stupid question...

[elevated]

Is the yellowtail caught off of our coast the same as the yellowtail Japanese Sushi restaurants serve? why is the meat so much darker on the yellow in ca? Dam i feel like this is a stupid question...

[Nessie Hunter]

You may be confusing the 'Yellow Tail' with the 'Yellow Fin' tuna..
The Yellow tail has white mild meat.
The Yellow Fin tuna has dark red meat that has a very beef like flavor.
Sushi in Japan is probably Yellow Fin or Blue Fin Tuna....


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[Nessie Hunter]

You may be confusing Yellowtail (amberjack) with the Yellow fin Tuna (Ahi)..

Yellowtail has a white mild meat.
The Yellow fin Tuna has a very dark red meat that has a tasty beef flavor.

Most Japanese Sushi & Shashimi are Tuna (Blue Fin or Yellow fin) Blue fin is the prized Shushi/Shashimi meat..

Sushi is made with a lot of different fish, a lot depends on what is available...

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[elevated]

but in sushi restaurants they also call hamachi sushi yellow tail and its white when its raw. nvr mind answered my own question. It's a different kind of yellowtail that we eat in sushi restaurants.

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