Costco Sushi Counters May Be Coming Quickly

If you’re a sushi fiend like I’m, the primary barrier protecting you from consuming it for actually each meal is the worth…aaaand possibly the will to ~maintain it common~ because it have been. However past that, y’all already know I may reside off simply uncooked fish and rice for the remainder of my life and by no means as soon as look again. And it appears now not less than one of many boundaries between me and weekly sushi has simply been lifted, as a result of Costco places all around the nation are about to begin getting Costco sushi counters. And the sushi they make seems to be legit.

What’s happening? Is Costco catfishing us? Is it actual sushi? Do I would like to purchase a second fridge?

Nothing fishy right here. Appears like that is really occurring, individuals. Because the Costco location in Issaquah, Washington, received their sushi counter again in June 2023, the hype has been nonstop. That they had strains of individuals for the entire week after the launch. Why? As a result of every of the prime quality big sushi rolls, nigiri, sashimi, and poke bowls averaging just a little over $16/lb per pound, with choices like salmon poke bowls with rice and avocado ($8.99/lb), nigiri with salmon, tuna, and shrimp ($16.99/lb), California rolls with crab ($14.99/lb), spicy tuna rolls(14.99/lb), salmon rolls with spicy mayo($14.99/lb), sashimi trays with salmon, tuna, and scallops ($29.99/lb), spicy ahi poke ($20.99/lb), and ahi wasabi poke ($21.99/lb) (via @costcoaisles Instagram page). Now, that is simply the pricing for the shop in Washington again when it first began promoting the stuff—we’ve got no method of realizing if these costs will stay fixed throughout the complete U.S. launch. What we do know is that these will probably be coming primarily to Costcos with bigger footprints (which have the house for a sushi-making room, and we additionally occur to know that two new sushi counter places are alleged to open “within the very close to future,” in accordance with Costco CFO Richard Galanti (via Food & Wine).

Costco sushi counters exterior the contiguous 48 aren’t really that uncommon; in truth, Costco shops in Japan and Hawaii have had sushi counters for some time now. Not solely that, however the Costco R&D crew apparently flew to Japan again in October 2022 to “study with ‘rice masters’” after which examined a bunch of recipes of their headquarters that are, you guessed it, additionally in Issaquah, Washington. All of that’s to say, Costco has achieved their homework and I’ve excessive expectations for these soon-to-be sushi sources. You understand what they are saying: “You may lead a Jessica to sushi and also you don’t must ask her twice to purchase some.” Or one thing like that. Y’all get it…I’m stoked!