"TC" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>

As a traditionalist this is beyond flaming. LOL.
Seriously, no such animal exists in Japanese sushi cuisine that I know of.
The only commonly dried member of the tuna family in Japan is bonito and its
fairly well known as Katsuo Bushi (bonito flakes). It is "conceivable" that
one
could concoct a "paste" using this. But I am really speculating here.
Perhaps the next time you go there you could do us a favor and ask them
what it is? Please let us know.
Musashi