637055 Thu Jul 16 08:49:41 -0700 2009 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4863953 I want to make a special tuna tartare (using the recipe from Aqua Restaurant). Can someone tell me a great source for fresh, sushi-grade tuna on the Peninsula? Thanks for the help! Thu Jul 16 08:49:42 -0700 2009 146091 JENNYBEEAY 1 4864171 Takahashi Market in San Mateo. They have a website. Thu Jul 16 09:44:47 -0700 2009 4863953 13661 Alan408 2 4864828 Thanks for your response. I'll check this out too. Thu Jul 16 12:24:46 -0700 2009 4864171 146091 JENNYBEEAY 1 4864227 Suruki supermarket in San Mateo, all the way in the back is a fish butcher counter section, carve to order sashimi sold by weight. In addition to tuna which I believe is roughly $20/lb, they have toro as well (almost $30 /lb) About a month ago I dropped in and this is what they had in the counter: Aji No Hiraki (dried horse mackeral) Salmon filets marinated in sake lees (ie sake kasu) Stacks of uni trays Ama Ebi. $16.95/lb. What they do is weigh the whole thing first. Then they de-shell it for you, leaving only the raw prawn meat and its tail. If you want the shrimp head, you may have to specifically request them to keep it. Hirame. $19.95 /lb Hamachi (raw non smoked) Salmon Kanpachi Hiramasa - "Australian yellow tail" Surpasses the taste of their regular hamachi. Tako (cooked octopus) Mounds of giant octopus tentacles. Tobiko Ikura (salted kind, egg sacs were a little clumpy) Hotate (fresh scallop) - $16.95 / lb. Nice plump and delicious. Hokkigai Salad (around $4 to $5 for a small container). A really good chopped (cooked) surf clam with Japanese mayo, wakame seaweed bits and what looks like a little bit of tobiko to give it a mild crunch. Very addictive. Check the pre-packaged fish for sale refrig next to the butcher's for ankimo (monkfish liver), tuna poke (hawaiian style tuna salad), unagi, amongst pre-packaged combination sashimi or fish blocks. Nijiya Supermarket further away also has some good quality sashimi, but prepackaged blocks. Thu Jul 16 09:58:18 -0700 2009 4863953 12872 K K 2 4864826 Wow! Thanks for taking all that time for me. I'll definitely make a visit! Thu Jul 16 12:24:12 -0700 2009 4864227 146091 JENNYBEEAY 1 4865544 Suruki's is great as someone mentioned. You can also try Nijiya on El Camino, just south of 92 in San Mateo. Thu Jul 16 15:59:07 -0700 2009 4863953 280530 spinn1 2 4868467 Thanks for giving me another option...always good to know good fish sources. Fri Jul 17 15:54:53 -0700 2009 4865544 146091 JENNYBEEAY