Sushi?

I forgot the name of the salmon ones, but those are my favorite o.o

Anything fried/rolls/with sauce will be highly caloric. It's of course what westerners find most tasty as well:)

I live in Japan and have sushi every week. To keep it low-cal I order salmon (raw or cooked), tuna, yellowtail, scallops, squid, shrimp, and stay away from anything with mayo, tempura and teriyaki:)

If you have the option to order sashimi instead of sushi, that will save you a LOT of calories (rice is the danger there - the rest is basically just protein and some healthy fish oils), and you'll be able to eat at will.

It's all good! Some in our local sushi place have battered things in the middle (battered prawns or battered squid). Avoid them, but eat ALL the fish and chicken ones! If there is sauce, it's only going to be a tiny amount! Enjoy!

Avoid anythihg with tempura, it's got extra breading. And avoid anything that includes mayo or cream cheese. Or if that's what you really want, just make room in your calories. Also good to know since you're a sushi newbie, a roll is not one slice but all 5 or 6 slices of the same roll. So if you order say a california roll, you get 5 or 6 pieces of that same flavor and that is one roll.

My favorites are salmon, eel, tuna and california roll. I don't like miso soup so I usually start my meal with seaweed salad.

Here's a quick reference list for some of the basic popular rolls

http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-health/calories-in-sushi/

I always strart with the salad, extremely low cal, and miso soup...also a good filler & low cal. Try to use the green or low sodium soy...Enjoy!

im pasting my response from an identical thread posted friday (i believe it was friday)...

of all the meals out, sushi is not one i recommend holding back on.
especially if it's your first time.
sushi is worth skipping lunch for.
sushi is worth an extra 2 hours on the dreadmill for.
sushi is worth going over for.

go to dinner, try some of everything and enjoy the amazing experience that sushi is.
wash it down with sake and never have a single regret about it.

and now i'm thinking sushi for dinner...so thank you.

100% agree with this ! Some things are just worth the extra time and work to enjoy!

You have to try Uni....

Well, maybe not. I do love Hamachi. Toro is good but expensive and very fatty.

You could order Chirashi and not eat much of the rice...

I would suggest going for nigiri-type rather tham maki-type. Nigiri is the kind that's a piece of something (meat, egg, vegetable, whatever) laid across a little bed of rice and sometimes a wrap of seaweed around it. Maki are the ones that are made in one big roll and sliced into pieces, often containing not just fish and rice, but cream cheese, avocado, and sometimes even deep fried. You can find lower calorie maki rolls, but you'd have to look hard to find higher calorie nigiri.

And from a non-nutritional standpoint, if this is your first time getting sushi I definitely recommend getting a cooked one so you can get used to the texture and flavor combinations. Most shellfish and freshwater fish varieties use cooked meats, and most restaurants will indicate which varieties use raw fish. Some of my favorite non-raw sushi are ebi roll (steamed shrimp over rice with a bit of wasabi), tamago (sweet omelette over rice), and unakyu roll (grilled freshwater eel and cucumber wrapped in rice and seaweed with a sweet barbecue sauce).