cbviajero Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I think the original/first Tabarka is somewhere in Guad., if David is still operating it. It is, but it's on the opposite side of town,with the traffic here I could probably get to the one in Ajijic in the same time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 It is, but it's on the opposite side of town,with the traffic here I could probably get to the one in Ajijic in the same time.. He's been growing a large vine over a part of patio next to the indoor part of the restaurant. It's getting that fantasy "dining in Spain" look. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbiz0 Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I have had some interesting Sushi at El Barco. Worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Lena called this morning to let her customers know that she has returned from visiting her family in Indonesia and will be back selling her great food, including sushi, at the Monday market beginning next week. Yes it is usually California rolls with cream cheese. Wasabi and soy sauce on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 I've never had cream cheese in her rolls... I usually get the mixed, with surimi and shrimp. It contains avocado and celery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Any time we've even considered Sushi in Guadalajara it appears from the menus that cream cheese is the primary ingredient. Even at the higher end mall Andares the Sushi (chain) restaurant is disgusting! Only Suehiro is authentic, owned by the same Japanese family for over 40 years. There's no cream cheese in real sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijiccharlie Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Lena called this morning to let her customers know that she has returned from visiting her family in Indonesia and will be back selling her great food, including sushi, at the Monday market beginning next week. Yes it is usually California rolls with cream cheese. Wasabi and soy sauce on the side. Lia, not Lena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaChula2 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Did anyone tell the operators how bad it was??? I did! Well, they gave an evaluation sheet and I did not hold back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Why don't we talk about the "New Sushi Place" This particular forum has become absolutely ridiculous. A whole lot of $%&/()s with not much to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Okay. I tried the new sushi place today and it was pretty good. Better than I expected from some of the earlier comments. I will go back and try a more complicated dish. I notice a lot of the rolls listed cream cheese as an ingredient so if you don't like it you can avoid those ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoflyer Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 If you don't want to travel so far for raw fish you can get some pretty good ceviche around here,it's not sushi but it's tasty,I prefer the chunky style to the molida style. You really do not want to eat ceviche in Mexico. Ceviche is "cooked" by letting it sit in lemon juice. But it is not cooked over a fire or boiled in water or anything that would kill bacteria. In the states or other countries, you can attest for the raw fish that they use, but here sanitary conditions are largely unknown, and you can get really sick from local ceviche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 1. I guess whoever posted about the "Bamboo Inn" in Joco deleted that reference, so I'm also guessing it isn't actually a place. 2. I know dozens and dozens of people who have eaten ceviche here for years and never had an issue, anymore than with any other kind of food. 3. Yo, dude, there is no comparison between ceviche and sushi. OMG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiminmexico Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 We've eaten ceviche many, many times over the last 10 years in Mexico. Never been sick. One of our favorite dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 You really do not want to eat ceviche in Mexico. Ceviche is "cooked" by letting it sit in lemon juice. But it is not cooked over a fire or boiled in water or anything that would kill bacteria. In the states or other countries, you can attest for the raw fish that they use, but here sanitary conditions are largely unknown, and you can get really sick from local ceviche. I've been eating ceviche in Mexico for 40 years, enough to sink a battleship, and it hasn't brought me down yet. If ceviche was that dangerous, public opinion would have sabotaged it long ago. Mexicans do not look for food or enjoy same, if it makes them sick. "sanitary conditions are largely unknown" ?????????? (just shaking my head) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Good points, Slainte, especially the logic behind "if it was dangerous, public opinion would have sabotaged it long ago". And truth be told, cooking in lemon juice (or other acids like vinegar and lime juice) is the same as cooking in an oven. Any health hazards would come from already-contaminated fish, or poor handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiller Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Wife and I just got back from We had a two great meals, more than we could eat, perfect service, endless drinks, and parking right out front for under 168 pesos. We'll be back again.This is not a place for everybody and we probably would have overlooked this chain of about 25 locations, most in Guadalajara, but our dentist recommened it and two of his favorite entrees. If you're a serious foodie this place won't do. But we feel it's a great change of pace, fun, and we enjoyed seeing so many younger locals there. As a side... we counted seven staff with the kitchen help and all were hard working, very friendly, and fast. They deliver too. - Stevehttp://www.okuma.com.mx/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 What did you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Okuma Sushi Redux. I figure enough time has passed since they opened to give this place a try. Service was attentive at 12:30, and I was the first to arrive, although over the next half hour several tables filled up. By then some customers were waving their menus around trying to get attention. Two waitstaff walked into the restaurant about 20 minutes after I arrived. (It's a Mexican sushi chain, so I expect to find lots of cooked items on the menu. This is fine by me: there is a chain in Guadalajara that makes the best Asian food ever, and I've never tried their sushi.) I ordered the Teriyaki rice bowl, which was very tasty with lots of chicken, although the chicken was overcooked. And there was lots of it. Next, because it was Tuesday, the second sushi item was only 10p. So I got Traaankis from the Special Sushis list, and the 4-Cuatro, also a Special. No cream cheese in the Traaankis, which is warm with a breaded outer crust instead of nori, with a huge pile of breaded shrimp in green curry sitting on top. That shrimp was deelish. The rice in the roll is the real tell of any sushi place. While this rice was definitely better than WalMart's sushi rice, that is not saying much. Since I had eaten at Suehiro in Guadalajara only a week or so ago, my tongue still could remember the taste of proper sushi rice with saki; this was not that. In the teriyaki bowl, it didn't matter, because the rice was fried, not white, and covered with sauce. And, because the roll was both breaded and warm, the rice was okay... but just okay. Then came the 4x4: I ordered it because the roll slices are wrapped in shrimp, salmon, and surimi. How could I have missed that instead of nori, the rest of the outer shell is cream cheese? Well, I did, and so now we get to the crux of it. The menu has very little in the way of nigiri sushi (fish on rice, no rolls, no stuffings), and no sashimi at all, so this was my first taste of their fish. And it was all pretty much flavourless. But there was so much cream cheese, I couldn't eat it anyway. Don't get me wrong: I like cream cheese, on a bagel or something. But rice wrapped in it? Yikes. They have some pretty good-looking soup type dishes. My recommendation would be to order only cooked items, which will steer you clear of all the cream cheese, although perhaps they will let me order the shrimp in curry all by itself. The rolls alone won't make any sushi lover happy. I noticed after, that on Mondays, any rice is 50% off when buying a sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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