It is about incorporating other types of seafood into the sushi, like slices of cured herring fish roe and sea squirt (the latter of which looks like fried dragon paws or something).
In warm weather, which is to say above freezing, they sell it from dozens of roadside stands along the shore, their portable cookers belching the smoke of burning alder, with rows of cured fish on the tables waiting to be wrapped in newspaper and carried away.
It's called belly lox; it's a salt-cured belly portion of the salmon," said Niki Russ Federmen, co-owner of cured fish institution Russ & Daughters in New York.
SushiSamba blends traditional Japanese food with Brazilian and Peruvian influences, like sawagani, tiny Japanese river crabs, flash-fried and eaten whole; salmon ceviche with Dijon mustard; and yellowtail tiradito, which is slices of cured fish anointed with truffle oil and sea salt.
"It's grilled to a chewy crunch, adorned with golden petals of bottarga (cured by Balla from the roe of fish caught by an uncle in Florida) and thrown into umami overdrive by an intense butter flavored with pulverized powders of dried mushrooms and dulse seaweed.
RECOMMENDED DISHES Foie gras, escargots, sashimi of cured salmon, fish soup, salmon, sea scallops, venison Wellington, confit of duck leg, citrus tart, chocolate marquis, soufflés.
The slightly bitter hints that smoking gives to a piece of fish and a generally sweetish cure is a perfect combination in my view.
Annika Sundvik, above, who owns it with her husband, John Lavelle, sells all sorts of fish and seafood, fresh and cured, and almost all in Scandinavian style.
Thinner pieces cure more quickly, while thick center-cut slabs of fish might need up to 72 hours if you like your gravlax on the saline, pungent side.
If you still want to give it a try, while watching the pennies (the evening menu is too expensive), the sharing platters of cured meat, fish and cheese (£15 for two people), served in the bar, are probably your best bet.
Putative environmental factors have been identified from case-control studies including maternal consumption of cured meats, fish, tea and coffee whilst pregnant, N-nitroso compounds, exposure to insecticides or pesticides, animals and farm life, electro-magnetic fields and lack of social contact during the first year of life [ 2- 7].
