TC wrote:
>
> 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.

Sounds very much like bog-standard anchovy paste. Can be bought in any
supermarket.


>
> 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.