How many sushi pieces is standard for a good meal?

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Tonight the wife and I had delivery sushi. We had eight California rolls each and 6 sashimi. We were still hungry afterwards, though I went online to see how much the average person ate and some are saying "I have six sushi pieces and I'm stuffed!".

Is there something wrong with me? Do I have worms? I could have eaten double the quantity but had to make a bowl of pasta :(

P.S. We are not fat.
 
Not had sushi often but the last time we had takeaway we did 2 platters, totalling 60 pieces between 4 of us and we didn't finish it. Probably had between 10-12 pieces ea
 
Always have it along side something, unless I'm in an Asian country or want to treat myself. Good sushi is normally very expensive to have as a main meal! I'd just be warmed up after 6.
 
Depends really on the portions you're used to. If you're the sort of person that goes to a buffet and piles as much as you can on your plate and eats it until you feel sick.....you probably need a *lot* of sushi to fill you up.

A small bowl of miso, some edamame on the side, maybe 8 good sushi nigiri, or California rolls is plenty for me!

Sushi is one of those things I just don't eat unless it's very good, so take time to savour it, rather than treat it like something to wolf down to stave off hunger.
 
mid_gen said:
Depends really on the portions you're used to. If you're the sort of person that goes to a buffet and piles as much as you can on your plate and eats it until you feel sick.....you probably need a *lot* of sushi to fill you up.

A small bowl of miso, some edamame on the side, maybe 8 good sushi nigiri, or California rolls is plenty for me!

Sushi is one of those things I just don't eat unless it's very good, so take time to savour it, rather than treat it like something to wolf down to stave off hunger.
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Yep, there's only two types of people. People who eat to be sick and people who don't.
 
... how much did you pay ?
sushimi's expensive stuff, as commented , must be > £50Kg, maybe £100 ... one piece 15g ? so 6 pieces £5-£10
 
jpaul said:
... how much did you pay ?
sushimi's expensive stuff, as commented , must be > £50Kg, maybe £100 ... one piece 15g ? so 6 pieces £5-£10
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You can get Salmon for £15 a kilo (Scottish, farmed) and Tuna Loin for £22 a kilo. Sashimi grade doesn't really mean anything, just that the fish has usually been frozen for a certain amount of time at set temperatures.

Lysander said:
Tonight the wife and I had delivery sushi. We had eight California rolls each and 6 sashimi. We were still hungry afterwards, though I went online to see how much the average person ate and some are saying "I have six sushi pieces and I'm stuffed!".

Is there something wrong with me? Do I have worms? I could have eaten double the quantity but had to make a bowl of pasta :(

P.S. We are not fat.
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When you say a roll do you mean the whole roll or a piece? One roll usually makes 6-8 pieces.

If the latter then it really wasn't much, if the former you're a pair of greedy gits. Understandable though.
 
Raikiri said:
You can get Salmon for £15 a kilo (Scottish, farmed) and Tuna Loin for £22 a kilo.
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I think I'd be able to distinguish a farmed salmon substitute, equally Tuna loin, at least what you can buy in the likes of Waitrose is bairly palettable as a grilled steak,
let alone raw; the population said let me have salmon .. so the market is saturated with this cut price poor welfare/taste product.
The continent/France offers organically farmed salmon, where, like with the brexit oyster/crab etc exports, the consumer is ready to pay a bit more
. rant over.
 
I work in the industry, nowhere is paying £50-100 a kilo unless it's very high end. They might pay up to £50/kg for Otoro.

Food cost generally accounts for around 20-25% of the price you pay, ideally less. Using your estimation of £100 a kilo and 15g per piece a restaurant would have to charge £43 for 6 pieces of sashimi/nigiri to hit the 75% GP.
 
Lysander said:
Tonight the wife and I had delivery sushi. We had eight California rolls each and 6 sashimi. We were still hungry afterwards, though I went online to see how much the average person ate and some are saying "I have six sushi pieces and I'm stuffed!".

I managed to munch 12 plates as they tried to get past me at yo sushi. I only stopped when it was pointed out to me that I was approaching a £40 spend. I left still hungry

Is there something wrong with me? Do I have worms? I could have eaten double the quantity but had to make a bowl of pasta :(

P.S. We are not fat.
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Damnit!!!!! I will not attempt to sort that out.

Sushi is a type of food that never fills me up, a bit like free butties at a work training day.
 
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jpaul said:
... how much did you pay ?
sushimi's expensive stuff, as commented , must be > £50Kg, maybe £100 ... one piece 15g ? so 6 pieces £5-£10
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I think it was six pieces for £6-7.

Raikiri said:
When you say a roll do you mean the whole roll or a piece? One roll usually makes 6-8 pieces.

If the latter then it really wasn't much, if the former you're a pair of greedy gits. Understandable though.
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When I say roll I meant individual pieces.

200sols said:
8 California rolls is like a small starter.
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Yeah. Once we went out for dinner and I think we had a 50-piece platter between the two of us plus a starter. That was enough. But 14 pieces each for the whole meal is not enough.
 
I find at sushi restaurant's where you're at a counter doing it 'properly' it's hard to judge how much you're putting away. When I first started travelling with work a top tip I was given for eating alone was to seek out sushi bars. Sit at the counter, chat to the chefs, watch thme work. Far more enjoyable and less self-conscious than sitting at a table for two on your own! Problem is if you take your time and get dish after dish (like tapas) I think it confuses my brain to figure out how much I've eaten. I think I need to see all the food at once to know :p
 
I'm sad to say I've never experienced real sushi/sashimi, all I've ever had are those ready packaged "sushi" packs you find next to the sandwiches in supermarkets apart from one time I made my own with some raw Tuna steak but I wouldn't class that as authentic as I used Jasmin Rice instead of Japanese Rice, one of those packs though with like 8 pieces is usually enough as meal for me with something on the side like some salad or a broth (What's actually authentic as a side for Sushi ???)
 
Lysander said:
Tonight the wife and I had delivery sushi. We had eight California rolls each and 6 sashimi. We were still hungry afterwards, though I went online to see how much the average person ate and some are saying "I have six sushi pieces and I'm stuffed!".

Is there something wrong with me? Do I have worms? I could have eaten double the quantity but had to make a bowl of pasta :(

P.S. We are not fat.
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My local does an 11 piece sashimi/sushi platter which is about right for one. I generally add a miso soup or tempura cos i'm a greedy guts.
 
Raikiri said:
Seaweed salad, edamame beans, tempura, miso soup... more sushi.
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I guess it's a western thing to think it odd to have tempura or extra sushi as a side to sushi

Seaweed salad sounds good, shame I live next to a sandy beach instead of a rocky beach would be nice to have access to fresh seaweed
 
Lysander said:
Tonight the wife and I had delivery sushi. We had eight California rolls each and 6 sashimi. We were still hungry afterwards, though I went online to see how much the average person ate and some are saying "I have six sushi pieces and I'm stuffed!".

Is there something wrong with me? Do I have worms? I could have eaten double the quantity but had to make a bowl of pasta :(

P.S. We are not fat.
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Well a standard portion of California rolls is 6-8 pieces and they are quite big normally. Maybe the delivery you choose was a kind of a cheater and made the portions smaller? Sashimi is smaller, but California + 6 sashimi could be way too much for me.
 
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