Did Someone Say Sushi Party?
Once a week, my husband and I pay a visit to our favorite sushi restaurant and order the sashimi platter. It comes with a generous assortment of thickly sliced fish that literally melts in my mouth with a rich buttery flavor. I justify the indulgence by knowing that I am getting loads of those healthy Omega-3’s.
Once in a while, when it is particularly fresh, we will pick up a slab of the standard pink tuna to enjoy a few at-home rolls. But … that is where our at-home sushi ventures end. After all, how in the world would we get fresh raw fish in manageable quantities (rather than the enormous fish shipped to the restaurants) in the desert?
Via online ordering of course!
Discovering Kona Blue was like a dream come true. The FedEx man arrived with a somewhat heavy package housing roughly three pounds of filleted yellowtail just begging to be laid across a bed of rice. So I did what anyone else would do, I called up some friends and announced that the sushi party was on!
The fish that arrived was Kona Kampachi®, a Hawaiian yellowtail that is sustainably raised by Kona Blue Water Farms off the Kona Coast of the Big Island. Since I try in vain to ignore the fact that the sushi we typically go out for is likely not wild, it was pleasing to know that this particular farm prides itself on not depleting wild fisheries or harming the ocean environment. It even states on the Kona Blue website that their fish is “high in Omega-3 fatty acids and free of detectable mercury.”
With my husband wielding the sushi chef knife, we had beautiful nigiri and fresh rolls in minutes. The room filled with deep moans of pleasure as we each took our first bite, concurring that this was the freshest fish that any of us had ever tasted. The texture was smooth and pleasing, while the taste was incredibly mild, and not the least bit “fishy.” I have enjoyed many a sushi restaurant in both San Francisco and Vancouver, yet this was by far the best yellowtail I had ever tasted.
