ponyrein wrote...
Used to have sushi maybe twice a week when
I lived in California. then. I moved to Tn.
Have not found ONE stinking place that has sushi made from real fresh fish Mostly frozen yuck
Nearly all fish experience a frozen state before it is made into sushi, it is a requirement by the FDA to remove parasites. Of course there is a difference in quality when something is frozen for a few days to something that is kept frozen for storage for months. To come to a conclusion that because you are in a land locked state, that all the seafood isn't as fresh is incorrect. I worked in Restaurants, and dealt with seafood purchases on the coast and land locked, freshness is about the same, salmon, tuna, shark, sea bass even the soft shelled crabs and oysters were quality.
This is not to say that the Restaurants that you could find in TN couldn't be bothered with any quality ingredients, it is just that such is easily possible and most large distributors have such available.