Latino doesn't like Sushi?
By kingparker
@kingparker (9673)
United States
November 21, 2010 9:20pm CST
I just try to be nice, since it is Thanksgiving on next week. I invited one of my Latino friend to this sushi place, but I didn't realize that he doesn't like Sushi at all. The same experience I saw on other Latino friends too. It seems that Latin American doesn't like those raw fish filet, they rather have something cook. It was my fault. All night, he doesn't eat much, only with those steak, and fry rice. Now, I know that I shouldn't bring Latin American to the Sushi place ever again.
5 responses
@marguicha (230349)
• Chile
22 Nov 10
You are judging all Latin Americans from what you see on a couple of friends
. In my coutry (Chile, South America), sushi restaurants are the thing now. I personally love to go to a good sushi house. I don´t like fast food types, no matter what food though.
But only last week I went with my mom (86) to a good sushi restaurant. I ate raw fish (salmon and fresh tuna) with loads of wasabi, soy sauce with sesame seeds and pickled ginger. Then I ended my meal witl a light veggie tempura.
I make the rills at home so I´m nt that interested in them when I go out.
As for raw meat, chileans and peruvian eat a lot of raw fish and raw seafood. We cook them with lemon but it will not kill some parasites so there are some fish we know we cannot eat unless cooked.
I suggest you ask your friends (no matter where they come from) whether they like a certain food or not. I have a favorite cousin who comes to diner once a week and is VERY picky. What I do is I hide some ingredients and he loves the results
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I love ALL kinds of food, except fast food of ANY sort.
Take care!
. In my coutry (Chile, South America), sushi restaurants are the thing now. I personally love to go to a good sushi house. I don´t like fast food types, no matter what food though.
But only last week I went with my mom (86) to a good sushi restaurant. I ate raw fish (salmon and fresh tuna) with loads of wasabi, soy sauce with sesame seeds and pickled ginger. Then I ended my meal witl a light veggie tempura.
I make the rills at home so I´m nt that interested in them when I go out.
As for raw meat, chileans and peruvian eat a lot of raw fish and raw seafood. We cook them with lemon but it will not kill some parasites so there are some fish we know we cannot eat unless cooked.
I suggest you ask your friends (no matter where they come from) whether they like a certain food or not. I have a favorite cousin who comes to diner once a week and is VERY picky. What I do is I hide some ingredients and he loves the results.
I love ALL kinds of food, except fast food of ANY sort.
Take care!
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
22 Nov 10
I originally come from Peru, so I was thinking of the cebiche in my country, completely forgetting that there are many other Latin Americans countries that also eat it, like Chile and Mexico, although I have also tried cebiche in Tahiti too! I never thought of adding soy sauce and sesame seeds to sushi, but I will try it next time, as it already sounds as if its delicious!
@marguicha (230349)
• Chile
22 Nov 10
Sushi alone doesn´t taste like anything interesting. But it is not meant to be eaten that way.
And if you are originally from Perú, you won´t mind adding a little bit of wasabi to the soy sauce with the seeds. Wasabe is hot, but a different kind of hot as our ají. Wasaki cleans your nose while ají goes straight down.
And if you are originally from Perú, you won´t mind adding a little bit of wasabi to the soy sauce with the seeds. Wasabe is hot, but a different kind of hot as our ají. Wasaki cleans your nose while ají goes straight down.
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
22 Nov 10
Not all of them. My Mexican friend told me that his dad thought wasabi was guacamole when they went to some Asian restaurant somewhere.
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
22 Nov 10
but, he didn't actually say that he likes sushi, or eat them right? When they see it, they might said, that is raw fish filet, can't have it.
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
23 Nov 10
They do eat raw fish, just kinda different from how sushi is prepared. Have you heard of ceviche?
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
22 Nov 10
I don't think it's the raw fish that Latins dislike, as I am also a Latin American and I know that cebiche, for example, which is raw fish "cooked" with lemon juice is a delicacy and something much treasured! I do like other Asian food, but for some reason I also dislike sushi, as I feel it lacks taste!
@marguicha (230349)
• Chile
22 Nov 10
Hi Sylvia,
I´m from Chile and cebiche is part of my culture. I suggest you try sushi with some soya sauce with sesame seeds and a bit of wasabi. You can also add pickled ginger root. I´m sure that you will ont find it tasteless.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
22 Nov 10
Well, I am not sure that is true. I have several Latino friends and several of them actually LOVE sushi and eat it a lot...
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
22 Nov 10
Maybe not all, it's so hard to draw a conclusion from just a few friends only thru a national survey perhaps, maybe the friends were not just that adventurous when it comes to food. I did not like to eat raw tuna with wasabe either before but after a while funny but i must admit that i developed a craving for that type of food. We all encountered some kind of of culture shock one time or the other in our life and i think that is just but natural
