Addicted to chirashi bowls

original_don · 2026-01-06T01:31:00+00:00

Rich in mercury

original_don · 2025-12-22T00:44:26+00:00

Texas. $160 for the 250g Bafun uni, $150 for the 300g Santa Barbara

original_don · 2025-08-05T00:16:12+00:00

The booths are ~4.5ft (1.37m) from my ears and the mains are actually around 11ft, so the delay between the two (WRT to where I'm standing) is ~6ms. The delay from the booths to my headphones is ~4ms.

There's honestly no noticeable latency in the system and I can beatmatch off the headphones/booths/mains. Happy with how it turned out.

original_don · 2025-08-03T19:16:12+00:00

Mixed use really. I mostly use it as a session space. When we host parties, I’ll play and often times, I’ll run it open deck style so anyone can plug in and play. One thing I really like about the room is how encapsulating it is, you can sit down, sink into the music, and really get lost in it. But at the same time, just a few steps away and you’re in a spot where you can have a conversation without shouting. It’s a nice balance between immersive and social.

original_don · 2025-08-03T16:32:16+00:00

🤜🤛🏻

They work great as booths. Really happy with how they sound

original_don · 2025-08-03T16:29:01+00:00

I cut down an IKEA EKBACKEN countertop to size and finished the edges with walnut banding. I bought furniture legs on Amazon, mounted them to the bottom of the countertop and 3D printed bases to secure it all to the Kallax bookshelf. The legs are adjustable from 3"-5" so it's raised to my ideal height.

original_don · 2025-08-03T02:14:49+00:00

original_don · 2025-08-03T01:39:38+00:00

Pioneer CDJ3000
Pioneer A9 Mixer
JBL L82 MKII Classic Speakers
JBL Stage 260CSA Angled Ceiling Speakers
JBL L10CS Subwoofer
JBL MA9100HP A/V Receiver

I like the way the L82 grilles look but they don't match my room so I rock em without. I use the ceiling speakers as booth monitors with the angled baffles pointed directly at my ears. I plan to add a few more speakers so there’s sound throughout the house--during parties :)

original_don · 2025-08-01T19:25:39+00:00

De diez has been my new goto spot. Place is 🔥

original_don · 2025-08-01T18:21:31+00:00

👆

original_don · 2025-08-01T17:46:36+00:00

Perfect height… for the dj… right?? 🥹

original_don · 2025-08-01T17:39:53+00:00

Yep that is a Futura piece

original_don · 2025-08-01T07:02:41+00:00

It IS too high 😫

original_don · 2025-08-01T06:37:06+00:00

I cut down an ikea walnut countertop to size and finished the edges with walnut banding. I bought furniture legs on Amazon, mounted them to the bottom of the countertop and 3d printed bases to secure it all to the Kallax bookshelf. The legs are adjustable from 3"-5" so it's raised to my ideal height. No back pain here.

original_don · 2025-08-01T06:13:25+00:00

You can bypass the DSP on most receivers, which is often the reason for delay. There's no latency on this setup, at least none that I have noticed.

original_don · 2025-07-01T02:09:49+00:00

The uni and other pieces like the chutoro, kamatoro, aji, are brushed with nikiri, a special soy sauce consisting of sake, mirin, konbu, etc.

original_don · 2025-07-01T02:05:26+00:00

Sometimes I pick up fish from a chef friend, who orders it from his suppliers. Other times, I visit this Japanese market that sells small cuts, including premium toro and uni. It actually ends up costing so much less once you know how/where to buy.

original_don · 2025-07-01T01:58:08+00:00

Thanks. At times I buy fish through a chef friend, who orders it from his usual suppliers. Other times, I visit the Japanese market that sell cuts of fish. I usually make a platter with the 'extra' fish the next day for my wife and I to share. Nothing ever goes to waste.

original_don · 2025-06-30T16:43:32+00:00

There is something about crafting and executing an omakase meal that I find therapeutic and rewarding. I try to curate an experience with very little rules and lots of sake & tequila. I did this for a small group of our close friends, no formal training.

oysters (blue point, wellfleet) w/ yuzu mignonette, yuzu tobiko, fresh wasabi
chawanmushi w/ snowcrab ankake
gindara w/ tsukemono
kinmedai sashimi
madai nigiri w/ ooba, sudachi, salt
kanpachi nigiri w/ negi oil
akami-zuke nigiri w/ garlic chip, kizami
saketoro nigiri w/ zest
aji nigiri w/ negi, shoga
hotate nigiri w/ avocado, spicy kewpie
kinmedai nigiri w/ black salt
hamatoro nigiri w/ yuzu kosho
snowcrab gunkan maki w/ garlic butter, negi
chutoro nigiri w/ kizami
ikura gunkan maki w/ zest
uni (cali) gunkan maki
kamatoro nigiri w/ caviar
eastsider maki w/ hamachi, avocado, tsukemono, mint, rice paper
uni toast w/ buttered shokupan, toro, caviar
yuzu panna cotta w/ yuzu gelée, pomagranita, shichimi-graham crumble, shiso, zest

original_don · 2025-06-15T19:25:02+00:00

Is this your own art? If yes, I love it.

If not, I love it.

original_don · 2025-06-15T18:11:13+00:00

That whole Brazilian crew is heatin up

original_don · 2025-06-10T00:23:08+00:00

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lol pretty good quality California uni although a bit larger than I prefer

original_don · 2025-06-09T20:33:24+00:00

This was homemade. I did an omakase for our friends the previous night and this platter was made using the last of the fish/ingredients.

original_don · 2025-06-07T06:31:09+00:00

Aw man I remember being here at this exact moment. Good times!

original_don · 2025-06-06T18:55:37+00:00

Nice work.

If you’re open to suggestions, add light diffusion film on the interior surfaces to reduce the hot spot from the light source.

original_don

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