Hi, all!

I love Japanese food and am supposed to go eat it in another city (we don't have it here) tonight. I haven't had it in over 6 months, and am excited about trying to "do it Atkins-style."

I'm planning to have sashimi (just fish, no rice), wasabi (horseradishy mustard), and soy sauce. Oh! And a salad, no dressing. I'm pretty sure the above is OK for this WOE, although a bit high in sodium, but I do have a couple of questions.

1) does anyone know if pickled ginger is high in carbs?
2) does anyone know what kind of carb count "miso soup" has?
3) is Green tea (no sugar added) OK?
4) which has more carbs: regular or "lite" soy sauce?

Thanks! I'm planning to have lots of water before, during, and after this treat b/c I know soy sauce is high in sodium . . .

Thanks in advance!
Sue
PS--Today is my 3 month anniversary with this WOE!!!! I love it and am down 40.5 lbs.

eating out: japanese, the atkins way

this is an excellent link. it should answer all of those questions! the atkins site has similar pages for any of the food types you might want eating out

regular soy sauce has 0 carbs, when i eat sashimi i eat it with cream cheese.. its really good

I love Japanese food and I will not give it up! I always stick to the beef negimaki, miso soup, no rice, I go for the house salad with the regular ginger dressing ( i truly think that is not high in carbs) - I stay away from the california rolls because of all the rice on the outside, and I don't do raw fish! Enjoy and have a good time!

according to fitday, regular soy sauce has about 1 carb per tablespoon...?

Pickled ginger has 1g per slice. It is cured with sugar. If you just have a couple pieces to clean the palete though you should be safe.

Green tea is a wonderful thing with many health benifits. If you like it sweet, sneak a couple packets of splenda in your purse.

"lite" soy sauce has less sodium. In moderation soy sauce can be ok. The extra sodium could cause a temperary weight gain tomarrow. Also there is probably msg, which can cause cravings in some people. Many on LC plans eat soy sauce without a worry though. If you have a candida problem they recomend it be cooked, not added after.

I eat out at a Japanese restaurant every week. Try the oyster motoyaki (baked oyster topped with mayonaise), robata (grilled items-such as beef short ribs, chicken wings, salmon), and endamame (steamed beans)

Beef or tuna tataki is also a relatively decent choice.

Hey, thanks for the link!

My problem is, whenever I go to Sushi Garden, I always eat things on the right side of the list (you know, the "instead of" list??!!)

Love my edamame, Looooove miso soup, love chicken teriyaki...

I guess I need to be more adventurous... the link was great! It actually told me what half the stuff on the list is!

Mary

does your place have the hibatchies? if so they can cook whatever you want, you pick the veggies and meats & they cook them together for you. i ADORE sushi too much to never eat it so I occasionally do have it and don't think twice about it, but I am a minority on the board and all lol.

I love eating at Japanese restaurants! I have not had any problems eating:
hibachi steak, chicken, zuchini, mushroom, onion
sashimi and low sodium soy sauce w/ wasabi
miso soup (I actually have instant miso at home, it isonly 3ish carbs I think)
salad (even w/dressing)
edemami
Have fun!

I just had Japanese tonight for dinner! There's a great little carry-out place here. I usually have the hibachi shrimp and teriyaki children with extra zucchini instead of rice, a little onions and mushroom, and some of that mayonnaise-based sauce (which is probably loaded with sugar, but last time I ate a lot of it I lost 3 lbs overnight!). I never got into the sushi thing, but I love to go to hibachi grills and have the same, plus salad and broth and tons and tons of water to wash away all the sodium!
Enjoy your food

I'm in that minority too hehe although I limit it to 2 pieces of veggie sushi. Hibachi is the way to go though, you should have no problems eating perfectly atkins if you go for the meat/seafood/veggies and a salad.

Jenn

This is sort of japanese related... am experimenting with different types of seaweed (have been using Nori to make rolls/wraps for a while, which is great) - but yesterday I came across something called 'sea spaghetti' or 'himanthalia elongata' (it's a kind of algae/seaweed) - looks like, well, spaghetti (!), but was wondering if anyone knows the carb count for it...

OMG! I used to eat this all of the time and "forgot" about it. I am definitely going to the sushi bar next week.