need a hechsher?
so why would you want to have sushi then?
How's sitting next to the guy who's preparing the sushi (so you will be able to see that the fish has scales)
If it's not authentic it's either not sushi or not good. (usually both)
ETA:
Sushi:


Not sushi:

Good vs. bad usually has to do with the freshness of the fish and the rice, the quality of the rice, the way the fish is cut and overall the taste.

I want someone checking the rice to ensure it's bug-free.


Why not? I enjoy the taste of nori and rice with cucumber, mango & avocado all without the fish, a person's free to eat what they like. If you don't want to call it sushi, that's fine by me. I eat agar too, are you going to tell me it's not real seaweed bec. there's no fish sliced in between??


That's what the mashgiach's job is, not mine.


I've made excellent, fresh sushi without fish. If it's not up to your 'authentic' standards :shrug: all it is is food we're arguing about. sheesh.


I can't view the first image, but the second looks like puke. I can't stand when they add that those toppings. I like it plain & simple.

Anyone? I sorta need it for a thursday.

Much obliged.

What don't you like about Osaka?

You better hurry up...

No more sushi?
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israel's nationwide sushi craze is being endangered by a wasabi-strength threat: The government, seeking to protect local jobs, wants to send all foreign-born Asian chefs packing by January 2009.

Asian food has become increasingly popular in Israel, fueled by the large number of young Israelis who travel to the region in an unofficial rite of passage after compulsory army service.

Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Indian restaurants have grown into a $280 million industry, accounting for 10 percent of the local dining landscape, according to the Ethnic Restaurant Association.

For the moment, Asian restaurants employ 900 foreign chefs and kitchen workers. But if the government has its way, that number could soon drop.

"We feel an Israeli can hold a wok as well as a Thai or a Chinese person," said Shoshana Strauss, a lawyer at the Industry and Trade Ministry, which regulates work permits for foreign workers.

Restaurant operators said the Israeli plan posed an existential threat to their thriving businesses, saying the foreigners have expertise that cannot easily be replaced.

"If we don't have cooks, we don't have food. If we don't have food, we don't have customers," said Steven Lobel, a sushi operator who owns two Asian restaurants that employ 14 Asian kitchen workers in the Tel Aviv area. "It's pretty much one of the biggest threats we have as restaurant operators."

This year, the government has limited the number of visas for foreign restaurant workers to 500. The restaurant association has appealed to the High Court of Justice.

But if the order is upheld, restaurants would have to lay off nearly half their foreign workers. In 2009, there will be no work visas for foreign chefs, only tourist visas permitting brief consulting opportunities for experts in Asian cuisine, according to the Industry and Trade Ministry.

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