So it turns out that eating raw fish might not have been such a good idea after all

[Burney]

The problem with sushi is that you get a wee bit of fish and a shedload of rice. For sushi I care little.

Sashimi, good sashimi, is an entirely different beast. Sashimi is the good shít.

But it is nonetheless fair to say that in general, raw, non-oily fish has at best a delicate flavour.