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TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis Dec 30, 2011 03:27 PM

toro notten

honmaguro
I've only seen this listed at Masa.
Where do all the heads land?
Hey, I'll "settle" for hoho-niku!

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    TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis Dec 30, 2011 04:15 PM

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    <p>Are you confused? I'm perplexed (and w/o a &quot;Guide&quot;).</p><p>&quot;Toro notten&quot; and &quot;kama toro&quot;, where &quot;toro&quot; is used as an adjective ... yes, I've heard this ... as sashimi.<br/>(BTW having been lucky enough to be around when an itamae was prepping a &quot;cho&quot;, I'll pass on oo-toro as well as chu-toro (se-itcho *and* hara-itcho) and take the &quot;shimo furi&quot;).</p><p>Line-caught, in-season (ike-jime) hon-maguro ... for how much/lb?<br/>A much more humble &quot;shinko&quot;, which many compare favorably &quot;kohada&quot;, goes for 300/400 per lb in my neck of the woods.</p><p>I've been to LA many times but never had the opportunity to go to a sushi-ya.<br/>Having lurked this board, my interest is *seriously* piqued.</p><p>Have you been to Nozawa?</p>

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    1. re: TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis
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      foodwhisperer Dec 30, 2011 07:07 PM

      I am having a hard time sorting thru the computer weird word abbreviations like &quot etc. Anyway, honmaguro is giant blue fin and every good place gets it when they can. So, I don't know what it is that Masa has that no one else has. Kanoyama, uses many parts of the big bluefin including the eyeball and socket, also the ribs, and the guts. 15 East uses the tail, and serves various different parts of the meat from top to bottom. Very few ever eat the meat from the head, but I know a sushi chef in Japan who says the head meat is his favorite part of the tuna.
      Hoho niku is beef cheeks, nothing to do with tuna. Brushstroke sometimes serves pork cheeks, kyo ya used to serve beef tongue.

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      15 East
      15 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003

      Kanoyama
      175 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003

      Kyo Ya
      94 E 7th St, New York, NY 10009

      Masa
      10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019

      Brushstroke
      30 Hudson St, New York, NY 10013

      1. re: foodwhisperer
        Silverjay Dec 30, 2011 08:06 PM

        Hoho niku can refer to maguro cheeks as well. There's a donburi place right on outer edge of the market in Tsukiji that does them grilled and lightly marinated.

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          foodwhisperer Dec 31, 2011 08:51 AM

          i've had tuna cheeks before, never knew hoho niku could be that. thanks for the info silverjay

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            TheDescendedLefticleOfAramis Jan 1, 2012 02:25 PM

            notten, sagittal & prized.
            namako su ... also a fine choice in season.

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