soy sauce

[Burianu]

I would like to hear people`s experiences with differnt soy sauces. I ususally just use Yamasa and that is often served but I would like to know some of the subtleties of different types and brands.
One other thing, I hear that North American wasabi is usually just green died horseradish (which isn`t a bad thing). Is this true and if so how does it differ from the real thing and how would I buy the real thing.

[goodmanj]

powerful than freshly opened supermarket horseradish. Freshly made wasabi must really be something but I don`t know if I have ever had it!

[timmy]

sushi bars. I think I prefer Yamasa, but I`d need to conduct a side-by- side taste test to be sure. buys some for special customers. It is grown in Oregon, so I would think sushi bars in that area would more likely have the real thing.

[timmy]

just that we don`t usually get the real thing here in North America. I suggested the person seek it out in Oregon.

[daliles]

http://www.freshwasabi.com/ Commonly found in Sushi Bars here in Vancouver BC.

[timmy]

but for the real experience it should be freshly grated wasabi root. I`ve only had it once at Hatsuhana in NYC.
I don`t like the tube of horseradish wasabi, seems a little more sweet and gritty than the powder variety.

[PNUT]

That`s about the extent of my Wasabi knowledge.
Sandi I see you can be civil and informative when you want to be.

[timmy]

like the side of a brook. I would think a home hydroponics setup could do the trick, but I`ll damned if I`m going to try it.
I`m having great luck growing shiso. Actually, I should say I`m being overrun with shiso. I mow more of it in my lawn than I grow in the garden.

[BBsilver19]

production. It sounds like you have to be careful, but it is not impossible here on the West Coast. The biggest problem seems to be keeping plant diseases from destroying the crop.

[fishbulb42]

I`ve had it at Hatsuhana, at Morimoto`s, and at a place in Bethesda, MD (at the last place, it was part of one particular sushi dish - on the rest of their dishes, the standard fake wasabi was present).