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Ask Metafilter is trying to get to the bottom of one of the most pressing questions of our time: is it really a bad idea to eat fish in NYC restaurants on Mondays? The quick answer appears to be "maybe"-- it depends on the quality of the restaurant. Some responses:
I've worked in four restaurants all in the NY tri-state region. Only one recieved a fish order every single day of the week, and the place specialized in seafood, particularly local. The fish came from the town docks and from an indie wholesaler. The other three received fish orders twice a week.My grandfather used to swear by this truism, or so I have heard (he died before I was born.) I can't believe that restaurants are still getting fish deliveries the same way they did in the 40s. Nothing else is the same, why would the fish delivery schedule have remained constant for over 50 years?
Honestly, if there's any chance that Monday's fish has been lying around for four days, we'd probably err on the side of caution. Especially after reading this famous quote from Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential:
"You walk into a nice two-star place in Tribeca on a sleepy Monday evening and you see they're running a delicious-sounding special of Yellowfin Tuna, Braised Fennel, Confit Tomatoes and a Safron Sauce. Why not go for it? Here are the two words that should leap out at you when you navigate the menu: 'Monday' and 'Special'."Here's how it works: The chef of this fine restaurant orders his fish on Thursday for delivery Friday morning. He's ordering a pretty good amount of it, too, as he's not getting another delivery until Monday Morning. All right, some seafood purveyors make Saturday deliveries, but the market is closed Friday night. It's the same fish from Thursday!
Almost totally unrelated: McSweeney's has an amusing list today-- My Rejected Cooking Show Ideas.
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i remember reading a story about sushi in the ny times (maybe last year). apparently *all* sushi, with the exception of tuna (doesn't cary parasites or something) must be super-frozen, per USDA regulations. i think morrimoto was even quoted as saying something like we freeze but don't talk much about it.
as for fresh fish, true, the fulton st market is closed fri and sat nites so sat/sun might be not as great as other days.
I've heard this from a few people before, but honestly i dont see a problem with it, because you can taste when the fish is fresh or not. If its a good restaurant its always up to par in my experience. mmmm, sushi.
I feel like you know when you are eating bad fish. I've had bad fish on every day of the week. But in terms of sushi it is pretty scary that you can be eating old fish. My friend used to buy tuna at the supermarket and make sushi with it. I told him that was so dangerous but he never listened. Gotta get the sushi grade stuff.
Ugh, McSweeny's seems to be the proverbial New Yorker cartoon for my generation...just so smug and UNFUNNY.
hey curmudgeon...
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It's true. Sushi is always flash frozen. It's not the same as just putting it in a normal freezer, of course, which would ruin the "freshness" quality. But it certainly doesn't matter if it's Monday or Friday -- the sushi is the same.
Sure, John. As long as you bend over for me first.