Welcome back to the third edition of Food Fight! Every week, we will discuss two of our favorite foods and battle it out to see who wins. This week, we are diving into sushi rolls to argue about what the best sushi roll is to order!
Naiiya: Volcano Roll till I die
I cannot explain how yummy this roll was the first time I had it. I went to an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant at Min Ghung in Glastonbury and it was wonderful. I truly couldn’t believe I found a more complicated roll that I enjoyed. I usually stick with the basics like a California roll, but this was a spontaneous choice.
Volcano roll can mean different things at different places, but this one was a shrimp tempura roll with cucumber, rice, seaweed, spicy crab and a special sauce on top. I seriously hope other places make it like this because the experience was awesome! I think this has to be my pick for best roll ever because I still think about it to this day. It’s truly what I think all sushi should taste like. I am not a crazy sushi aficionado, so you cannot blame me for my choice. I highly encourage everyone to try this roll and decide for themselves. You will get why I say it’s the best.
Charlotte: I roll over for spicy tuna rolls
I’m going to be very upfront about this: I love sushi in (almost) all of its forms. If you’ve been reading the Food Fight articles, you may have come to the conclusion that I am extremely indecisive, and you would be correct. This indecision becomes worse with things that I enjoy, such as sushi. However, if I had to choose, I think I would have to go for any roll that has tuna in it, specifically spicy tuna. Mix some spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado and sriracha mayo and you’ve got a recipe for deliciousness. I will accept any variation of this, so long as imitation crab and cream cheese are not introduced. An honorable mention goes to the spider roll. It’s simply delicious with battered soft-shell crab, cucumber, avocado, daikon sprouts or lettuce and spicy mayonnaise, rolled inside nori and sushi rice. Though I don’t consider myself to be much of a shellfish fan, this is the exception. If you’ve never tried either of these, I highly recommend that you do!
A good chance to test out a bunch of different rolls to see what you like is to go with a large group of friends to an all-you-can-eat sushi place! You get to test out different combinations of ingredients, push the rolls you don’t like to your friends, steal the yummy ones from the huge ornate plates of sushi and finish off your meal with a couple of fried Oreos. Sushi is typically a pretty pricey meal, so eating to your fill (for albeit a hiked-up price) might be something that’s worth exploring.
Bonus round: Best sushi side
Naiiya: Kani salad. If you’ve had good kani salad, you know it’s so good that you could eat that for your whole meal. I was introduced to it by a TikToker who showed their order in a video. I fell in love and tried it for the first time with my sister. I loved it so much, I ordered it twice. I can’t say anything else besides it tastes so good.
Charlotte: Edamame, hands down. It’s fun, healthy and yummy all in one! Some warm edamame with sea salt sprinkled on top becomes a delicious palate cleanser snack (that also doesn’t fill you up too much if you’re having all-you-can-eat sushi).