SUSHI PURISTS: Please don't flame me for the following
message/question.

One of my favorite sushi pieces is made with a dried tuna product. I
get this sushi at a Chinese buffet restaurant in VA. I have looked on
the Internet, but have not been able to find this product, and I was
wondering if anyone knows what it is called, and of a US supplier for
the product.

It is a dark brown/maroon paste, apparently consisting of dried tuna.
It is served in a roll, a la California Roll. The taste is a strong
fish taste, quite salty.

Given my choice, I'll take a good Spider Roll any day, but this sushi
at this restaurant has become a guilty pleasure that I'd like to try
and make at home.

Thanks for any info, and for not flaming me.